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Jon Watts

(1981) Film Director

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Jon Watts is a film director.

Quick Facts About Jon Watts

Born: June 28, 1981
Profession: Film Director

About Jon Watts

[Wikidata] American film director, producer and screenwriter... | [Wikipedia] Jonathan Watts is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Homecoming (2017), Far From Home (2019), and No Way Home (2021). He also directed and co-wrote the films Clown (2014), Cop Car (2015), and Wolfs (2024); as well as

Quotes by Jon Watts · Page 3

That's why people love Spider-Man: he's the most grounded, relatable of superheroes.

He

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It's really cool to do, like, a 'Harry Potter' evolution because you can really take your time with the character development: really,…

Character

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I feel like what we've done in 'Homecoming' is really scratching the surface with Spider-Man.

Done

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I think the danger in trying to set too many things up or do too much world-building in a movie so soon…

Danger

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I love Cameron Crowe's 'Say Anything' and 'Almost Famous.' I think those are really great coming-of-age movies.

Famous

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I was definitely the kid who was the chicken, who didn't want to say the cuss words.

Chicken

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A great thing about kids is they're just themselves and can't help it a lot of the times.

About

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Every film you see in film school takes on a heightened importance in your life.

Cinema

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I'd been writing my own coming-of-age story, and I got to take a lot of that energy and a lot of those…

Energy

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'Welcome to the Dollhouse' is great. Even though it's about a girl in middle school, to me, that feels like the most…

Age

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I love 'River's Edge.'

Edge

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It's such an amazing team working with both Marvel and Sony, and I have the support of just the very best technicians…

Amazing

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You go to the movies to be transported. That's the responsibility of filmmakers and the people that hire the filmmakers - to…

Dreams

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There was a time when I just loved 'Indiana Jones' so much. I was in fourth or fifth grade, and I wore…

Day

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I liked writing with my friends and making our own little stories. Making a movie like 'Spider-Man' never even crossed my mind.

Friends

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Sundance is like a genre.

Genre

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'Cop Car' was made with all of my friends. I wrote it with my best friend.

Best

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I love the movies. Everyone always says the same thing about the shared cultural experience, seeing things on the big screen, the…

Big screen

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I think saying 'a John Hughes movie' is just shorthand for a lot of people to say 'a coming-of-age story,' because I…

Age

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