Jonah Feingold
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{{Short description|American filmmaker}}
Jonah Feingold (born in New York City) is an American former podcaster, writer, and director of several short films. He is known for his 2014 video Star Wars Wes Anderson, which parodied the trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the 2021 film Dating & New York, and the 2023 film At Midnight.
Career
In 2014, Feingold released the video Star Wars Wes Anderson which parodied the trailer of the upcoming Star Wars movie and quickly became popular online.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/12/director-wes-anderson-has-often.html|title=The Star Wars: Force Awakens Teaser Gets a Wes Anderson Rendition|website=Pastemagazine.com|date=4 December 2014|author=Alexa Carrasco|accessdate=17 November 2017|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118221912/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/12/director-wes-anderson-has-often.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-wes-anderson-mock-trailer/|title=Hilarious trailer reimagines Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Wes Anderson|website=Digitaltrends.com|date=3 November 2015|author=Ryan Waniata|accessdate=17 November 2017}}
In 2015, he created the short film Letters to Manhattan (A Whole Foods Love Story).{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/entry/whole-foods-wife_n_6785544|title=Meeting Your Spouse At Whole Foods Has Never Been So Romantic|website=Huffingtonpost.com|date=2 March 2015|author=Leigh Weingus|accessdate=17 November 2017|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222121/http://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/entry/whole-foods-wife_n_6785544|url-status=dead}}
In June 2017, he launched with Dante Basco the film project Bangarang which spins off the character Rufio, thug leader of the Lost Boys, from the 1991 movie Hook. The development of the project started with a Kickstarter campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/remember-rufio-in-hook-the-actor-is-trying-to-keep-his-cult-characters-legacy-alive/2017/06/28/65fdf642-5863-11e7-b38e-35fd8e0c288f_story.html|title=Remember Rufio in 'Hook'? The actor is trying to keep his cult character's legacy alive|website=Washingtonpost.com |date=28 June 2017|author=Ada Tsend|accessdate=17 November 2017}}
In 2017, Feingold wrote and directed his debut feature film, Dating & New York. It stars Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 13, 2021. Prior to the festival, the film's rights were acquired by IFC Films.{{cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |title=IFC Films Buys Modern Romantic Comedy 'Dating & New York' Ahead of Tribeca Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/ifc-films-dating-and-new-york-tribeca-film-festival-1234991181/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |publisher=Variety |date=9 June 2021}} Also in 2020, Feingold began co-hosting the Hinge-produced relationship podcast Dating Sucks with Ilana Dunn. The partnership began when the two went on a date after meeting on the dating app, who Dunn was working for as a content producer at the time; while they both decided that neither were ready for a relationship, they decided to stay friends and build a podcast together. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show ended after 10 episodes, and Dunn was let go from Hinge, leading to the two starting a new podcast under a new name, Seeing Other People. Feingold left the podcast in 2021 to focus full-time on his film career.
On February 10, 2023, Feingold's second feature film, At Midnight, premiered on Paramount+.{{cite web |url=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/paramount-plus/news/1010525/first-look-at-midnight-to-premiere-february-10-exclusively-on-paramount-/ |website=Paramount+ |publisher=Paramount |access-date=10 February 2023 |date=9 January 2023 |title=First Look: At Midnight to Premiere February 10 Exclusively on Paramount+ }} He directed the Christmas film EXmas, which premiered on Amazon Freevee on November 17, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title=Leighton Meester & Robbie Amell Holiday Rom-Com 'EXmas' Drops Premiere Date, Official Trailer |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/leighton-meester-robbie-amell-holiday-rom-com-exmas-premiere-date-trailer-1235575007/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |publisher=Deadline |date=17 October 2023}}
Filmography
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! Title ! width=65 |Director ! width=65 |Writer ! width=65 |Producer ! Notes |
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| 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| Dating & New York | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2023
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2023
| EXmas | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
References
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External links
- [http://jonah-feingold.squarespace.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118224617/http://jonah-feingold.squarespace.com/ |date=2017-11-18 }}
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3783212/ IMDB page]
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Category:Writers from New York City
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)