Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Jordan Vogt-Roberts's first directorial credit was a 2007 documentary, Twit: Robert Buscemi, Live at the Subterranean.{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5001514/reference/ |title=Twit: Robert Buscemi, Live at the Subterranean (2007) - IMDb |access-date=2025-06-05 |via=www.imdb.com}}

Vogt-Roberts continued his career producing and directing episodes of two web series, Memoirs of a Manchild (2009-2010) and Book Club (2009-2013), and directing most episodes of the web series Single Dads (2009-2011).Single Dads at Web Series Channel, http://www.webserieschannel.com/single-dads/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924022946/http://www.webserieschannel.com/single-dads/ |date=2013-09-24 }}

After turning an episode of Memoirs of a Manchild into the short film Mint in a Box (2009),{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Christopher |date=2013-05-26 |title=5 Short Reasons Jordan Vogt-Roberts is the Next Great Comedy Film Director |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/5-short-reasons-jordan-vogt-roberts-is-the-next-great-comedy-film-director-fe4b037f0862/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Film School Rejects |language=en-US}} in 2010, he wrote and directed the short film Successful Alcoholics. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, the AFI Fest and 30 other film festivals.{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/16640746 |title=Successful Alcoholics |date=2010-11-09 |last=Vogt-Roberts |first=Jordan |access-date=2025-06-05 |via=Vimeo}}

Vogt-Roberts went on to direct Comedy Central's Mash Up,{{Cite web |title=Mash Up Collection: Word Mash Ups |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/video-collections/e6np4a/mash-up-mash-up-collection--word-mash-ups/l7kub9 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140123111053/http://www.comedycentral.com/video-collections/e6np4a/mash-up-mash-up-collection--word-mash-ups/l7kub9 |archive-date=2014-01-23 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Comedy Central}} as well as episodes of Funny or Die Presents{{Cite AV media |url=https://vimeo.com/15488426 |title=HBO/Funny or Die: Baby Boss: Going to the Boss |date=2010-10-02 |last=Vogt-Roberts |first=Jordan |access-date=2025-06-05 |via=Vimeo}}, MTV's Death Valley{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jordan-vogt-roberts/credits/489857|title=Jordan Vogt-Roberts {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}} and FX's You're the Worst.

Vogt-Roberts's feature film debut, The Kings of Summer, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival, and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/kings-summer-film-review-414006|title=The Kings of Summer: Sundance Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 January 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2013/03/dallas-international-film-festival-announces-full-2013-lineup/|title=Dallas International Film Festival Announces Full 2013 Lineup|date=2013-03-12|website=D Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}}

He went on to direct Kong: Skull Island in 2017, which grossed over $565 million at the global box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=legendary2016.htm|title=Kong: Skull Island (2017) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=2019-01-16}}

Vogt-Roberts is directing a film based on the Metal Gear series for Sony Pictures.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/sony-in-talks-with-jordan-vogt-roberts-to-helm-metal-gear-solid-739744/ |title=Sony In Talks With Jordan Vogt-Roberts To Helm 'Metal Gear Solid' |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 3, 2014 |access-date=May 18, 2017}} In interviews, Vogt-Roberts repeatedly expressed his passion for video games, and recounted his meeting with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to discuss the making of the film.{{cite magazine |last1=Weber |first1=Rachel |title=Why Kong: Skull Island Director Chased Video Game Movie Metal Gear Solid |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/why-kong-skull-island-director-chased-video-game-movie-metal-gear-solid-194615/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=9 November 2023 |date=11 May 2017}} In Kong: Skull Island, a boat bears the name Gray Fox as a homage to the character of the same name.{{cite web |url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/03/07/metal-gear-movie-director-on-the-characters-he-wants-to-include |title=Metal Gear Movie Director on the Characters He Wants to Include |last=Skrebels |first=Joe |publisher=IGN |date=March 7, 2017 |access-date=May 18, 2017}} As of 2024, he was still attached to the project, though there was still no publicly available timeline.{{cite web |last1=Yin-Poole |first1=Wesley |title=Metal Gear Solid Movie Script Still Being Worked On, Producer Says |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/metal-gear-solid-movie-script-still-being-worked-on-producer-says |website=IGN |access-date=1 July 2024 |language=en |date=1 July 2024}}

Vogt-Roberts was to direct the pilot of The Walking Dead: World Beyond,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-full-cast-set-third-show-amc-1225727 |title='The Walking Dead': Full Cast Set for Third Show on AMC |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} but was replaced with Magnus Martens, who previously directed for Fear the Walking Dead. The change in directors was a result of the production going in a different direction; Vogt-Roberts still contributed to the first episode.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-matthew-negrete-interview/ |title=The Walking Dead: World Beyond Boss Says You Don't Have to Be Caught Up on TWD to Watch the Spin-Off |website=TV Guide |first=Liam |last=Matthews |date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 2, 2020}}

In 2018, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a miniseries adaptation of the 2014 book Console Wars, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg executive producing the series and Paramount+ distributing it.{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-11-28|title=Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg to Produce 'Console Wars' as Limited Series|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-console-wars-tv-series-1203039152/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

In 2021, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a live action adaptation of Gundam produced by Legendary Entertainment.{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Julia |title=Netflix is Making a Live-Action Gundam Movie with Jordan Vogt-Roberts Directing |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-is-making-a-live-action-gundam-movie-with-jordan-vogt-roberts-directing |website=IGN |date=12 April 2021 |language=en|access-date=2021-04-12}} By October 2024, he was no longer involved with the project.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title='Gundam' Movie At Legendary Taps 'Sweet Tooth' Showrunner Jim Mickle To Direct |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/gundam-movie-sweet-tooth-jim-mickle-1236163584/ |website=Deadline |access-date=31 October 2024 |date=31 October 2024}}

Vogt-Roberts is Jewish. He was born in the United States and grew up in the Greater Detroit area.{{Cite news|url=https://www.colum.edu/academics/alumni/demo-magazine/26/jordan-vogt-roberts.html|title=Greetings From Hollywood|access-date=2019-01-16|language=en-US}} He moved to Arizona at 14 but went back to Royal Oak, Michigan his senior year to graduate with his hometown friends.{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/toy-s-house-film-director-talks-about-growing-up-in-royal-oak|title='Toy's House' Film Director Talks About Growing Up in Royal Oak|date=2013-01-28|website=Royal Oak, MI Patch|language=en|access-date=2019-05-05}} He graduated from Dondero High School in 2003 and later Columbia College Chicago in 2006.

On September 11, 2017, Vogt-Roberts was brutally attacked while living in Ho Chi Minh City. After investigating the case with GQ journalist Max Marshall, Vogt-Roberts identified his attackers and one of the assailants was eventually arrested in India.{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/attack-on-skull-island |title=Attack on Skull Island |last=Marshall |first=Max |publisher=GQ |date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=July 14, 2018}}

Film

• The Kings of Summer (2013)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Television

Video games

Commercials

• Destiny 2 (2017)
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (2018)
• Avengers (2020)

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