Jonathan Raymond

Historia

Jonathan Raymond (born 1971) is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for writing the novels "The Half-Life" (2004) and "Rain Dragon" (2012), and for writing the short stories or novels for the films "Old Joy" (2006), "Wendy and Lucy" (2008), and "First Cow" (2019), all directed by Kelly Reichardt, with whom he co-wrote the screenplays.

Películas

Showing Up
Screenplay
An artist on the verge of a career-changing exhibition navigates family, friends and colleagues in the lead-up to her show and finds that the chaos of life becomes the inspiration for more great art.
Earthlings
Executive Producer
Tom Chen, an affluent Chinese American, decides to celebrate the anniversary of his divorce with a dinner party. When his intended guests cancel, he impulsively invites the two Mexican day laborers, Javier and Diego, who are working in his yard, to join him instead. But as the three men are settling into the evening, finding connections and differences in their respective American stories, two of Tom’s original guests show up after all, and the resulting clash of cultures and beliefs takes the evening to new heights—and depths—of desire, hedonism, and conflict.
Earthlings
Short Story
Tom Chen, an affluent Chinese American, decides to celebrate the anniversary of his divorce with a dinner party. When his intended guests cancel, he impulsively invites the two Mexican day laborers, Javier and Diego, who are working in his yard, to join him instead. But as the three men are settling into the evening, finding connections and differences in their respective American stories, two of Tom’s original guests show up after all, and the resulting clash of cultures and beliefs takes the evening to new heights—and depths—of desire, hedonism, and conflict.
Cal State Long Beach, CA, Janvier 2020
Thanks
Bronx, New York, Novembre 2019
Thanks
First Cow: A Place in This World
Behind the scenes of the creation of Kelly Reichardt's First Cow
First Cow
Screenplay
Narra la historia de un cocinero contratado por una expedición de cazadores de pieles, en el estado de Oregón, en la década de 1820. También la de un misterioso inmigrante chino que huye de unos hombres que le persiguen, y de la creciente amistad entre ambos en un territorio hostil.
First Cow
Novel
Narra la historia de un cocinero contratado por una expedición de cazadores de pieles, en el estado de Oregón, en la década de 1820. También la de un misterioso inmigrante chino que huye de unos hombres que le persiguen, y de la creciente amistad entre ambos en un territorio hostil.
Night Moves
Screenplay
Un drama centrado en tres ecologistas que que quieren volar una presa.
Buoy
Executive Producer
A married mother of two, unexpectedly pregnant with her third child, answers the phone to hear a voice from her distant past, reconnecting with the central, though neglected, emotional anchor in her life. In the span of an 80-minute conversation, the two test the strength of a deep yet betrayed, love.
Meek's Cutoff
Writer
En 1845, un grupo de colonos pioneros recorre el territorio virgen de Oregón guiado por el taciturno Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood). En su viaje en busca de la tierra prometida se cruzarán con un nativo americano cuya presencia hará que el grupo se divida: unos depositarán su confianza en el poco fiable Meek, y otros, en cambio, en el que a primera vista podría parecer su enemigo natural: el indio
Wendy and Lucy
Story
En compañía de su perra Lucy, Wendy se traslada a Alaska para desempeñar un nuevo y lucrativo trabajo en una fábrica de conservas de pescado. Todo va bien hasta que, al cruzar el estado de Oregón, su modesto Honda Accord de los 80 se avería y tiene que llevarlo a un taller. Sus recursos económicos son tan limitados que acaba robando en un supermercado una lata de comida para perros, pero es descubierta y llevada a comisaría. Cuando, a las pocas horas, es puesta en libertad, resulta que Lucy ha desaparecido. Wendy tendrá entonces que recuperar a su perra y pagar la factura del taller. Así las cosas, tanto su dinero como su autoestima irán disminuyendo cada vez más.
Wendy and Lucy
Screenplay
En compañía de su perra Lucy, Wendy se traslada a Alaska para desempeñar un nuevo y lucrativo trabajo en una fábrica de conservas de pescado. Todo va bien hasta que, al cruzar el estado de Oregón, su modesto Honda Accord de los 80 se avería y tiene que llevarlo a un taller. Sus recursos económicos son tan limitados que acaba robando en un supermercado una lata de comida para perros, pero es descubierta y llevada a comisaría. Cuando, a las pocas horas, es puesta en libertad, resulta que Lucy ha desaparecido. Wendy tendrá entonces que recuperar a su perra y pagar la factura del taller. Así las cosas, tanto su dinero como su autoestima irán disminuyendo cada vez más.
Old Joy
Screenplay
Historia de dos viejos amigos que se van durante un fin de semana de aventuras a las montañas de Oregón. Obtuvo buenas críticas.
Driving to Zigzigland
Culver City Man
A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.
Battles on the Astral Plane
Writer
Jon Raymond’s 1997 piece Battles on the Astral Plane, a clever mocking of the popular Mortal Kombat video game that shows Raymond’s crafty, self-effacing wit that can still be found in his books and screenplays (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Livability).
Battles on the Astral Plane
Director
Jon Raymond’s 1997 piece Battles on the Astral Plane, a clever mocking of the popular Mortal Kombat video game that shows Raymond’s crafty, self-effacing wit that can still be found in his books and screenplays (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Livability).