Jon Poll

Jon Poll
Born	1958 (age 66–67)
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation(s)	Director, editor, producer
Years active	1982–present
Father	Martin Poll

Jon Poll (born 1958) is an American film director, editor and producer, best known for his directorial debut with the 2007 film Charlie Bartlett.

Career

Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll.^[1] He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school in 1981 before becoming a film editor.^[2] Between 1982 and 2004, he edited eighteen films, including Weeds (1987), Fire Birds (1990), Cabin Boy (1994), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Meet the Parents (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Meet the Fockers (2004). He was also a co-producer on the television series TV 101, Eerie, Indiana and the film Meet the Fockers, and was an executive producer on The 40-Year-Old Virgin.^[3]

Poll made his directorial debut in 2007 with the teen comedy film Charlie Bartlett. He read screenwriter Gustin Nash's film adaptation of C. D. Payne's 1993 novel Youth in Revolt and asked director Jay Roach—with whom he had previously worked on five films—if he had heard of Nash. Roach explained that he had been slated to direct another of Nash's screenplays, Charlie Bartlett, but was forced to back out of the job on the same day.^[3] Roach recommended that Poll take the role as director; Poll then pitched himself to the film's producers and was hired.^[3] Poll co-produced Sacha Baron Cohen's 2009 mockumentary film Brüno.

Personal life

His father is film producer Martin Poll.^[2][4]

Filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1987	Weeds	John D. Hancock	First collaboration with John D. Hancock
1990	Fire Birds	David Green
	Captain America	Albert Pyun
1991	Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken	Steve Miner	First collaboration with Steve Miner
1992	Forever Young		Second collaboration with Steve Miner
1994	Cabin Boy	Adam Resnick
	Camp Nowhere	Jonathan Prince
1996	Dunston Checks In	Ken Kwapis	First collaboration with Ken Kwapis
1997	The Beautician and the Beast		Second collaboration with Ken Kwapis
1998	Krippendorf's Tribe	Todd Holland
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Jay Roach	First collaboration with Jay Roach
	Mystery, Alaska		Second collaboration with Jay Roach
2000	Meet the Parents		Third collaboration with Jay Roach
2001	Monkeybone	Henry Selick
2002	Death to Smoochy	Danny DeVito
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Jay Roach	Fourth collaboration with Jay Roach
2003	Scary Movie 3	David Zucker
2004	Meet the Fockers	Jay Roach	Fifth collaboration with Jay Roach
2010	Dinner for Schmucks		Sixth collaboration with Jay Roach
2012	The Campaign		Seventh collaboration with Jay Roach
2015	Unfinished Business	Ken Scott
2017	The Greatest Showman	Michael Gracey
2019	Bombshell	Jay Roach	Eighth collaboration with Jay Roach
2022	God's Time	Daniel Antebi
	Father of the Bride	Gary Alazraki
2023	The Color Purple	Blitz Bazawule

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
2004	Meet the Fockers	Jay Roach	Co-producer
2005	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Judd Apatow	Executive producer
2009	Brüno	Larry Charles	Co-producer
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Jay Roach	Executive producer
2012	The Campaign
2014	Playing It Cool	Justin Reardon	Co-executive producer

Director

Year	Film
2007	Charlie Bartlett

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1984	Gimme an 'F'	Paul Justman	Assistant editor
1993	Wayne's World 2	Stephen Surjik	Additional film editor
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Peter Weir	Additional editor
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	James Bobin
2016	Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates	Jake Szymanski
	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Greg Mottola
2017	Power Rangers	Dean Israelite
2018	Uncle Drew	Charles Stone III

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Director	Role
1984	Gimme an 'F'	Paul Justman	Second assistant director
2004	Meet the Fockers	Jay Roach	Second unit director
2008	The Love Guru	Marco Schnabel
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Jay Roach	Second unit director Title sequence director

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Steven Brill	The producers wish to thank
2009	Land of the Lost	Brad Silberling	Special thanks

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1988	Steal the Sky	John D. Hancock	Second collaboration with John D. Hancock
1996	Mistrial	Heywood Gould
2020	Coastal Elites	Jay Roach	Ninth collaboration with Jay Roach

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Eerie, Indiana	3 episodes
2015	The Brink	5 episodes
2016	Angie Tribeca	1 episode

Producer

Year	Title	Credit
1988−89	TV 101	Co-associate producer Co-producer
1991−92	Eerie, Indiana	Co-producer Producer
2015	The Brink	Co-producer

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2015	The Brink	1 episode
2016	Angie Tribeca
	Still the King	3 episodes

References

1. "Martin Poll dies at 89, Producer drew Oscar nom for 'The Lion in Winter'". Variety. April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
2. Taylor, Devon (February 2, 2008). "Jon Poll talks about Charlie Bartlett". The Campus Press. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
3. Philbrick, Jami (January 16, 2008). "Director Jon Poll talks "Charlie Bartlett"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
4. Newton, Robert (February 22, 2008). "Interview – Director Jon Poll ('Charlie Bartlett')". WorcestorMovies.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2008.

External links

• Jon Poll at IMDb