Jon M. Chu

Born: 1979-11-02

Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, and of the film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked, consisting of Wicked (2024) and Wicked: Part Two (2025). The films that he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010), the musicals Jem and the Holograms (2015) and In the Heights (2021), and the live concert films Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) and Justin Bieber's Believe (2013). Chu is an alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

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Justin Bieber's Believe

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Released: 2013-12-19

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Released: 2021-10-12

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YouTube Live

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Released: 2008-11-22

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Justin Bieber: The New Me

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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One Perfect Shot

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The Miley and Mandy Show

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First aired: 2008-02-28

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