Jonathan Salemi
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jonathan Salemi is a feature film director and producer as well as television producer. His latest directorial effort the feature crime thriller "The Last Deal" opened in theaters across the U.S. and on VOD where it was one of the top rented new releases in the country and later featured in The New York Times "Five Action Films to Stream Now". Jonathan wrote the screenplay for the pic as well as serving as producer.
The Boston native's filmmaking career started at Sony Picture Studios as an intern for Academy Award winning producer Douglas Wick ("Divergent" franchise, "The Great Gatsby" and "Gladiator"). Six months later, he began writing his first feature screenplay and directorial debut, "Ante Up". The ambitious super-16mm film played for a week at the Sunset 5 Theater on Sunset Blvd and made it to #77 in the box-office weekend charts. Welcome to Hollywood!
Since then, Jonathan has directed and produced multiple feature documentaries, Academy Award qualifying and festival winning short films, and Produces for Network television including 17 episodes of Lifetime's hit show "Married at First Sight" where he also served as Story Associate Producer.
The Boston native's filmmaking career started at Sony Picture Studios as an intern for Academy Award winning producer Douglas Wick ("Divergent" franchise, "The Great Gatsby" and "Gladiator"). Six months later, he began writing his first feature screenplay and directorial debut, "Ante Up". The ambitious super-16mm film played for a week at the Sunset 5 Theater on Sunset Blvd and made it to #77 in the box-office weekend charts. Welcome to Hollywood!
Since then, Jonathan has directed and produced multiple feature documentaries, Academy Award qualifying and festival winning short films, and Produces for Network television including 17 episodes of Lifetime's hit show "Married at First Sight" where he also served as Story Associate Producer.