JON SANHUEZA
WRITER.PRODUCER.DIRECTOR
Born in Newport, RI, Jon Sanhueza began his career in the arts as a theater actor, with such roles as Hank in Marvin's Room and King Philip II in The Lion in Winter. He studied design and model-making at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After migrating to Los Angeles, he studied acting at the Theatre Group Studio and the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. In 2006 he was part of the ensemble production, The Art of Being, performing for audiences in Hollywood, Austin, San Antonio and Chicago. That same year he wrote, produced and directed his first film, a ten minute short dealing with teen suicide.
He would go on to direct his first feature film, Delicate Playthings, in 2009. A dark and twisted romantic thriller starring Miles Anderson and Katharine Emmer. His follow-up, a 15 minute post-apocalyptic horror film, Our Parents Lied, had a successful festival run, receiving a nomination for best narrative short at the 2016 Blackbird Film Fest.
His latest directorial effort, currently out to festivals worldwide, is Engagement; a pilot presentation for an hour-long drama series about three dysfunctional siblings dealing with the loss of their parents.
He resides in Los Angeles, patiently waiting on the next and final season of Game of Thrones.
... Well that was disappointing. : /
AWARDS
2019 Final Draft Big Break
Quarterfinalist
Hostile Creatures
2019 Stage 32 5th Annual Feature Screenplay Contest
Semifinalist
Hostile Creatures
2019 Austin Film Festival
Second Rounder
Hostile Creatures
2019 Scriptapalooza
Semifinalist
Hostile Creatures
2019 Page International
Quarterfinalist
Hostile Creatures
2018 Final Draft Big Break
Quarterfinalist
Mass Exodus
2018 Blow-Up Arthouse Film Fest
Official Selection
Engagement
2018 Orb Media Group
Quarterfinalist
Mass Exodus
2017 Final Draft Big Break
Quarterfinalist
Falling Stars
2017 Oaxaca Film Festival
Official Selection
Guilt
2016 Blackbird Film Fest
Official Selection & nominated for Best Narrative Short
Our Parents Lied
2016 Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
Our Parents Lied
2016 Miami Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
Our Parents Lied
2016 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
Official Selection
Our Parents Lied
2016 Scriptapalooza
Quarterfinalist
Onna-bugeisha
2015 Austin Film Festival
Second Rounder
Guilt
2015 Final Draft Big Break
Semifinalist
Guilt
2015 Page International
Quarterfinalist
Guilt
2014 Page International
Semifinalist
Pilot
2008 Page International
Semifinalist
Geoffrey