Jonathan Figg

Jonathan David Figg (born 7 January 1975) is a British-American film director, writer and producer, best known for his work on the hip hop crime comedy, THE BROS.

Early life and career

Jonathan Figg was born on the Isle of Sheppey, a small island off the coast of southeast England. He moved to Orlando, Florida with his family when he was eight and quickly flourished in school as a writer. Figg started writing feature scripts in college, several of which earned national recognition in major contests, such as the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab, America's Best Screenplay competition and The Writer's Network competition. Upon graduating from Rollins College in 1997, he accepted a position as a magazine writer and editor for The Institute of Internal Auditors, an international financial journal in Central Florida. As a journalist, Figg earned several press association awards, including one for investigative journalism in a groundbreaking article on whistleblowing.

In his free-time, Figg managed to pursue his love of filmmaking and direct his debut short film, "The Brothers.” The 30-minute short garnered critical praise [cite news | first=Steve | last=Schneider | coauthors= | title=Reel awareness heads south | date=2000-10-16 | publisher=Times-Shamrock | url =http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=1940 | work =The Orlando Weekly | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-30 | language = ] and accumulated top awards on the festival circuit. “The Brothers” earned honors in Arizona, New York, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Memphis and London [cite news | first=Steve | last=Schneider | coauthors= | title=Game display of indie cinema | date=1998-11-23 | publisher=Times-Shamrock | url =http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=971 | work =The Orlando Weekly | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-30 | language = ] [cite news | first=Steve | last=Schneider | coauthors= | title=Rated G | date=2000-08-28 | publisher=Times-Shamrock | url =http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=1901 | work =The Orlando Weekly | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-30 | language = ] .

Feature Film Debut

Figg went on to produce/write/direct a feature version [cite news | first=Steve | last=Schneider | coauthors= | title=O 'Brothers,' where art thou? | date=2001-03-08 | publisher=Times-Shamrock | url =http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=2127 | work =The Orlando Weekly | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-30 | language = ] of the same project (renamed THE BROS.), which was released by Lionsgate Films [cite news | first=Steve | last=Schneider | coauthors= | title=Duty crawls | date=2001-09-06 | publisher=Times-Shamrock | url =http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=2360 | work =The Orlando Weekly | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-30 | language = ] on February 20, 2007. The film stars newcomers John Tindall and Joachim Wiese and features appearances by Joey Fatone, Shaquille O’Neal, Ludacris, Vanilla Ice, Carrot Top, Cindy Margolis and Jonny Damon.

In May 2007, Figg relocated to Los Angeles to further his career and pursue his next feature film project. He recently completed a feature length screenplay adaptation of a 16th century epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Figg is currently writing another comedy, as well as a modern noir thriller in the same vein as Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

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