Jon Kinyon

Infobox Person
name = Jon Kinyon


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caption = Taken at an event in Hollywood, May 2008
birth_date = 03/29/1962
birth_place = Stanford, California, USA
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birthname = Jonathan Foster Kinyon
other_names = J. F. Kinyon
Jonny Kingston (pseudonym)
homepage =http://www.jonkinyon.com
known_for = Creator of The Jimi Homeless Experience; Producer, Writer & Director of the film God Squad!; Founder/President of Hot Rod Condoms (condom brand).
occupation = Filmmaker, Music Producer, Entrepreneur
nationality = American

Jon Kinyon (born March 29, 1962) is an American filmmaker, film editor, stop motion animator, music producer, song writer, parodist, webcomic creator/writer, and entrepreneur.

The Jimi Homeless Experience

top motion animation and webcomic

On March 6, 2008 he became the first "featured animator" on MyToons [cite web |title=Jon Kinyon in Motion |publisher=MyToons |date=2008-03-06 |work=Animation Snack |url=http://news.mytoons.com/articles/2008/03/06/john-kinyon-in-motion | accessdate=2008-04-24 ] , a YouTube-styled website specifically geared for 2-D and 3-D animation, with a stop motion animation parody of Jimi Hendrix' key performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The animated piece features a fictional character named Jimi Homeless who first appeared in a series of webcomics published as The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic). The webcomics are written by Jon Kinyon and drawn by an underground cartoonist known as Big Tasty. [cite web |title=The Jimi Homeless Experience: Even Weirder Than Weird Al |publisher=Melodika |date=2007-10-28 |work=Home of Music |url=http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=1 | accessdate=2008-04-25 ] The stop motion animation was a collaboration with Josh Curtis, the singer for the related band project, who molded the clay version of Jimi Homeless. [cite web |title=Jon Kinyon in Motion |publisher=MyToons |date=2008-03-06 |work=Animation Snack |url=http://news.mytoons.com/articles/2008/03/06/john-kinyon-in-motion | accessdate=2008-04-24 ]

Parody album

On August 23, 2007 he released a full length CD of parody songs he had written and produced, all inspired by the aforementioned comic. The first CD by The Jimi Homeless Experience was released on the exact day of the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' first album release Are You Experienced, his Are You Homeless? features "Weird Al" Yankovic-styled parodies of some of Hendrix' biggest hits. [cite web |title=The Jimi Homeless Experience: Even Weirder Than Weird Al |publisher=Melodika |date=2007-10-28 |work=Home of Music |url=http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=1 | accessdate=2008-04-25 ]

God Squad!

In 2002 he wrote, produced and directed God Squad!, a comedy film which parodied and 1970s Buddy Cop Films. It featured cult film actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993) Julie Strain as well as actor Al Israel who is famous for his roles in Scarface, Carlito's Way and Body Double. After it's premiere at the Academy Award accredited Los Angeles Film Festival the film went on to screen at Tromadance 2003, the Backseat Film Festival and several other U.S. film festivals.

Hot Rod Condoms

Jon Kinyon is also the founder and president of Hot Rod Condoms, a U.S. condom brand which he launched in 1994. [Citation | writer=Roth, Kimberlee | title=Equipment Check: Condoms Needn't Be Mirth Control | paper=The Chicago Tribune | date=Chicago Tribune: 28 December, 2003 | url=http://www.dddxyz.com/images/press/031228-Chicago-Tribune.pdf | format = PDF]

References

External links

* [http://www.jonkinyon.com Jon Kinyon official website]
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* [http://www.picturedeal.com God Squad! website]
* [http://www.hotrodcondoms.com Hot Rod Condoms website]
* [http://www.jimihomeless.com The Jimi Homeless Experience website]

Persondata
NAME= Kinyon, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Kinyon, J.F.
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH= Birth date and age|1962|3|29|mf=y
PLACE OF BIRTH= Stanford, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=