JON FELSON

WRITER / DIRECTOR

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SCREENPLAYS

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Julia Butterfly

LOGLINE:
The incredible story of Julia Butterfly Hill and her 738-day protest in a thousand-year-old redwood tree to save it from logging by the Pacific Lumber Company. Based on her bestselling autobiography.

PRODUCERS:
Kevin Messick, Adam McKay, Jena King, Bill Bindley and Mike Karz

DIRECTOR:
Sally El Hosaini

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The Forgotten 500

LOGLINE:
A determined young Foreign Service Specialist and her OSS Officer husband launch a daring mission to rescue hundreds of Allied airmen stranded behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Based on the true story of Operation Halyard.

PRODUCERS:
Mike Karz and Bill Bindley

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The First Ghost

LOGLINE:
When the son of the President of the United States is haunted in the White House, he and his friends must unravel a terrifying mystery before it is too late.

PRODUCERS:
Fly Over Pictures, El Futura, Gulfstream Pictures

DIRECTOR:
Jon Felson

Principal Photography 2026

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Genesis

LOGLINE:
When a geneticist helps create the mythical golem from the Sepher Yetzirah, she becomes corrupted by its power.

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Moonlit Ruby

LOGLINE:
A supernatural noir crime series set in the American South of 1959, following an unlikely duo—a grizzled British tabloid reporter and the ghost of a 14-year-old girl in search of her enigmatic killer. On the road, they cross paths with other lost souls, deliver justice to the living, and endure their tempestuous relationship.

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Food of the Gods

LOGLINE:
A bioengineering startup goes awry, turning a rural farm into a breeding ground for monsters. Based on the HG Wells novella.

PRODUCERS:
Jonathan Mostow and Hal Lieberman

SCREENPLAY:
Jon Felson and Rusty Gorman

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Forward – The True Story of Brian Weidling

LOGLINE:
As doctors wrote him off and teams moved on, Brian Weidling clawed his way back—not just to walk again, but to return to the game that gave him purpose.

PHX Short Film

The dream is a hidden door to the innermost recesses of the soul… an opening into that cosmic night. — Carl Jung
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ABOUT JON

Jon Felson grew up in the redwoods of Marin County, where campfire stories at his parents’ summer camp lit his early imagination. On movie nights, he manned the camp’s battered 35mm projector, wearing out prints of Jaws and Planet of the Apes. His own Super 8 movies soon followed, equal parts ambition and glue —inspired by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Spielberg. By high school, he was creating award-winning shorts, which ultimately led to a degree from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.

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