Endless Jon B. - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hi! I'm Jonathan, Jon or Remmy...whichever you prefer.
I'm a filmmaker and cinematographer, working and shooting as much as I can to learn as much as I can as fast as I can while constantly and forever developing my visual tastes in filmmaking
I'm a lot (but not exactly) like this: http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm
Always remember this when you're fuelling up...

My Interests

I am a Cinematographer, Camera Assistant and Camera Operator
Inspire me or get out.

I'd like to meet:

This young man.

Music:

Pink Floyd, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles, Beasties, NIN, Radiohead, Elvis Costello, Bowie, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, A Tribe Called Quest, Devendra, the list goes on and on and on and on and on...

Movies:

Anything by Terry Gilliam, Orson Welles or Tim Burton (with "Planet of the Apes" being the only exception). Brothers Quay stop motion films, German Expressionists, Kubrick, Fellini, Kurosawa and all the other ones that they tell you to study in Film School.
Fav Movie: "Brazil" (Director's Cut)

There are so many to list, but that's a worthy example of what I'm into.
Oh, and Netflix is my new favorite thing in the world :)

Television:

Conan O'Brien, Seinfeld, The Office (BBC & US), 30 Rock, House, Bones and The Simpsons are shows that I actually watch on a regular basis
Arrested Development's downfall is an unpardonable sin by FOX.

Books:

I really enjoy technical books on filmmaking, Biographies and Autobiographies. Sometimes, they're way stranger than fiction.

Heroes:

Nikola Tesla
Hunter S. Thompson
Terry Gilliam
Johnny Eck
Milky

My Blog

First Feature (The Axe)

So, after a couple weeks of having a semi-noob like me on set, "Production" opted for someone with more experience, mostly for insecurity reasons. Barry had to fight to even get me on the shoot ...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:48:00 PST

First Feature: Weeks 1 & 2

I never thought a location should literally kick my butt, but it happened. Last night we wrapped the two week shoot down in a dirty, muddy, slippery, steep but beautiful ravine up near Fairfax.&...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

First Feature - First Day of Tests

Remember that story I told you about getting the chance to shoot with the SI-2K? Scratch that. I guess the way the SI-2K acquires data wasn't fitting in with the workflow or something, plu...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:20:00 PST

Oscar reactions, one by one...

Overall, I was happy with this year's awards. "There Will Be Blood" should have gotten a few more, but it's the Academy, so I wasn't let down too hard. Here are the winners and my reaction...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:08:00 PST

First Feature...

About a week ago I got a call from my good friend and virtual mentor Barry Stone. He's a rather sought after cinematographer who's based here in the Bay Area. He said he had a gig for me a...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:25:00 PST

Flickr...

...check it:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanbowerbank/setsI'm payin' for the "Pro Package", so I might as well promote the thing.:)
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:30:00 PST

Just adding to this year’s favorites...

"There Will Be Blood" ties "No Country for Old Men" for best film of the year. They're both equally brilliant and beautiful films, I can't pick a favorite of the two.And as much as I love Jonny'...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:43:00 PST

Today I saw...

...a pigeon fly through an apartment window, breaking the glass, then immediately fly back out.It was amazing, like something straight out of a movie.I wish I could see the faces on the tenants when t...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:28:00 PST

"Where the Wild Things Are"

I just saw these stills from "Where the Wild Things Are" and got really excited.And that was before I noticed Spike Jonze is directing. It should be brilliant....
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

My best of 2007...

Copied from Mike W's list :)Best of the best of 2007 : Jon's listBest film - "No Country for Old Men"Honorable mention - The jury's still out, but "Juno" was pretty great.Best Album - "23" by Blonde R...
Posted by Endless Jon B. on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:14:00 PST