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Jon Poll (born 1958) is an American film director, editor and producer, best known for his directorial debut with the 2007 film Charlie Bartlett.

Jon Poll
Born	1958 (age 63–64)
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation	Director, editor, producer
Years active	1982–present
Parent(s)	Martin Poll (father)

Career

Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll.[1] He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school in 1981 before becoming a film editor.[2] Between 1982 and 2004, he edited eighteen films, including Weeds (1987), Fire Birds (1990), Cabin Boy (1994), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Meet the Parents (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Meet the Fockers (2004). He was also a co-producer on the television series TV 101, Eerie, Indiana and the film Meet the Fockers, and was an executive producer on The 40-Year-Old Virgin.[3]

Poll made his directorial debut in 2007 with the teen comedy film Charlie Bartlett. He read screenwriter Gustin Nash's film adaptation of C. D. Payne's 1993 novel Youth in Revolt and asked director Jay Roach—with whom he had previously worked on five films—if he had heard of Nash. Roach explained that he had been slated to direct another of Nash's screenplays, Charlie Bartlett, but was forced to back out of the job on the same day.[3] Roach recommended that Poll take the role as director; Poll then pitched himself to the film's producers and was hired.[3] Poll co-produced Sacha Baron Cohen's 2009 mockumentary film Brüno.

Personal life

His father is film producer Martin Poll.[2][4]

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
2004	Meet the Fockers	Co-producer
2005	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Executive producer
2009	Brüno	Co-producer
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Executive producer
2012	The Campaign	Executive producer
2014	Playing It Cool	Co-executive producer

As editor

Year	Film
1987	Weeds
1990	Fire Birds
	Captain America
1991	Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1992	Forever Young
1994	Cabin Boy
	Camp Nowhere
1996	Dunston Checks In
1997	The Beautician and the Beast
1998	Krippendorf's Tribe
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
	Mystery, Alaska
2000	Meet the Parents
2001	Monkeybone
2002	Death to Smoochy
	Austin Powers in Goldmember
2003	Scary Movie 3
2004	Meet the Fockers
2010	Dinner for Schmucks
2012	The Campaign
2015	Unfinished Business
2017	The Greatest Showman
2019	Bombshell
2022	Father of the Bride
2023	The Color Purple

As director

Year	Film
2007	Charlie Bartlett

Editorial department

Year	Film	Role
1984	Gimme an 'F'	Assistant editor
1993	Wayne's World 2	Additional film editor
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Additional editor
2014	Muppets Most Wanted
2016	Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
	Keeping Up with the Joneses
2017	Power Rangers
2018	Uncle Drew

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Role
1984	Gimme an 'F'	Second assistant director
2004	Meet the Fockers	Second unit director
2008	The Love Guru
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Second unit director Title sequence director

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2008	Drillbit Taylor	The producers wish to thank
2009	Land of the Lost	Special thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit
1988−89	TV 101	Co-associate producer Co-producer
1991−92	Eerie, Indiana	Co-producer
2015	The Brink	Co-producer

As editor

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Steal the Sky	Television film
1991	Eerie, Indiana
1996	Mistrial	Television film
2015	The Brink
2016	Angie Tribeca
2020	Coastal Elites	Television film

As director

Year	Title
2015	The Brink
2016	Angie Tribeca
	Still the King

References

External links

• Jon Poll at IMDb

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