Jon Davison (film producer)

Jon Davison is an American film producer.

Career

Davison worked at New World Pictures in the 1970s.

His producing credits include Airplane! (1980), RoboCop (1987), RoboCop 2 (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), and The 6th Day (2000).

Davison and animator Sally Cruikshank ^{[1] [2]} were married March 17, 1984, ^[3] and have a daughter, Dinah. ^[4]

Archive

The moving image collection of Joe Dante and Davison is held at the Academy Film Archive. The joint collection includes feature films, pre-production elements, and theatrical trailer reels. ^[5]

Select filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1974	Big Bad Mama	Associate producer
1976	Hollywood Boulevard		[6]
1977	Grand Theft Auto
1978	Piranha
1980	Airplane!
1982	White Dog
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Associate producer	Uncredited
1984	Top Secret!
1987	RoboCop	Executive producer
1990	RoboCop 2
1994	Trapped in Paradise
1997	Starship Troopers
2000	The 6th Day
2007	Searchers 2.0

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Other notes
1987	RoboCop	ED-209	Voice role	Uncredited
1997	Starship Troopers	Buenos Aires Survivor	Uncredited

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
1972	Night Call Nurses	Assistant to director

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Role
1979	Rock 'n' Roll High School	Second unit director
1981	The Howling

Production manager

Year	Film	Role
1977	Thunder and Lightning	Post-production supervisor

Thanks

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Special thanks	1989 restoration
1981	Texas Lightning
1982	Eating Raoul	The producers wish to thank
1988	Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here	Special thanks
1991	El Patrullero	Thanks
1992	One False Move	The filmmakers wish to express their gratitude to

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Television film

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Other notes	More notes
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Outpost	Voice role	Uncredited	Television film

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Title	Role
1994	RoboCop	Creative consultant

References

1. Dixon, Wheeler Winston, ed. Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-Century Cinema. Carbondale, Illinois  : Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, p. 209. ISBN   0-8093-2417-2
2. Dixon, Collected Interviews, p.209
3. "March 17 the Good", at Sally Cruikshank's official blog, March 18, 2009
4. "10 days or so!", at Cruikshank blog, September 9, 2008.
5. "Joe Dante and Jon Davison Collection". Academy Film Archive.
6. Vagg, Stephen (October 3, 2025). "The Nurse Cycle Part 4 – Hollywood Boulevard". Filmink. Retrieved October 3, 2025.

External links

• Jon Davison at IMDb