Jonathan Spottiswoode

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Jonathan Spottiswoode
Origin London, United Kingdom
Genres Rock
Instrument(s) singing, guitar, harmonica
Website www.spottiswoode.com

Jonathan Spottiswoode (born 1964) is a New York based musician, writer, and filmmaker. The son of an American singer and English clergyman, he was raised in London. [1]

His short film "The Gentleman" [2] has been shown at a number of film festivals and in regular rotation on the Independent Film Channel, but he is best known as the front man of the band Spottiswoode & His Enemies.

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References

  1. Biography on Spottiswoode & His Enemies web site Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Serafy, Sam; Spottiswoode, Jonathan, The Gentleman (Short), Jonathan Tindle, Carol Monda, Nick Galifianakis, Lucy Symons, Creative Differences, retrieved 2021-05-04