Jordan Vogt-Roberts | |
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![]() Jordan Vogt-Roberts at San Diego Comic-Con in 2016 | |
Born | Jordan Charles Roberts-Vogt September 22, 1984 |
Education | Columbia College Chicago (2006) |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2007–present |
Notable work | The Kings of Summer Kong: Skull Island |
Jordan Charles Roberts-Vogt (born September 22, 1984) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. His feature directorial debut, The Kings of Summer , screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film also won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival. [1] In 2017, Vogt-Roberts directed the MonsterVerse film Kong: Skull Island .
Jordan Vogt-Roberts's first directorial credit was a 2007 documentary, Twit: Robert Buscemi, Live at the Subterranean. [2]
Vogt-Roberts continued his career producing and directing episodes of two web series, Memoirs of a Manchild (2009-2010) and Book Club (2009-2013), and directing most episodes of the web series Single Dads (2009-2011). [3]
After turning an episode of Memoirs of a Manchild into the short film Mint in a Box (2009), [4] in 2010, he wrote and directed the short film Successful Alcoholics. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, the AFI Fest and 30 other film festivals. [5]
Vogt-Roberts went on to direct Comedy Central's Mash Up, [6] as well as episodes of Funny or Die Presents [7] , MTV's Death Valley [8] and FX's You're the Worst . [8]
Vogt-Roberts's feature film debut, The Kings of Summer , was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival, and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival. [9] [10]
He went on to direct Kong: Skull Island in 2017, which grossed over $565 million at the global box office. [11]
Vogt-Roberts is directing a film based on the Metal Gear series for Sony Pictures. [12] In interviews, Vogt-Roberts repeatedly expressed his passion for video games, and recounted his meeting with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to discuss the making of the film. [13] In Kong: Skull Island, a boat bears the name Gray Fox as a homage to the character of the same name. [14] As of 2024, he was still attached to the project, though there was still no publicly available timeline. [15]
Vogt-Roberts was to direct the pilot of The Walking Dead: World Beyond , [16] but was replaced with Magnus Martens, who previously directed for Fear the Walking Dead . The change in directors was a result of the production going in a different direction; Vogt-Roberts still contributed to the first episode. [17]
In 2018, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a miniseries adaptation of the 2014 book Console Wars , with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg executive producing the series and Paramount+ distributing it. [18]
In 2021, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a live action adaptation of Gundam produced by Legendary Entertainment. [19] By October 2024, he was no longer involved with the project. [20]
Vogt-Roberts is Jewish. He was born in the United States and grew up in the Greater Detroit area. [21] He moved to Arizona at 14 but went back to Royal Oak, Michigan his senior year to graduate with his hometown friends. [22] He graduated from Dondero High School in 2003 and later Columbia College Chicago in 2006. [22]
On September 11, 2017, Vogt-Roberts was brutally attacked while living in Ho Chi Minh City. After investigating the case with GQ journalist Max Marshall, Vogt-Roberts identified his attackers and one of the assailants was eventually arrested in India. [23]
In 2017, pornographic entertainer Dana DeArmond accused Vogt-Roberts of kissing her without her consent at a drinks date he set up with her in 2010, a few months after they wrapped work on Mash Up . [24] [23]
Film
Television
Year | Title | Notes |
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2011 | Funny or Die Presents | 5 episodes |
2011 | Death Valley | 3 episodes |
2012 | Mash Up | 8 episodes |
2014 | Nick Offerman: American Ham | Stand-up documentary |
2014, 2019 | You're the Worst | 8 episodes |
2015 | Cocked | Pilot |
2024 | Hysteria! | 2 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Death Stranding [25] | The Film Director | Likeness only |
Commercials