Jon Carlo is screenwriter, director and actor who was born in Oakland, California but spent his early childhood bouncing around the globe from Israel to Argentina eventually settling in Toronto, Canada. As an actor, he has worked on hit TV shows such as Parks and Recreation and Transparent as well as several feature films.

Jon’s first screenplay made it to the final round of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, which then landed him his first paid gig as a writer entitled First We Take Brooklyn starring Oscar Nominee Harvey Keitel. the movie was released worldwide in 2018 under 2B Films.

Jon’s follow-up screenplay, Mob Town, was shot the following year in New York and starred David Arquette, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Robert Davi, PJ Byrne and Jennifer Esposito and was released in December 2019. The film received much box office success and was later acquired by Showtime.

In 2019, Jon wrote and direct his first feature film entitled Feral State starring AnnaLynne McCord and Ronnie Gene Blevins, which was acquired by Vertical Entertainment and later sold to Hulu. It’s is currently available worldwide on all streaming platforms.