Jon Kilik

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“I just want to make the films I want to make with the people I want to make them with, and be able to give the directors the help they need. And, at the same time, find partners—whether they are studios, independents, foreign distributors or private investors—who will back us. I’ve been able to pull it off so far.”

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Jon Kilik’s willfully independent producing ethos found its roots in the early 1980s American New Wave of filmmakers that included Jim Jarmusch and the Coen brothers. While Kilik worked on the more traditional New York ...

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