Jonathan Hock - Producer/Director Biography
Jonathan Hock is an eight-time Emmy Award winning producer, director, writer and editor. Over the course of his 25 years in television and film, Hock's hundreds of credits have ranged from primetime network programming to independent fiction and nonfiction film. In November 2010, Hock's "The Best That Never Was" premiered to wide acclaim as one of ESPN's Peabody Award-winning "30 for 30" documentaries. Hock's story helped to turn a largely forgotten football player named Marcus Dupree into the #2 twitter trend on the planet.
Hock wrote and directed the feature-length documentary "The Lost Son of Havana," filmed on location in Cuba. Executive produced by the Farrelly Brothers, "Lost Son" premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and later received an Emmy nomination for Best Sports Documentary. Among Hock's previous feature-length documentary films, "Through the Fire" earned multiple Best Documentary Awards at major film festivals during 2005 and was distributed nationally in theatres in 2006. "The Streak," co-produced with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos's Milojo Productions, was nominated for an Emmy as Best Sports Documentary in 2008. Other credits include "Michael Jordan To The Max," an internationally distributed IMAX film that he wrote and edited. "MJ to the Max" grossed nearly $20,000,000 worldwide.
For television, Hock created and directed ESPN's award-winning "Streetball," which was the longest-running sports reality series.
Hock also produced and directed an award-winning series called "Umlando: Through My Father's Eyes," starring Hugh and Sal Masekela, filmed on location in South Africa, which explored the country's history and its rural music and dance traditions.
Hock recently directed and wrote "Off the Rez," a feature-length documentary about a Native American family that leaves the reservation to pursue the American Dream. Its world premiere was at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.
He served as an executive producer of "Rising - Rebuilding Ground Zero," a documentary series about the design and construction of the new World Trade Center, for Discovery and Dreamworks, with executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Hock founded The Reel People Film Project, a program of film workshops for at-risk youth in New York City. It was during one of these workshops, in 1995, that Hock met a 15-year-old student named Alastair Christopher from the Farragut housing projects in Brooklyn. Christopher, now 31 years old, was Hock's award-winning DP on "Through the Fire," "The Lost Son of Havana," "Umlando" and "The Best That Never Was" and "Unguarded".
Hock lives outside New York City with his wife Lynn and sons Eddie, 12, and Joseph, 6.
Hock wrote and directed the feature-length documentary "The Lost Son of Havana," filmed on location in Cuba. Executive produced by the Farrelly Brothers, "Lost Son" premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and later received an Emmy nomination for Best Sports Documentary. Among Hock's previous feature-length documentary films, "Through the Fire" earned multiple Best Documentary Awards at major film festivals during 2005 and was distributed nationally in theatres in 2006. "The Streak," co-produced with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos's Milojo Productions, was nominated for an Emmy as Best Sports Documentary in 2008. Other credits include "Michael Jordan To The Max," an internationally distributed IMAX film that he wrote and edited. "MJ to the Max" grossed nearly $20,000,000 worldwide.
For television, Hock created and directed ESPN's award-winning "Streetball," which was the longest-running sports reality series.
Hock also produced and directed an award-winning series called "Umlando: Through My Father's Eyes," starring Hugh and Sal Masekela, filmed on location in South Africa, which explored the country's history and its rural music and dance traditions.
Hock recently directed and wrote "Off the Rez," a feature-length documentary about a Native American family that leaves the reservation to pursue the American Dream. Its world premiere was at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.
He served as an executive producer of "Rising - Rebuilding Ground Zero," a documentary series about the design and construction of the new World Trade Center, for Discovery and Dreamworks, with executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Hock founded The Reel People Film Project, a program of film workshops for at-risk youth in New York City. It was during one of these workshops, in 1995, that Hock met a 15-year-old student named Alastair Christopher from the Farragut housing projects in Brooklyn. Christopher, now 31 years old, was Hock's award-winning DP on "Through the Fire," "The Lost Son of Havana," "Umlando" and "The Best That Never Was" and "Unguarded".
Hock lives outside New York City with his wife Lynn and sons Eddie, 12, and Joseph, 6.
Philip Aromando - Producer
Philip Aromando is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has handled every frame of footage on every project Hock Films has produced since 1998.