Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for directing the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018) and the musical fantasy "Wicked" (2024), the former being one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent. For his direction for "Wicked," Chu won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Director. An alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, other films he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films "Step Up 2: The Streets" (2008) and "Step Up 3D" (2010), the musicals "Jem and the Holograms" (2015) and "In the Heights" (2021), as well as the live concert films "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" (2011) and "Justin Bieber's Believe" (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2028Oh, the Places You'll Go! — Director
• 2025Wicked: For Good — Director
• 2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self, Executive Music Producer
• 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked — Self, Thanks
• 2024Wicked — Director
• The Company You Keep — Producer
• 2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration — Executive Producer
• Thai Cave Rescue — Executive Producer
• 2021In the Heights — Director
• 2021Justin Bieber: The New Me
• Home Before Dark — Executive Producer, Director
• Good Trouble — Director
• 2019Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho — Director
• 2018Crazy Rich Asians — Director
• 2016Dance Camp — Producer
• 2016Now You See Me 2 — Director
• 2015Jem and the Holograms — Director, Producer
• 2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss — Director
• 2013G.I. Joe: Retaliation — Director
• 2013Justin Bieber's Believe — Self, Director
• 2012Step Up Revolution — Executive Producer
• 2011Justin Bieber: Never Say Never — Director
• 2011The LXD: The Secrets of the Ra — Director
• 2010Step Up 3D — Director
• The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers — Creator
• 2008Step Up 2: The Streets — Director
• The Miley and Mandy Show
• 2002Gwai Lo: The Little Foreigner — Director
• 2001Silent Beats — Director
• 1993Freaked — Giant Stuey Monster
• Crazy Rich Asians 2 — Director
• Crazy Rich Asians Spinoff — Producer
• Hot Wheels — Director, Producer
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Executive Producer, Director
• Permanent Record — Director, Producer
• Play-Doh — Director, Producer
• Split Fiction — Director, Producer
• The Goxfather — Producer, Director
• The Great Chinese Art Heist — Director
• The LXD: Rise of the Drifts — Director
• The Woman in Me — Director
• Untitled Britany Spears Biopic — Director

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2026Tribeca 25 — Self
• Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks — Himself
• 2025Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe — Self
• 2025Making Wicked: For Good — Self
• 2025Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek — Self
• 2024Making Wicked — Self
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• One Perfect Shot — Self
• 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• 2021A Night at the Academy Museum — Self
• Directors on Directors — Self
• 2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2008YouTube Live — Himself
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee