---
name: "Jon Alston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-alston"
fi1m_id: "jon-alston"
imdb_id: "nm4679707"
tmdb_id: 2251521
wikidata_id: "Q3809849"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 June 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:56:09.598803+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jon Alston

## Identity

Jon Alston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-alston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-alston
- **IMDb ID:** nm4679707
- **TMDB ID:** 2251521
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3809849
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Alston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4679707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2251521

Writer. Born 4 June 1983 in Shreveport.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 June 1983, Shreveport
- **Also known as:** Jon Stone Alston, J. Stone Alston
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Alston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4679707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2251521

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All American*](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jon Alston, also credited as Jon Stone Alston or J. Stone Alston, is an American screenwriter, director and producer. A former professional American football player, he transitioned to film after retiring from the NFL in 2011.

He studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and joined the writers’ room for the CW series *All American* (2018–2020) while still in film school, contributing as a writer and story editor on 18 episodes under the name J. Stone Alston. He later served as executive story editor and writer on 22 episodes of *S.W.A.T.* (2017).

Alston has written and directed short films including *Red Butterfly* (2014) and *Augustus* (2020), the latter of which received multiple festival awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, thewrap.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All American* (2018), Fi1m 68, Story Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Augustus* (2020), Director
- *All American* (2018), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Executive Story Editor
- *Red Butterfly* (2014), Director, Writer
- *The Dungeon of Harrow* (1964), as The Spirit (uncredited)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jon-alston