Biography
Jon East is a British television director. He trained at the West Surrey College of Art & Design and began his career as a storyboard and concept artist before working as a film editor at the BBC. He later served as chief storyline writer and producer on the soap EastEnders and ran the BBC Children's Drama & Animation Department from 2005 to 2009.
East has directed episodes of numerous series, including Killing Eve (2018), The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), Lost in Space (2019), Pennyworth (2019), Cursed (2020), Whiskey Cavalier (2019) and Surface (2022). A BAFTA and Royal Television Society award winner, he received a BAFTA for the single film That Summer Day (2006).
