---
name: "Jon Erwin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-erwin"
fi1m_id: "jon-erwin"
imdb_id: "nm2296528"
tmdb_id: 844266
wikidata_id: "Q68783644"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "19 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T14:52:42.881033+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 Erwin

## Identity

Jon Erwin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-erwin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-erwin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2296528
- **TMDB ID:** 844266
- **Wikidata ID:** Q68783644
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68783644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2296528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/844266

Director and writer. Born 19 May 1982 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 19 May 1982, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
- **Active:** 2025–present
- **Also known as:** The Erwin Brothers, Jonathan Erwin
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68783644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2296528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/844266

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*House of David*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-david.md) (53)

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## Biography

Jon Erwin is an American director, screenwriter and producer who often collaborates with his brother Andrew as the Erwin Brothers. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, on 19 May 1982, he began his career as a teenager working as a sports cameraman for ESPN, covering college and professional games, before the brothers founded a production company in 2002 focused on commercials, documentaries and music videos.

The Erwin Brothers are known for faith-based feature films including *October Baby* (2011), *Woodlawn* (2015), *I Can Only Imagine* (2018), *I Still Believe* (2020), *American Underdog* (2021) and *Jesus Revolution* (2023). Erwin created, wrote and directed the Prime Video biblical series *House of David* (2025), a project he conceived as a teenager after visiting Israel. He co-founded Kingdom Story Company, where he serves as CEO.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deseret.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *House of David* (2025), Fi1m 53, Creator, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-david.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Young Washington* (2026), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Old Stories: Moses* (2026), series, Director, Producer, Writer
- *It's Not Like That* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *for KING + COUNTRY: NO TURNING BACK* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Sarah's Oil* (2025), Producer
- *Sketch* (2025), Executive Producer
- *House of David* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-david.md)
- *The Unbreakable Boy* (2025), Producer
- *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* (2024), Producer
- *Wildcat* (2024), Producer
- *Unsung Hero* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Ordinary Angels* (2024), Producer
- *Jesus Revolution* (2023), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon* (2022), Executive Producer
- *American Underdog* (2021), Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Jesus Music* (2021), Director, Writer
- *I Still Believe* (2020), Director, Writer
- *I Can Only Imagine* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Steve McQueen: American Icon* (2017), Director, Producer
- *Woodlawn* (2015), Director, Screenplay
- *Coffee Shop* (2014), Writer
- *Moms' Night Out* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Ken Davis: Fully Alive* (2012), Director
- *October Baby* (2011), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Courageous* (2011), Second Unit Director
- *Alumni* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Third Day: Christmas Offerings (Live in Concert)* (2008), Producer
- *The Cross and the Towers* (2006), Director
- *Fearless: The Adam Brown Story*, Producer
- *Apostles: Resurrection of Christ*, Writer, Director
- *1776*, Director, Writer, Producer

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