---
name: "Jon M. Chu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-m-chu"
fi1m_id: "jon-m-chu"
imdb_id: "nm0160840"
tmdb_id: 54507
wikidata_id: "Q1702754"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 November 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T12:56:00.193664+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 M. Chu

## Identity

Jon M. Chu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-m-chu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-m-chu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0160840
- **TMDB ID:** 54507
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1702754
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_M._Chu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54507

Director. Born 2 November 1979 in Palo Alto, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 November 1979, Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Jon Chu, John M. Chu, جان ام. چو, Jonathan Murray Chu
- **Frequently works with:** [Michelle Yeoh](https://film.one/person/michelle-yeoh.md), [Ariana Grande](https://film.one/person/ariana-grande.md), [Cynthia Erivo](https://film.one/person/cynthia-erivo.md), [Dana Fox](https://film.one/person/dana-fox.md), [David Stone](https://film.one/person/david-stone.md), [Jonathan Bailey](https://film.one/person/jonathan-bailey.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md), [Winnie Holzman](https://film.one/person/winnie-holzman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 61 (2), 2020s 67 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,915m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_M._Chu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54507

## Coming up

- *Oh, the Places You'll Go!* (2028-03-16), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Wicked*](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*Wicked: For Good*](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) (64)
- **Apple TV:** [*G.I. Joe: Retaliation*](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Jon M. Chu is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He was born on 2 November 1979 in Palo Alto, California, and is an alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Chu's feature films include the dance movies *Step Up 2: The Streets* (2008) and *Step Up 3D* (2010), the concert film *Justin Bieber: Never Say Never* (2011), *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), *In the Heights* (2021) and the two-part adaptation *Wicked* (2024) and *Wicked: For Good* (2025).

For his work on *Wicked*, Chu received the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Director.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theasc.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Fi1m 48, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Oh, the Places You'll Go!* (2028), Director
- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked: One Wonderful Night* (2025), Executive Music Producer
- *Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked* (2024), Thanks
- *Wicked* (2024), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *The Company You Keep* (2023), series, Producer
- *Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Thai Cave Rescue* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Justin Bieber: The New Me* (2021), Actor
- *In the Heights* (2021), Director
- *Home Before Dark* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho* (2019), Director
- *Good Trouble* (2019), series, Director
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *Now You See Me 2* (2016), Director
- *Dance Camp* (2016), Producer
- *Jem and the Holograms* (2015), Director, Producer
- *We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss* (2014), Director
- *Justin Bieber's Believe* (2013), Director
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Director — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Step Up Revolution* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Justin Bieber: Never Say Never* (2011), Director
- *The LXD: The Secrets of the Ra* (2011), Director
- *Step Up 3D* (2010), Director
- *The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers* (2010), series, Creator
- *The Miley and Mandy Show* (2008), series, Actor
- *Step Up 2: The Streets* (2008), Director
- *Gwai Lo: The Little Foreigner* (2002), Director
- *Silent Beats* (2001), Director
- *Freaked* (1993), as Giant Stuey Monster
- *Hot Wheels*, Director, Producer
- *The Goxfather*, Director, Producer
- *Play-Doh*, Director, Producer
- *The Woman in Me*, Director
- *The Great Chinese Art Heist*, Director
- *Split Fiction*, Director, Producer
- *Permanent Record*, Director, Producer
- *The LXD: Rise of the Drifts*, Director
- *Crazy Rich Asians 2*, Director
- *Crazy Rich Asians Spinoff*, Producer
- *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*, Executive Producer, Director
- *Untitled Britany Spears Biopic*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-5c8cdb8032cd.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Jon_Chu_-_Wicked.jpg/1280px-Jon_Chu_-_Wicked.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-06ae606afe16.jpg) Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025. — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_01.jpg/1280px-Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-d427b464f60d.jpg) Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025. — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_02.jpg/1280px-Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-03c209aada50.jpg) Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025. — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_03.jpg/1280px-Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-a8651d28acd8.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-aef82d0fd8a6.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-6c36fccb0075.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB
- ![Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-6ee91fc03457.jpg) Ashley Lee and Jon Chu at the Los Angeles Festival of Books in Los Angeles, California in April 2025. — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_04.jpg/1280px-Ashley_Lee_and_Jon_Chu_at_LA_Book_Fest_2025_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L to R: Director w:Jon M. Chu, w:Adrianne Palicki, w:D.J. Cotrona and w:Byung-Hun Lee at the w:G.I. Joe: Retaliation red carpet movie premiere, Event Cinemas, S (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-4a22008b973b.jpg) L to R: Director w:Jon M. Chu, w:Adrianne Palicki, w:D.J. Cotrona and w:Byung-Hun Lee at the w:G.I. Joe: Retaliation red carpet movie premiere, Event Cinemas, S (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/G.I._Joe_Australian_Premiere_%288557345624%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-c8b6068a5fa3.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-cc305109e9c1.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/media/person/7651/gallery-d0901564f35c.jpg) Jon M. Chu — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Time 100 2025: Time 100 (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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