---
name: "Jon Spaihts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-spaihts"
fi1m_id: "jon-spaihts"
imdb_id: "nm3123612"
tmdb_id: 564940
wikidata_id: "Q6271612"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "4 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-19T04:00:49.369410+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 Spaihts

## Identity

Jon Spaihts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-spaihts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-spaihts
- **IMDb ID:** nm3123612
- **TMDB ID:** 564940
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6271612
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Spaihts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3123612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564940

Writer and producer. Born 4 February 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 4 February 1970, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Jonathan Spaihts
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Cale Boyter](https://film.one/person/cale-boyter.md), [Denis Villeneuve](https://film.one/person/denis-villeneuve.md), [Mary Parent](https://film.one/person/mary-parent.md), [Rebecca Ferguson](https://film.one/person/rebecca-ferguson.md), [Timothée Chalamet](https://film.one/person/timothee-chalamet.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (2), 2020s 71 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,205m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Spaihts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3123612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564940

## Coming up

- *Dune: Part Three* (2026-12-15), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-three.md)
- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027-07-22), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Dune: Part Two*](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md) (84), [*Dune*](https://film.one/film/dune.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Doctor Strange*](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md) (66)
- **Peacock:** [*Prometheus*](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Jon Spaihts (also credited as Jonathan Spaihts) is an American screenwriter and author. Born on 4 February 1970 in New York City, he is a graduate of Princeton University.

He wrote the screenplay for *Prometheus* (2012), directed by Ridley Scott. Spaihts co-wrote the screenplays for *Dune* (2021) and *Dune: Part Two* (2024), both directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on Frank Herbert's novel, with the former earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other credits include *The Darkest Hour* (2011), *Passengers* (2016) and *Doctor Strange* (2016). He has also worked as an executive producer on several projects.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Dune: Part Two* (2024), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md)
- *Dune* (2021), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)

### Produced (1)

- *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), Fi1m 52, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027), Executive Producer
- *Dune: Part Three* (2026), Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-three.md)
- *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md)
- *Dune: Prophecy* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Crow* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Dune: Part Two* (2024), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md)
- *Dune* (2021), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *The Mummy* (2017), Screenstory
- *Passengers* (2016), as Autodoc (voice) · Writer, Executive Producer
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Untitled Jon Spaihts / Laika Film*, Director, Writer
- *Gears of War*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Dune*

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

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