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name: "Jonathan Raymond"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:19:46.282982+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."
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# Jonathan Raymond

Writer. Born 26 June 1971 in San Francisco, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 June 1971, San Francisco, California
- **Also known as:** Jon Raymond 

## Biography

Jonathan Raymond, usually credited as Jon Raymond, is an American writer and screenwriter based in Portland, Oregon. Born in San Francisco in 1971, he grew up in Oregon, attended Lake Oswego High School, and holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA from The New School.

He is best known for his novels, including *The Half-Life* (2004) and *Rain Dragon* (2012), and for his long collaboration with director Kelly Reichardt. Their joint screenplays include *Old Joy* (2006), *Wendy and Lucy* (2008), *Meek's Cutoff* (2011), *Night Moves* (2014), *First Cow* (2020) and *Showing Up* (2023). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his teleplay work on the HBO miniseries *Mildred Pierce* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Meek's Cutoff* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/meeks-cutoff.md)

## Also known for

- *First Cow* (2020), Novel, Screenplay
- *Night Moves* (2014), Screenplay
- *Wendy and Lucy* (2008), Screenplay, Story
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), Teleplay, Writer
- *Old Joy* (2006), Screenplay, Short Story
- *Showing Up* (2023), Screenplay

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