---
name: "Jonathan Tropper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-tropper"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-tropper"
imdb_id: "nm2267086"
tmdb_id: 1274663
wikidata_id: "Q1330299"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "19 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:38:43.506622+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."
---

# Jonathan Tropper

## Identity

Jonathan Tropper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-tropper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-tropper
- **IMDb ID:** nm2267086
- **TMDB ID:** 1274663
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1330299
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tropper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2267086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274663

Writer and producer. Born 19 February 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 19 February 1970, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Greg Yaitanes](https://film.one/person/greg-yaitanes.md), [Hoon Lee](https://film.one/person/hoon-lee.md), [Stephanie Laing](https://film.one/person/stephanie-laing.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tropper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2267086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274663

## Coming up

- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027-05-26), Writer
- *Ghost Rider* (2028-07-27), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Your Friends & Neighbors*](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md) (72), [*Banshee*](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md) (72), [*Lucky*](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md) (57)

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## Fi1m on Jonathan Tropper

> Jonathan Tropper makes unhappy people entertaining, especially when comedy keeps their self-pity in check. We rate him for the humour, but his commentary on wealth is familiar and his crime plotting can become repetitive.

Jon Hamm makes Coop's unhappiness funny in *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), without demanding that we consider it more important than anyone else's. As creator and writer, Jonathan Tropper is less disciplined about that distinction, giving his affluent antihero more attention than his observations about wealth can justify. Still, the comedy and ensemble make the programme worth following, rather than merely an invitation to worry about a rich man's feelings. Tropper keeps the relationship drama lively, even when the observations about privilege offer little we have not heard before.

His route to television went through novels, with family dysfunction and midlife dissatisfaction among his recurring subjects. Co-creating *Banshee* (2013) and creating *Warrior* (2019) brought character stories into action and crime. Between them came *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), which he adapted from his own novel for director Shawn Levy. That combination of domestic troubles and crime remains useful in *Your Friends & Neighbors*: burglary gives dissatisfied people something to do, though it does not automatically make their complaints more interesting.

*Lucky* (2026) shows how quickly that approach can run out of useful complications. Tropper created and wrote the seven-part con-artist chase, and Anya Taylor-Joy gives it a lead worth following. The first episode moves briskly; after that, the series repeats itself and never develops much beyond the running. We grew impatient with *Lucky* because its repeated explanations made following the chase feel like work after an opening that had made it seem promising.

Tropper has described *Your Friends & Neighbors* plainly: “We are skewering a value system. But at the same time, we’re making the show aspirational.” That helps explain why its criticism of privilege feels so gentle: the wealth must remain attractive enough to enjoy. There is no need for the comedy to apologise for being pleasurable, but we need sharper observations before treating it as much of a satire. Start there for Hamm and the ensemble, with expectations of social insight kept modest.

## Biography

Jonathan Tropper (born 19 February 1970) is an American writer, director and producer. He co-created the Cinemax series *Banshee* (2013–2016) with David Schickler and created the Cinemax series *Warrior* (2019–2023). He wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film *This Is Where I Leave You*, adapted from his own novel, and has written episodes of *Vinyl* (2016) and *See* (2019).

Tropper created, wrote and executive produced the Apple TV+ series *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025–present), directing one episode, and created the 2026 Apple TV+ series *Lucky*. His other screenwriting credits include the films *Kodachrome* (2017) and *The Adam Project* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2)

- *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), Fi1m 72, Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md)
- *Banshee* (2013), Fi1m 72, Writer, Creator, Teleplay, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Lucky* (2026), Fi1m 57, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Ghost Rider* (2028), Writer
- *Star Wars: Starfighter* (2027), Writer
- *Lucky* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md)
- *Tow* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Wrecking Crew* (2026), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md)
- *The Adam Project* (2022), Writer
- *Family Squares* (2022), Executive Producer
- *See* (2019), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Warrior* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Story, Creator
- *Irreplaceable You* (2018), Producer
- *Kodachrome* (2017), Screenplay, Producer
- *Vinyl* (2016), series, Writer
- *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), Screenplay, Novel, Executive Producer
- *Banshee* (2013), series, Teleplay, Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md)
- *Banshee: Origins* (2013), series, Writer, Creator
- *Goodbye For Now*, Screenplay
- *The Corsair Code*, Short Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film*, Writer
- *Untitled McG Film*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-93f57c7b981e.jpg) Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cast_of_Tow-090.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Tow-090.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Creator of Banshee, Warrior. NYC March '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-f86508f95e0f.jpg) Creator of Banshee, Warrior. NYC March '19. (2019) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Jonathan_Tropper_%2846574824645%29.jpg/1280px-Jonathan_Tropper_%2846574824645%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jonathan Tropper](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-2189881ca470.jpg) Jonathan Tropper — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jonathan_Tropper_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jonathan_Tropper_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jonathan Tropper and Corbin Bernsen during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-441ccc11e155.jpg) Jonathan Tropper and Corbin Bernsen during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Jonathan_Tropper_and_Corbin_Bernsen.jpg/1280px-Jonathan_Tropper_and_Corbin_Bernsen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jonathan Tropper](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-b67af876340a.jpg) Jonathan Tropper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jonathan Tropper](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-312c82ca0e67.jpg) Jonathan Tropper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jonathan Tropper](https://film.one/media/person/21910/gallery-929c63f74773.jpg) Jonathan Tropper — Image via TMDB

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