---
name: "Jonathan Wacks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-wacks"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-wacks"
imdb_id: "nm0905237"
tmdb_id: 196769
wikidata_id: "Q19666266"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:38:53.685627+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 Wacks

## Identity

Jonathan Wacks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-wacks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-wacks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0905237
- **TMDB ID:** 196769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19666266
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wacks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/196769

Producer. Born 1 January 1948 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wacks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/196769

## Biography

Jonathan Wacks is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He produced the 1984 cult film *Repo Man*, directed by Alex Cox. His early documentary *Crossroads/South Africa* (1980) won a Student Academy Award.

Wacks directed the feature films *Powwow Highway* (1989), *Mystery Date* (1991) and *Ed and His Dead Mother* (1993). He has also directed episodes of television series including *21 Jump Street*, *Sirens* and *Going to Extremes*. *Powwow Highway* won the Sundance Film Festival Filmmaker's Trophy and was added to the National Film Registry in 2024.

Before directing, Wacks served as vice president of production at the Samuel Goldwyn Company. He has held academic positions including founding director of the Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College and chairs at several film schools. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 4 July 1948.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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- *Repossessed* (2006), Director
- *Ed and His Dead Mother* (1993), Director
- *Mystery Date* (1991), Director
- *Powwow Highway* (1989), Director
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, Director
- *Repo Man* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jonathan-wacks