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Jon M. Chu
American filmmaker
browse: film directors, screenwriters, choreographers
alive
- born
- 1979
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 47
- known for
- film director, screenwriter, choreographer
born 1979

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who jon m. chu is
Jonathan Murray Chu is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018), one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent, and the fantasy musicals Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025), a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical. For directing Wicked, Chu won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and Critics' Choice Award for Best Director.
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