Jon Spira

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)

Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer. And one of the most iconic a ...

Jewish Britain on Film (2023)

Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London's East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Britain's earliest surfing film, an inte ...

Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)

They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones, Superman, Rambo, Star Wars, Conan, the Alien films and pretty much everything since. They crashed cars, jumped from burning buildings, shot, stabbed, kicked and punched their way ...

First Run: The Evolution Of Silent Running's Screenplay (2020)

A visual essay by writer and filmmaker Jon Spira exploring the evolution of Silent Running's screenplay ...

Elstree 2016: Return to Elstree Studios (2016)

Extras from the first 'Star Wars' film return to what remains of Elstree Studios. ...

Elstree 1976 (2015)

A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars. ...

Lips, Love and Power: 120 Years of the Cinematic Kiss (2015)

In 1896 the first screen kiss hit cinemas. Some 120 years later, the cinematic kiss continues to reflect reality and project fantasy. This video essay explores the history of the screen kiss and includes memorable scenes featuring Greta Garbo, Lauren Bacal ...

Dust (2010)

Anyone Can Play Guitar (2009)

Excellent and entertaining documentary about the indie rock scene in Oxford that spawned the likes of Radiohead, Foals and Supergrass among others. The strength of Jon Spira's doc is that it gives as much screen time to the also rans and never weres and pa ...

The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003)

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interview ...

First Run: The Evolution Of Silent Running's Screenplay (2020)

A visual essay by writer and filmmaker Jon Spira exploring the evolution of Silent Running's screenplay ...

I Think He's a Jew: The Werewolf's Secret (2019)

Video essay by filmmaker from Jon Spira ...