Jonathan Nossiter

Born in Wash­ing­ton, he stud­ied paint­ing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the San Fran­cis­co Art Insti­tute, as well as the Ancient Greek at the Dart­mouth Col­lege. In 1990, he made his fea­ture debut Res­i­dent Alien, a doc­u­men­tary-styled com­e­dy. In 1997, Sun­day won many awards includ­ed the Grand Prize and the Crit­ics’ Prize at the Deauville Film Fes­ti­val. In 2003, Mon­dovi­no, a doc­u­men­tary about the glob­al wine indus­try, was pre­sent­ed in com­pe­ti­tion at the Cannes Film Fes­ti­val, then at Deauville.