Jon Kinyon

Jon Kinyon
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Born Jonathan Foster Kinyon
Palo Alto, California, United States
Nationality American
Other names J. F. Kinyon
Occupation Filmmaker, Music Producer, Entrepreneur, Television editor
Known for Creator of The Jimi Homeless Experience; Producer, Writer & Director of the film God Squad!; Founder/President of Hot Rod Condoms (condom brand).
Website http://www.jonkinyon.com

Jon Kinyon is an American filmmaker, film/tv editor, writer, music producer, parodist, and entrepreneur.

Hot Rod Condoms

Jon Kinyon is the founder and president of Hot Rod Condoms, a U.S. condom brand which he launched in 1994.[1]

God Squad!

In 2002 he wrote, produced and directed God Squad!, a comedy film which parodied Christian Films and 1970s Buddy Cop Films. It featured cult film actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993) Julie Strain as well as actor Al Israel who is famous for his roles in Scarface, Carlito's Way and Body Double. Composer Bob Crail is credited with writing the film's musical score. After its premiere at the Academy Award accredited Los Angeles Film Festival the film went on to screen at Tromadance 2003, the Backseat Film Festival and several other U.S. film festivals. This film is included in the European version of "The Best of Tromadance" DVD.[2]

The Jimi Homeless Experience

Stop motion animation and webcomic

On March 6, 2008 he became the first "featured animator" on MyToons,[3] a YouTube-styled website specifically geared for 2-D and 3-D animation, with a stop motion animation parody of Jimi Hendrix' key performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The animated piece features a fictional character named Jimi Homeless who first appeared in a series of webcomics published as The Jimi Homeless Experience. The webcomics are written by Jon Kinyon and drawn by an underground cartoonist known as Big Tasty.[4] The stop motion animation was a collaboration with Josh Curtis, the singer for the related band project, who molded the clay version of Jimi Homeless.[3]

Parody album

On August 23, 2007 he released a full-length CD of parody songs he had written and produced, all inspired by the aforementioned comic. The first CD by The Jimi Homeless Experience was released on the exact day of the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' first album release Are You Experienced, his Are You Homeless? features "Weird Al" Yankovic-styled parodies of some of Hendrix' biggest hits.[4][5]

Night of the Loving Dead (2014)

Jon Kinyon wrote and directed a parody of the classic horror film Night of the Living Dead. The short film was co-produced with his two brothers C.J. Kinyon and C.C. Kinyon, and was filmed at a long-abandoned cemetery in Half Moon Bay, CA. It premiered as an Official Selection in the web based film festival Once a Week Online Film Festival.[6]

Television Editor at Nickeledeon

Jon has worked in the film and television industry since 1988. He's worked as a film and TV editor in Los Angeles, CA. since 1997 and has been employed at Nickelodeon Animation Studio since 2005.[7] Currently, he is Supervising Editor for the animated TV show Pinky Malinky which will be distributed by Netflix in 2018.[8][9]

Short Stories Published on OZY

On August 29, 2017, a story Jon wrote about his criminal stepfather, "Stepdaddy Dearest: Putting The Crime Into Crime Family" was published on OZY.com.[10]

On April 19, 2018 a second story written by Jon, "Will The Real Parachuting Hijacker Please Stand Up" was published on the same online publication, this one was about a family friend who spent 30 years as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Roth, Kimberlee (Chicago Tribune: 28 December 2003). "Equipment Check: Condoms Needn't Be Mirth Control" (PDF). pp. The Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "La Troma". Trash Inside. Trash Inside. 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  3. 1 2 "Jon Kinyon in Motion". Animation Snack. MyToons. 2008-03-06. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  4. 1 2 "The Jimi Homeless Experience: Even Weirder Than Weird Al". Home of Music. Melodika. 2007-10-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  5. ↑ Voss, Ken (April 2008), "Jimi Hendrix: Are You Homeless Tonight?", Voodoo Child, p. 1
  6. ↑ "Comedy". Official Selections. Once a Week Online Film Festival. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  7. ↑ "Jon Kinyon Filmography". Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  8. ↑ Dawn C. Chmielewski (21 June 2018). "Nickelodeon To Produce Animated TV Show 'Pinky Malinky' For Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nick Greenlights A Weiner: 'Pinky Malinky' - Cartoon Brew". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Stepdaddy Dearest: Putting The Crime Into Crime Family". True Stories. OZY. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  11. ↑ "Will The Real Parachuting Hijacker Please Stand Up". True Stories. OZY. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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