Jon Spira is a documentary filmmaker and writer based in London. He directed the feature-length documentaries Anyone Can Play Guitar and Elstree 1976. From 2013 to 2016, he was the in-house documentary filmmaker and video-based interviewer for the BFI. He has written on the subject of film for The Daily Telegraph, The Huffington Post and many online blogs and zines. Jon’s book Videosyncratic, a rough-and-tumble first-hand account of the UK video rental industry, is available now at the BFI Store and Amazon.co.uk
Jon tweets as @videojon
Articles by Jon Spira
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♫ Hear the song that links Groucho to Kermit to Breaking Bad...
It has turned up in Breaking Bad, M*A*S*H and The Muppet Show. Earlier it was in The Philadelphia Story and a Marx Brothers classic. Read the intriguing story behind the song now covered exclusively for the BFI by best-selling indie-folkers Stornoway.
Friday, February 6, 2015
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Clio Barnard on her Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship
What the Selfish Giant director did with her year-long residency.
Friday, January 30, 2015
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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