Jon Carlo is a narrative and commercial director and screenwriter known for gritty, character-driven storytelling and a bold, independent approach to filmmaking. His feature directorial debut was Feral State (2020), a gritty Florida-set crime thriller, and followed it with the smash indie horror hit Skinwalker Island (2025) a supernatural horror film starring social media superstar TooTurntTony. In addition to his narrative work, Jon has directed commercial campaigns for major brands including Citibank, LifeLock, and Amazon, bringing a cinematic sensibility and clear storytelling to the world of branded content. As a screenwriter, he's penned link=tt5673714] and Mob Town (2019), which starred the likes of Harvey Keitel, David Arquette, Jennifer Esposito and P.J. Byrne. His writing blends genre with emotional depth, often exploring themes of survival, power, and redemption.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor, writer, director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Jon Carlo's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jon Carlo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jon Carlo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Skinwalker Island(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Above the Line(2025)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
America's Burning(2024)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Smile as You Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Feral State(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Mob Town(2019)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
First We Take Brooklyn(2018)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Nightmare Wedding(2016)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Transparent(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Empty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Unflinching Triumph: The Philip Rockhammer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Career shape
Star power in the 3rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 2007 to 2025.
Biggest box office
First We Take Brooklyn (2018)
Highest rated
Feral State (2020)
Most popular right now
Skinwalker Island (2025)
Film career
- 2018Screen debut· First We Take Brooklyn
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jon Carlo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 14th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jon Carlo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jon Carlo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lionel Cohen shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Danny A. AbeckaserShared titles: Mob Town (2019), First We Take Brooklyn (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Danny A. Abeckaser
Actors
- AnnaLynne McCordShared titles: Feral State (2020), First We Take Brooklyn (2018)See all 2 shared titles with AnnaLynne McCord
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Lionel CohenShared titles: Skinwalker Island (2025), Feral State (2020), Mob Town (2019), First We Take Brooklyn (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Lionel Cohen
- David LeonardShared titles: Mob Town (2019), First We Take Brooklyn (2018)See all 2 shared titles with David Leonard
- Hernán ToroShared titles: Mob Town (2019), First We Take Brooklyn (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hernán Toro
Producers
- Ian MichaelsShared titles: Above the Line (2025), America's Burning (2024), Feral State (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Ian Michaels
- Marianne TamposiShared titles: Skinwalker Island (2025), Feral State (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Marianne Tamposi
- Nicholas TamposiShared titles: Skinwalker Island (2025), Feral State (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Tamposi
- B.D. GunnellShared titles: Feral State (2020), Mob Town (2019)See all 2 shared titles with B.D. Gunnell
Mixed roles
- Ron VignoneShared titles: Above the Line (2025), America's Burning (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Vignone
