Alethea Jones
Alethea Jones | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Tropfest Opens In Sydney, Australia | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actress |
| Known for | Lemonade Stand (2012) Fun Mom Dinner (2017) |
Alethea Jones is an Australian director, producer and actress. She is best known for her films Lemonade Stand (2012) and Fun Mom Dinner (2017), and the TV-series Queen America.
Career
Jones's first short film, When the Wind Changes (which she directed and edited), premiered at the 2010 Melbourne International Film Festival and in 2011 won the prestigious Inside Film (IF) Award for Best Short Film as well as the Most Popular Film Award at Flickerfest and Best Comedy and People’s Choice awards at the St Kilda Film Festival.[1]
Her big break was directing the short film Lemonade Stand, which won first prize at the 2012 Tropfest Film Festival. Tropfest founder and director, John Polson said: "Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and a favourite amongst the judges. There was intense discussion in the judging room, and some really interesting debates. Alethea should be very proud to have been selected by some of the industry’s greatest talent."[2]
Her first feature film was Fun Mom Dinner, starring Toni Collette, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Adam Scott, and Adam Levine. The film had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival,[3]
In August 2017, it was announced that Jones would develop and direct the live action Barbie film, starring Anne Hathaway based on a script from Olivia Milch and produced by Sony.[4][5] In January 2018, Sony lost the rights to the film and it moved across to Warner Brothers with Margot Robbie to star.[6] A new creative team was assembled with the studio change and Hathaway, Jones and Milch did not go across for contractual reasons.[7] Jones is also attached to direct the period musical Big Gay Jamboree, to be produced by LuckyChap Entertainment, from a script being written by Maria Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage.[8][9]
Awards
- 2011 - When the Wind Changes - Best Short Film, Inside Film (IF) Awards
- 2012 - Lemonade Stand - First Prize, Tropfest Short Film Festival[10]
- 2017 - Breakthrough Award (joint winner), Australians in Film[11]
Personal life
Jones grew up in Northern New South Wales, Australia and graduated from the Victorian College of Arts in 2007.
She currently resides in Los Angeles with her partner, Emmy-award nominated sound designer PK Hooker.[12][13]
Filmography (as director)
| Year | Film | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Big Gay Jamboree | pre-production | |
| 2019 | Dollface | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2019 | Lodge 49 | TV Series (guest director) | |
| 2018-19 | Queen America | TV Series (10 episodes) | |
| 2018 | Wrecked | TV Series (2 episodes) | |
| 2018 | American Woman | TV Series (1 episode) | |
| 2017 | Fun Mom Dinner | Film | |
| 2015 | A History of Radness | TV Movie | |
| 2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | TV Mini-Series (3 episodes) | |
| 2012 | Lemonade Stand | Short Film | |
| 2011 | Cop Hard | TV Series (5 episodes) | |
| 2010 | When the Wind Changes | Short Film |
References
- ^ "ONE TO WATCH: ALETHEA JONES". Harper's Bazaar.
- ^ "Alethea Jones wins Tropfest with Lemonade Stand". if.com.au.
- ^ https://www.sundance.org/projects/fun-mom-dinner
- ^ "Sony Sets Dates for 'Spider-Man' Spinoff 'Silver & Black' and 'Sicario 2'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Mendelson, Scott. "Will Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' Movie Ever Actually Get Made?". Forbes. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "'Barbie' Zooming From Sony To Warner Bros; Margot Robbie In Early Talks". Deadline.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ https://variety.com/2019/film/news/greta-gerwig-noah-baumbach-barbie-write-margot-robbie-1203267621/
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Mounting Period Musical 'Big Gay Jamboree' At Paramount". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Ali (1 March 2019). "Margot Robbie sets up musical with Paramount". Moviehole. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Submissions open soon for Tropfest Australia 2019". IF Magazine. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Sophie Ted, Manson. "From Katherine Langford to Alethea Jones: meet the home-grown talent taking over Hollywood". Vogue. Vogue Australia.
- ^ "Alethea Jones talks Fun Mom Dinner and life as a Hollywood director". University of Melbourne. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "PK Hooker - Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards.