JON KILIK (Producer) is a leading independent producer known for his collaborations with visionary directors and for films that integrate powerful stories of the human condition and social issues. He has partnered creatively with many acclaimed directors including Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Bennett Miller, Jim Jarmusch, Sean Penn and Oliver Stone. He also produced the first four films of the Hunger Games series.

Kilik produced 16 films with Spike Lee, including the groundbreaking and Oscar-nominated Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Clockers, He Got Game, 25th Hour and Da 5 Bloods. Kilik developed and produced all of the films by artist and director Julian Schnabel, including Schnabel's debut Basquiat, the Oscar-nominated Before Night Falls, the rock documentary Lou Reed's Berlin, Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Oscar-nominated At Eternity's Gate.

Kilik first worked with Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu on Babel, for which he received a Best Picture Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Film. They reunited for Biutiful, Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Other notable films produced by Kilik include Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, Oliver Stone's Alexander, Gary Ross' Pleasantville, Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking and Robert De Niro's A Bronx Tale.

Most recently Kilik served as Executive Producer of The Voice of Hind Rajab, his 12th film to receive at least one Academy Award nomination.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Jon grew up in Millburn, New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Vermont, College of Arts and Sciences with an emphasis on creative writing and filmmaking. After nine months post-graduation in Burlington, working at WCAX-TV and making public service films, Jon moved to New York City, where he began his film career. He has been a significant presence in the New York film community ever since. Kilik delivered a keynote address about the film industry's future at the 2013 IFP Film Market at Lincoln Center. He also received honorary doctorates and delivered the commencement address at the University of Vermont (2003) and Monmouth University (2013).

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