Jon Mackey
Directing
Biography
Jon Mackey is a Los Angeles based commercial and TV director, and most recently worked on a commercial campaign for the clothing brand Birddogs that you probably saw on a baseball game, and as the field director on the The Netflix Afterparty, and Comedy Central late-night show Lights Out with David Spade. Previously, Jon has directed a wide range of commercial and digital content for such brands as Amazon, Verizon, Netflix, Warner Brothers, BBC America, Delta Airlines, IFC, FOX, Dockers, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, LegalZoom, and charities such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Communities in Schools, The Prostate Cancer Foundation, MPTF, and more. He has also directed a boatload of celebrity driven exclusive content for Funny or Die, working with the likes of Bruce Willis, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Sterling K Brown, Tracy Morgan, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Hank Azaria, Tony Hale, Tim Simons, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Rob Riggle, Rick Ross, Mac Miller, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Jon, Randall Park, Thomas Middleditch, and too many others to list. He’s also a member of cult favorite podcast/improv/sketch group, Big Grande, whose podcasts, videos, and other content are available at biggrandewebsite.com. Jon’s dream is to ride out the end of civilization as we know it doing what he loves… making funny things that people enjoy.
Known For
Fresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.
Lane Woods Finds Love
Rufus Wainwright Bobbins, JR III is dead. Yes, that Rufus Wainwright Bobbins, Jr. III. The richest man in Saltine, California's worst town. The eccentric millionaire with the castle, the local kook who insisted "alpacas are the future," the guy who used his money to fund strange acts of public art that were never properly permitted. No, no, not the musician. Well technically, he did play the digital sousaphone, but that’s beside the point. Anyway, Rufus Wainwright Bobbins, Jr. III is dead. And he’s invited his friends, family and loved ones to his manse for a reading of his last will and testament. But this will… is a will like no other.
The Greatest Treasure in the World
Back in 2022 Big Grande went on tour and brought a camera.
Big Grande’s Little Tour Doc
A camping trip puts a platonic friendship to the test. “Mountain Friends,” directed by Jon Mackey, is an intentionally stilted comedy that follows two friends into the Angeles Forest and one man into a flailing attempt to become more than friends.
Mountain Friends
In the future, a man meets someone in a cafe that changes his perspective on life, love, and robots.
Learning to Walk
An out-of-work LA actress needs a gift for a baby shower. An insane Las Vegas gambler needs a weird candy. What they find is each other.