Jon St.kitts
Director / Writer / Producer / Photographer/
I was born in Brooklyn NY, to ]two wonderful parents of Puerto Rican descent. My father who’s half Puerto Rican and Crucian sent me from New York to St. Croix V.I. to experience living on the Island as a Crucian, the other half of my ethnic identity.
Shortly after at the age of 12 my family moved to Los Angeles California where I went to High School. I received a wrestling scholarship to attend Humboldt State University in California but opted to go to the Army instead right out of high school.
The army was great, I was stationed in Erlangen, Germany at Ferris Barracks. After I exited the military, I lived in Germany for 3 more years to travel europe and to study the language, and this is where my career started.
While living in Germany, I was a hip hop dancer entering competitions all over Germany and was considered one of the best hip-hop dancers around. This caught the eye of Sean Garrett and I became the choreographer for "SeanGarrett" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Garrett A.K.A "The Pen" who’s now a world renowned Hip-Hop and R & B singer/producer/songwriter. Eventually I became a member of his group called 3D.
We toured all over Germany and Switzerland and opened up for acts like Kriss Kross and Snap. Being Home sick I headed back to the United States for Los Angeles, where I started acting. I landed roles on 90210, As life goes on, HBO Tales of the Crypt (as a dancer), and a pilot for as TV series called "Shorts" directed by Rico Martinez, now a head producer for VH1 and MTV. I eventually moved back to NYC to pursue Broadway, I could dance and act but could not sing nor do accents very well. Broadway was tough and I realized quickly it was not for me. After landing a cameo on New York Under Cover I fell in-love with the production side of the creative process as a director and writer here is where I changed my view on acting and chose to focus on writing and directing instead.
While acting on a small independent film in NYC, I met Abel Ferrara, the director of “King of New York” “The Bad Lieutenant” he told me if I wanted to make it in this business…I had to produce direct and write my own films, so a week later I decided move to Florida and go to film school to be a director/writer. I have produced, directed, written and edited many music videos, commercials, short films, and was awarded by the Orlando Urban Film Festival http://www.orlandouff.com/ouff-awards/ the “best dramatic short film award” and also won “Best Music Video Director” by the Orlando Hip-hop Awards in 2009. Always looking for a good story, I enjoy directing writing and creating. Currently working on a full feature screenplay.
Published Author and Photographer, G.O.A.T. magazine (http://issuu.com/goatmagazine/docs/april2009)
Book "Memoirs Of an Island Boy"
SAG Eligible
AS degree in Film Production,
Bachelors in Communications
MBA from UCF and is pursuing a Doctoral in Psychology.
Film Credits: IMBD: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6579005/
@iwillwin @imagesnatchers
Director / Writer / Producer / Photographer/
I was born in Brooklyn NY, to ]two wonderful parents of Puerto Rican descent. My father who’s half Puerto Rican and Crucian sent me from New York to St. Croix V.I. to experience living on the Island as a Crucian, the other half of my ethnic identity.
Shortly after at the age of 12 my family moved to Los Angeles California where I went to High School. I received a wrestling scholarship to attend Humboldt State University in California but opted to go to the Army instead right out of high school.
The army was great, I was stationed in Erlangen, Germany at Ferris Barracks. After I exited the military, I lived in Germany for 3 more years to travel europe and to study the language, and this is where my career started.
While living in Germany, I was a hip hop dancer entering competitions all over Germany and was considered one of the best hip-hop dancers around. This caught the eye of Sean Garrett and I became the choreographer for "SeanGarrett" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Garrett A.K.A "The Pen" who’s now a world renowned Hip-Hop and R & B singer/producer/songwriter. Eventually I became a member of his group called 3D.
We toured all over Germany and Switzerland and opened up for acts like Kriss Kross and Snap. Being Home sick I headed back to the United States for Los Angeles, where I started acting. I landed roles on 90210, As life goes on, HBO Tales of the Crypt (as a dancer), and a pilot for as TV series called "Shorts" directed by Rico Martinez, now a head producer for VH1 and MTV. I eventually moved back to NYC to pursue Broadway, I could dance and act but could not sing nor do accents very well. Broadway was tough and I realized quickly it was not for me. After landing a cameo on New York Under Cover I fell in-love with the production side of the creative process as a director and writer here is where I changed my view on acting and chose to focus on writing and directing instead.
While acting on a small independent film in NYC, I met Abel Ferrara, the director of “King of New York” “The Bad Lieutenant” he told me if I wanted to make it in this business…I had to produce direct and write my own films, so a week later I decided move to Florida and go to film school to be a director/writer. I have produced, directed, written and edited many music videos, commercials, short films, and was awarded by the Orlando Urban Film Festival http://www.orlandouff.com/ouff-awards/ the “best dramatic short film award” and also won “Best Music Video Director” by the Orlando Hip-hop Awards in 2009. Always looking for a good story, I enjoy directing writing and creating. Currently working on a full feature screenplay.
Published Author and Photographer, G.O.A.T. magazine (http://issuu.com/goatmagazine/docs/april2009)
Book "Memoirs Of an Island Boy"
SAG Eligible
AS degree in Film Production,
Bachelors in Communications
MBA from UCF and is pursuing a Doctoral in Psychology.
Film Credits: IMBD: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6579005/
@iwillwin @imagesnatchers
