Jon Kane

{{Infobox person |birth_date=1962 |birth_place=Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |occupation=Director, Editor }}

'''Jon Kane''' is an American film editor, director, and DJ based in Red Hook, Brooklyn,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opticnerveusa.wordpress.com/characters|title=Characters|date=20 January 2011}}</ref> New York.

==Career== Kane was the editor of ''Naqoyqatsi'', the third film in the ''Qatsi'' trilogy directed by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass.

Kane has also done notable work as a commercial director and editor. ''The New York Times'' has described his style as "psychedelic."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/must-11/|title = Must See: Videos Worth Watching|date = 24 July 2009}}</ref> In the early years of MTV, he filmed and edited the original show open to ''The Real World'' and worked on the "Moon Man" campaign. His series of branding spots for the VH1 ''Behind the Music'' campaign <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1071EF838580C708EDDAB0994D0494D81 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-02-09 |archive-date=2020-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412214618/https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1071EF838580C708EDDAB0994D0494D81 |url-status=dead }}</ref> were famously parodied by ''Saturday Night Live''. Kane has been nominated for a Clio Award and a spot he created for Time Warner was included in the MoMA's Department of Cinema collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opticnerveusa.tv/#/about|title = Opticnerve™ | home}}</ref> He is quoted as saying "In commercials, where you only have 30 seconds to create a world, music and pictures cut deeper and faster than words."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/movies/film-qatsi-part-iii-technology-triumphs.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title = FILM; 'Qatsi,' Part III: Technology Triumphs|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 March 2000|last1 = Burr|first1 = Ty}}</ref>

In addition to his commercial work, Kane has edited and directed several short films<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1213219/|title=Jon Kane|website=IMDb}}</ref> and been active as a house music DJ<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giraldi.com/JK_bio.html |title=Bio |accessdate=2010-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515125138/http://www.giraldi.com/JK_bio.html |archivedate=2010-05-15 }}</ref> and music video director since the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jon+Kane?anv=Superbad+DJ+Jon+%22Raisin%22+Kane|title = Jon Kane|website = Discogs}}</ref> In addition to touring as the DJ for Fischerspooner he also edited and directed several of the band's music videos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Kane&first=Jon|title=Site Maintenance|access-date=2011-02-01|archive-date=2011-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013141820/http://mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Kane&first=Jon|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At present, Kane is the owner and lead editor/director at opticnerve usa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opticnerveusa.tv/ |title=Home |website=opticnerveusa.tv}}</ref> He edited and co-directed another Godfrey Reggio film, ''Once Within a Time''.

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==External links== * [http://opticnerveusa.tv opticnerve usa Official Site] *{{IMDb name|1213219}}

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