Jon Wright is a Northern Irish television and film director and screenwriter.

Career

Wright is known for directing the British low budget horror comedy '' Tormented'' starring

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and the Irish monster movie ''

Grabbers ''Grabbers'' is a 2012 monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tovey among an e ...

''. He directed and co-wrote the science fiction adventure film ''

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'' starring

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. The estimated budget was $21 million. The film began principal photography in Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Wright has also directed multiple episodes of television, for series such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Returning with Mark Stay, Wright co-wrote and directed '' Unwelcome'', an

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, released in January 2023. Wright was inspired by the Grimm fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a "home invasion movie" and pitched it as "''

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'' meets '' Straw Dogs''". The film uses many of the same production members as his previous film ''Grabbers''. ''Unwelcome'' was released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 27 January 2023, in the United States on 10 March 2023, and on digital on 14 March 2023 by

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. It was previously scheduled for 4 February 2022, before being moved up to 28 October 2022, then to its current release date.

References

External links

Jon Wright, Film Director
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