Jonah Feingold (born in

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) is an American former podcaster, writer, and director of several short films. He is known for his 2014 video ''Star Wars Wes Anderson'', which parodied the trailer of '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', the 2021 film '' Dating & New York'', and the 2023 film '' At Midnight''.

Career

In 2014, Feingold released the video ''Star Wars Wes Anderson'' which parodied the trailer of the upcoming Star Wars movie and quickly became popular online. In 2015, he created the short film ''Letters to Manhattan (A Whole Foods Love Story)''. In June 2017, he launched with

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the film project ''Bangarang'' which spins off the character Rufio, thug leader of the Lost Boys, from the 1991 movie ''

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''. The development of the project started with a

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campaign. In 2017, Feingold wrote and directed his debut feature film, '' Dating & New York''. It stars Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale, and premiered at the

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on June 13, 2021. Prior to the festival, the film's rights were acquired by

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. Also in 2020, Feingold began co-hosting the

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-produced relationship podcast ''Dating Sucks'' with Ilana Dunn. The partnership began when the two went on a date after meeting on the dating app, who Dunn was working for as a content producer at the time; while they both decided that neither were ready for a relationship, they decided to stay friends and build a podcast together. Due to the

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, the show ended after 10 episodes, and Dunn was let go from Hinge, leading to the two starting a new podcast under a new name, ''Seeing Other People''. Feingold left the podcast in 2021 to focus full-time on his film career. On February 10, 2023, Feingold's second feature film, '' At Midnight'', premiered on

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. He directed the Christmas film '' EXmas'', which premiered on

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on November 17, 2023.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website

IMDB page
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