Sebastian N. Jones is an American film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his documentary film '' Everybody's Everything'' (2019), which chronicles the life of

Lil Peep Gustav Elijah Åhr (; November 1, 1996 – November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the hip-hop collective GothBoiClique, and is credited as being a leading figure of ...

. Jones is a frequent collaborator and protégé of

Terrence Malick Terrence Frederick Malick (; born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers and received awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and ...

Life and career

Jones grew up in South Florida and studied film at the University of Central Florida before moving to Austin, Texas to work with Terrence Malick. He worked as an editor and eventually associate producer on Malick projects like '' Knight of Cups'' starring Christian Bale and ''

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'' with Ryan Gosling and Cate Blanchett. He was also an editor on ''

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'' and '' A Hidden Life''. In 2017, after seeing Lil Peep perform in Austin, Texas., Jones became interested in casting him in a feature film. Instead, Peep died just a few days later, and Jones was later tapped by Malick to co-direct a posthumous documentary on Peep's life. While researching for the film, Jones came across an Instagram post, which Peep published the day before his death, captioned: "I just wana be everybody's everything." This led to the film's title ''Everybody's Everything''. The film premiered at

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in March 2019 to critical acclaim. It was acquired by Gunpowder & Sky and released later that year. Jones has described his approach as mixing documentary and narrative elements.

References

External links

Official website
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