Jon Favreau spent the 1990s as an actor and screenwriter, writing Swingers as a vehicle for himself and Vince Vaughn, before moving into directing with Elf. What he brought to Iron Man in 2008 was a willingness to let Robert Downey Jr improvise inside a studio tentpole, and that decision more or less set the house tone for the fifteen years of Marvel films that followed.
He has since specialised in technically ambitious family filmmaking, using virtual production on The Jungle Book and The Lion King and building the LED volume workflow that The Mandalorian made standard. He also created and showran that series, which reoriented Star Wars toward television.
The through line is a director who trusts performers and solves technical problems in service of them, which is a less common combination than it sounds.
Bill CondonThe Disney live action remakes rate 3 out of 10 as a body of work. Fifteen years, a dozen and a half films, several billion dollars, and a program whose governing principle is that the animated version should be reproduced…
Jon FavreauA human raised by Santa's elves travels to New York City to find his biological father, an embittered publishing executive. Elf is Jon Favreau's 2003 American Christmas comedy about Buddy, a human raised among Santa's elves at the North Pole,…
Jon FavreauSeen it three times across years. The 9 rating is honest evaluation.
Jake KasdanThe Jumanji franchise consists of three substantial feature productions across approximately twenty-four years. The 1995 original directed by Joe Johnston.
Jon FavreauThe Jungle Book exists in two substantial Disney adaptations across nearly five decades. The 1967 animated production is one of the great classical Disney.
Jon FavreauRobert Downey Jr.'s strongest moments buried under franchise machinery. Black Widow's intro, War Machine's recasting, and Whiplash wasted.
Jon FavreauRobert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, and the cave construction sequence that built a franchise. The casting decision that built Marvel Studios.
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