J Blakeson
Jonathan "J" Blakeson is an English film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), followed by The 5th Wave (2016) and I Care a Lot (2020).
Works
The 5th Wave
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Release Date2016-01-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6062
The Descent: Part 2
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
Release Date2009-10-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1336
Culprits
Family man Joe Petrus is living the American dream with his fiancé and step-kids. However, unbeknownst to them, Joe was involved in a mysterious crime three years ago and now his dangerous past is about to catch up with him. When a killer starts targeting the crew behind the crime, Joe realizes it's only a matter of time before his family is targeted. He returns to London to track down his old gang and find out who is coming after them.
Release Date2023-11-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count5
Vote Count62
I Care a Lot
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
Release Date2021-02-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3011
Sister
Desperate to raise money for her younger sister's surgery, Hae-ran teams up with Tae-soo to kidnap her half-sister So-jin. So-jin wakes up confined in an unfamiliar place. Hae-ran and Tae-soo demand a hefty ransom, expecting her wealthy father to cough up the money. Upon discovering that one of her captors is her half-sister, So-jin enters a precarious alliance that blurs the lines between victim and perpetrator as she plots a counterattack against the ruthless Tae-soo.
Release Date2026-01-28
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Film Writer
Vote Count8
Kidnapping Stella
Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
Release Date2019-06-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count439
Gunpowder
London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.
Release Date2017-10-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count215
Sweat
A psychological thriller following rising fitness influencer Emma Kent who dreams of matching the success of her idol, social media superstar Kat Highbrook. Her carefully curated world begins to collapse when an encounter with Kat goes horribly wrong, and she is forced into a dangerous arrangement with Trent, an obsessive fan. His unhinged devotion pushes her to choose how far she’s willing to go for fame.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
Release Date2009-09-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count599
Reckless
This stylish, sexually charged thriller revolves around two men who kidnap a woman and chain her to a bed as they await the ransom money. As the clock ticks, the woman discovers that she may have a relationship with one of the kidnappers that she never expected...and that the two men may have a relationship with each other that no one could have expected.
Release Date2014-09-24
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count29
Aliya Basu Gayab Hai
Ex-convicts Deepak Kumar and Vikram Singh abduct Aliya Basu, a rich man's daughter for ransom. But, Vikram is unaware that Deepak has a different plan.
Release Date2024-08-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Pitch Perfect
Bob and Ellis are screenwriters with integrity, talent and the willingness to do absolutely anything to sell their movie. Over four frustrating meetings with film executives, they desperately rethink their pitch, ready to go to any lengths to make that elusive sale. But how far is too far?
Release Date2005-08-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2