Introduce Yourself : The Famous Jon Casey 2025 Summertime Demo Reel by Jon Casey

Hello everyone! I updated my bio and released a new 2025 Summertime Demo Reel. I’m from Detroit, Michigan area. 9 Mile. I’m a director / screenwriter / cinematographer. I have 3+ screenplays ready for production. I have 20+ years experience in the film industry.

The Famous Jon Casey Summertime 2025 Reel (Director / Writer / Cinematographer / Editor)

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Photo: Mike G (Odd Future), Lauryn Hill, and Jon Casey.

The Famous Jon Casey All-Time Client List: Ms. Lauryn Hill (8-Time Grammy Winner), MTV (Which is Viacom / Owned by Paramount), Snoop Dogg, Clint Eastwood (Oscar Winner), Michael Moore (Oscar Winner), Flo-Rida, Major Lazer, Skrillex, Dam Funk, Pitchfork, Toro y Moi, Machine Gun Kelly (Interscope Records / Dr. Dre's Company), Nestlé, LA Weekly, Diplo / Mad Decent, Death Grips, Casey's Fireworks, The Game, DJ Quik, Los Angeles Magazine, Cadillac, Nas, Wu Tang Clan / YDB, Killah Priest (Wu Tang), 4th Disciple (Wu Tang), Chevelle, Ho99o9, Cedric Bixler Zavala (Mars Volta), DJ Starscream / Slipknot, Ana Tijoux (Latin Grammy Nominated), Teams / Yves Tumor, Sir Sly / Interscope Records (Dr. Dre's Company), Sony, Orchard Music, Terry Rossio (Oscar Nominated Writer of Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, Aladdin, De Ja Vu, and more), Rainy Milo, Sony / Virgin Records (Richard Branson's Company), Rebel Management (Beverly Hills), WAR (Multi-Platinum Artist of the hit songs "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends), Chippy Nonstop, Kitty Pryde, Riff Raff, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Teklife, Boiler Room / Freddie Gibbs, Kevin Gates, Juicy J, Afrojack, Young Man (of DIIV), Busdriver, DJ Nobody, Flying Lotus (Bonus Video), Bas (J Cole's Artist on Dreamville), Arab (From Soulja Boy), Abdur Rahman (Hype William's Producer), Bambaata Marley (Bob Marley's 1st Great Grandson), Guerilla Union (of Rock The Bells - LL Cool J's Company / Josh Boumel (Lauryn Hill's Manager), Diggy, National Lampoon (In Beverly Hills), Stan Lee Documentary (Intern / PA in Beverly Hills) (Stan Lee Marvel Comics Franchise Creator), Skin Town, Nocando, Odd Future (Tyler, The Creator's Company), Mike G (Odd Future), Left Brain (Odd Future), Maluca, Biz 3 / Kathryn Frazier, The Michigan Theatre Jackson, The Traverse City Film Festival (Michael Moore's Festival), Redeye Media, Nacional Records, Janka Nabay, Luaka Bop - David Byrne's Label in New York (David Byrne (of the Talking Heads) is a Grammy Winner), Brandun Deshay (Odd Future), Taco (Odd Future), Stones Throw Records LA, The Lions, Truant, Carpark Records, Frenchkiss Records, Alpha Pup Records (Daddy Kev's Company - The Grammy Winner), Armani Exchange, Jeff Weiss (Who wrote Tupac vs. Biggie - Rolling Stone / Pitchfork Staff Writer), Kreayshawn, Butterbandz (Detroit), The Egyptian Lover, J Paul Getty Trust / Getty Museum, Will Hess (Producer of Official Stan Lee: With Great Power documentary), The Masses, and more!!!

* The Famous Jon Casey is an Award Winning Filmmaker from the Detroit, Michigan area (born off 9 Mile — a mile away from the city) - and co-directed Ms. Lauryn Hill's first official music video in 25+ years with "Consumerism." Directors: Jon Casey & Lauryn Hill. Can be found on YouTube, and Ms. Hill’s Vimeo.

* Killah Priest, an affiliate of the Wu Tang Clan, gave Casey the name "The Famous Jon Casey,” while they were working on a documentary for Wu Tang / Slipknot, called “The Daoism of Killah Priest,” which is on Casey’s Vimeo.

* Casey is a famous Director / Writer / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor, with over 20+ years experience working in the film industry.

* Casey went to Los Angeles City College Film School for History of Documentary and Narrative Film, Motion Picture Production, Screenwriting, Motion Picture Cinematography, Motion Picture and TV Sound, Editing Fundamentals, Digital Video Production Workshop, Business of Motion Picture Production, and Film Directing. Casey graduated in 2009 with a Cinema Production Certificate from LACC.

* Casey also got accepted into Arizona State University, Ferris State University Film Program, Columbia College Film School Chicago, and DePaul University, but Casey chose to stick with and attend LACC, the same school his mentor Clint Eastwood went to.

* Other LACC Notable Alumni (Alongside Casey): Charles Bukowski, Roy Ayers, Morgan Freeman, Frank Gehry the Architect, Mark Hamill AKA "Luke Skywalker" from Star Wars, John Williams (Academy Award and Grammy Winning Composer), Laurence Fishburne AKA "Morpheus" from The Matrix, and Albert Hughes, went to LACC, as well as Casey

* Casey has 3+ screenplays for sale. Email is on IMDB pro, and also on Casey's Vimeo Channel. Just search Vimeo / The Famous Jon Casey.

* Casey has over 45+ Million views on his film / photo / art work, and had a Youtube channel with over 51,000+ Subscribers on it, but it got deleted because of a false copyright. It was getting over 2,500+ subscribers a month, and Millions of views a month. It would have been a Million+ Subscriber Channel.

* Casey has restarted his Youtube channel: just search "The Famous Jon Casey" on Youtube. It just passed the 100,000 views mark, and is getting 50-70k hits a month right now.

* Casey was Lauryn Hill's Personal Photographer / Director / Co-Writer on video projects / Cinematographer / Editor for 10+ years. They made 10+ videos together, and a documentary. Some of this content can be found on Jon Casey's Vimeo, Lauryn Hill's Vimeo, and her Youtube, and on Youtube, in general.

* Casey toured all around the world with Lauryn Hill as a Film Director / Editor / Producer / and Cinematographer, including in Europe in Paris at Le Zenith to a huge crowd, The United States of America, West Coast, and East Coast, including Brown University, Nokia Theatre in LA, which is now the Crypto Arena, Penn State, and more.

* Casey filmed and edited "Final Hour" for Ms. Lauryn Hill, which has almost 400,000 views and is on her YouTube channel. Casey Filmed / Edited / and Directed "Chances Are" and "Could You Be Loved" videos with Lauryn Hill, both official Bob Marley Covers. Lauryn is an honorary member of the Bob Marley family, and was married in, at one point, to Rohan Marley.

* Casey also did tour visuals for a Nas and Lauryn Hill concert in Los Angeles, California.

* Casey acted in the Machine Gun Kelly "World Series" Music Video which has almost 14 Million views, and is credited as “The Famous Jon Casey” on the MGK video IMDb. Casey was also the Behind The Scenes Video Director / Cinematographer on the shoot, before he got asked to act in the video, by the Director, Charlie Zwick. Casey got some of the most amazing shots of MGK, for the BTS video, with a very professional camera. These never saw the light of day, but they do exist.

• Casey won “Best Cinematography” at the University of South Carolina endorsed - SIPA (Southern International Press Association) Convention. 2007.
• Casey was a student representative for the Committee on Technology for Richland County School District where Casey gave a presentation to the school board on behalf of getting Macintosh computers into the school system. Casey also won the Star Tech award for work as a student computer and video technician. 2007.
• Casey helped to start and run a news-program that was broadcasted into every classroom in his school every day, at AC Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, 2007. Casey did everything including switchboard with the Mackie Mixer, working and directing the use of all three cameras, lighting, and green screen compositing for weather.
• Documentary work - International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. Casey’s broadcast Journalism teacher sent Casey on a IB trip to Atlanta to go to an international college fair. They used my documentary for official promotion use. (Oct. 2007)

* Casey Directed, Shot, Edited, and Co-Produced Official Documentaries for LA Weekly for The Game, and DJ Quik, to go on their website, to accompany the cover stories they did on each artist. The Game documentary is on YouTube, and has almost 200,000 hits. Just search "LA Weekly & Caseytography Present - The Game Blood in Blood Out Documentary." The DJ Quik "Compton Alumni" LA Weekly video almost has 500,000 hits, and is on Youtube as well. Casey got these videos through Jeff Weiss, a Rolling Stone, and Pitchfork Writer.

* Vic Mensa wanted to work with Casey at the beginning of his career, after Casey released his Toro y Moi MTV videos, to critical acclaim. Vic Mensa often collaborates with Chance The Rapper, and is signed to ROC Nation, which is Jay Z's label. Casey and Vic did not get to work, as Vic did not have a budget for Casey, at the time.

* Casey worked on an official Stan Lee documentary “With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story” in Beverly Hills, when he was 18, fresh into Hollywood. Casey did Production Assistance and interning on this shoot. This was the first big celebrity shoot he worked on, at 18. Stan Lee is the Creator of Marvel Universe, aka Spiderman, and all of those famous characters. Beverly Hills, CA October 1st, 2008- November 15th, 2008. Will Hess (Producer) I helped out with production on film trips, and did office work, like contacting potential customers about DVD pre-order sales. Documentary Cast: (Jeremy Piven, Sean Astin, Paris Hilton, Brett Ratner, Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Jason Lee, Seth Rogen, Stan Lee, Roger Corman, Kevin Smith, Ringo Starr (from The Beatles), Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Danny Elfman, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Eva Mendes, Frank Miller, and more).

• Production assistant work- For Mauro Borrelli and Great American Cinema for an up and coming thriller.

* Casey has 6 of his videos on MTV, which is a Viacom Company, and is owned by Paramount.

Casey worked with MTV / Viacom since he was 19, until his mid 20's.

* Casey helped make Toro y Moi rich and famous with directing, shooting, and editing his first two official videos, "Talamak" and "Blessa" which got over 4.5 Million views combined. These videos were on MTV, Pitchfork, and more.

* Casey helped make Yves Tumor rich and famous as well, directing, shooting, and editing some of his first major music videos for "Punch Drunk Love," "Anml Life" and more. These videos were on MTV, Pitchfork and more. Yves was featured at Walmart with the Beats By Dre, featuring one of his songs.

* Casey's Videos on MTV:

* Toro y Moi - "Talamak" (Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 3.5 Million+ views.

* Toro y Moi - "Blessa" (Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 1 Million+ views.

* Teams (Yves Tumor) vs. Star Slinger - "Punch Drunk Love" (Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 100,000+ views.

* Teams (Yves Tumor) - "Anml Life" (Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 20,000+ views.

* Ms. Lauryn Hill -"Consumerism" (Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 200,000+ views.

* Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Final Hour" (Cinematographer / Editor / Producer) 350,000+ views.

* Casey did Cinematography on this MTV video:

* Brandun Deshay - "Why You Gotta Zodiac Like That" for Odd Future (Tyler, The Creator's Company). Tyler is a Grammy Winner. This video got over 241,000 views. Tyler, The Creator just worked with Timothee Chalamet on “Marty Supreme.”

* Casey also co-directed / shot / edited Mike G's "Soulja" video with Mike G, on the Odd Future YouTube channel, with over 2.5 Million Subscribers. Video has almost 150,000 views.

* Casey got a Multi Million dollar+ deal lined up for WAR, when he wrote a screenplay for them, for 4 years. WAR went Multi Platinum and Gold. Many famous artist's look up to WAR, and grew up on their music, including Snoop Dogg, Easy E, NWA, Dr. Dre, and more. WAR did hit songs like “Why Can’t We Be Friends” and “Low Rider.” They also did “Slipping into Darkness” which Bob Marley and BigXthaPlug sampled. WAR has been sampled by many famous artists. And have been in many Hollywood movies, like Cheech and Chong and 21 Grams.

* Casey worked as a Video Director / Cinematographer for Interscope Artist, Sir Sly. Interscope is Dr. Dre's Company.

* Casey directed / edited a video for Skrillex for his song “Doompy Poomp,” and Casey directed a bonus video for Flying Lotus for his song “Galaxy in Janaki,” which was about his grandmother, he told Casey.

* Casey was mentored by Clint Eastwood (Oscar Winner), and Lauryn Hill (8 Time Grammy Winner), and more.

* Casey was Clint Eastwood's personal photographer for a bit at an Armani Exchange event at Coachella, and Eastwood mentored Casey saying, "it's good that you are writing, and Hollywood needs new blood." Clint gave Casey his blessing to write his screenplays, as he was making the transition from Music Video Director to Screenwriter. They talked for a good while, and Casey got tons of shots of Clint Eastwood for the Armani Exchange event.

* Casey was in the running, and has written for Snoop Dogg, and Afrojack on their music video treatment for "Dynamite." Casey was in the running, has written music video treatments for Skrillex for "Fire Away," as well as J Cole's artist, "Bas" for his song "Fiji Water in My Iron." Casey was also in the running and has written for Machine Gun Kelly, for the song "Baddest." Casey also wrote for Juicy J / Kevin Gates, "Thinkin with my ...." video treatment. Casey also wrote for Diggy, & more. Casey was in the running with his treatment for all of these videos.

* Casey or his work has been featured on: Entertainment Weekly, ABC, Huffington Post, MTV, Associated Press, Stereogum, Hypebeast, Ms. Lauryn Hill's Youtube, Pitchfork and their Million+ Subscriber Youtube, Hipster Runnoff, ETV News, Cable TV, and many more outlets.

* Casey has worked as a Video Director / Writer / Producer for Wu Tang and Killah Priest for 12+ years. He has been working with Killah Priest, 4th Disciple, GZA / Raekwon / RZA (Through Killah Priest), YDB, YDB's Manager, Slipknot / DJ Starscream, & more.

* Casey acted in the "Faden Away" music video for Snoop Dogg. Casey was also on set for the "Hit Da Pavement" video for Snoop Dogg / Dam Funk. Casey met and hung out with Snoop Dogg there, for a short while on set. Casey also got some photography of Snoop Dogg.

* Casey has two videos on the famous Pitchfork Youtube channel. The videos are: DJ Rashad "She Turnt Up" (which was shot in LA / New York), and Dam Funk "Modern Funkmaster" Documentary, which was shot in Pasadena, California. These videos, together, have over 100,000+ views.

* Casey directed the first Official Big Production Juke video (Out of Chicago) for DJ Rashad / DJ Spinn called "Ghost" and "Space Juke." These videos garnered over 100,000+ views. RIP DJ Rashad.

* Casey walked past Zooey Deschanel backstage at Coachella one year. Casey also ran into BJ Novak from the Office at a Riff Raff / Ham on Everything / Adam Weiss show, BJ Novak is "Ryan from the Office."

* Casey also met Val Kilmer (RIP), after his Citzen Twain theatre performance in LA / Culver City, and Casey met Werner Herzog, who is a legendary director, writer, and actor, and was in Star Wars "The Bad Batch" as a voice actor. Great voice. Legendary.

* Casey ran into James Blake one time at Low End Theory in Los Angeles, California, before he got really famous, That's how Casey met and did a bonus video for Flying Lotus, was meeting FlyLo at Low End Theory. Flying Lotus retweeted the video. Flying Lotus also composed iPhone Apple Ringtones. Also, Prince showed up at Low End Theory, not long before he died. RIP Prince.

* Shoutout to Daddy Kev for running Low End Theory, he just won a Grammy, Casey has worked for Daddy Kev’s company “Alpha Pup Records” for a DJ Nobody / Cedric Zavala from Mars Volta video for their song, “Our Last Dance.”

* Casey worked for The Berrics and ran into Giovanni Ribisi there, and had a nice little conversation with Giovanni. The Berrics is owned and run by famous skateboarders Steve Berra, and Eric Koston. Jon and Forest Casey even saw their friend and work colleague, The Game, at The Berrics too, at an event they had in downtown LA.

* Casey worked for The Famous "Boiler Room" as an Editor on a Freddie Gibbs project.

* Casey worked for Nestle on a California Beachside Shoot and Edit with Forest Casey.

* Casey worked for Terry Rossio on the show "Turbo Dates" as a PA. (Rossio is the Writer of Aladdin, Shrek, Pirates of The Caribbean with Jonny Depp, De JaVu with Denzel Washington, and more) (Rossio is Oscar Nominated). De Ja Vu was one of the highest selling spec scripts, for $5 Million dollars, written by Terry Rossio.

* Casey's cousin Nikki Ferszt married the Great Grandson of Henry Ford. That's where Casey met Jeff Daniels, at the wedding. Jeff Daniels acted alongside Jim Carrey in "Dumb and Dumber." The first question Jeff Daniels asked Casey was, "are you an actor?" Which was quite the compliment, coming from him, the legendary actor and family friend of Jon Casey / The Ferszt Family / via The Ford Family.

* Casey acts and appears in two Boiler Room videos for Toro y Moi in LA and DJ Stingray, in London. These videos have over 700,000 views.

* Casey directed videos for Busdriver and Nocando for their song "Bernie" from their project "Flashbang Grenada." Busdriver is world famous, and featured on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtrack.

* Casey just released a new Wu Tang Clan Test Video Project for YDB in 2025. YDB is the son of Famous Wu Tang member, Ole Dirty Bastard. YDB has over 1 Million Instagram followers.

* Casey is an Award Winning Artist, who has had paintings selected for East Lansing, Michigan's Annual Art Competition that gets featured prominently on Michigan State University's Campus, which is there, still to this day. This show was also featured on NPR Radio.

* Casey's paintings are for sale, at the right price. Please inquire within.

* Casey got 3rd Place in the JCAA Biennial Juried Art Exhibition at Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, Michigan for his painting "Purple Shimmer Haze" in 2025.

* Casey got "Artist of the Month" at the JCAA at Ella Sharp Museum in 2025.

* Casey also makes music under the moniker "Drip Street." And has played shows in LA / Paris / The top of a The Eiffel Tower / South Carolina / and Michigan.

* Casey directed / shot / edited / produced two videos for Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang, which is on David Byrne's label, Luaka Bop, from New York. David Byrne is a Grammy Winning artist, from the band The Talking Heads. The videos for Janka Nabay are "Feba" and "Eh Mane Ah." "Eh Mane Ah" was shot at The Getty Center Museum, in LA. With permission by the J Paul Getty Trust, fine art dealers, etc. This was the first music video shot at the Getty. RIP Janka Nabay.

* Casey is a world traveler, and has traveled to Asia, Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico, and more. Including Milan, Italy, Paris 3 times, Giverny, Normandy, France, Bruges, Belgium, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Bali, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tokyo, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Manila, Philippines, Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexico, Los Angeles, New York, Buffalo, New Jersey, Seattle, Arizona, The Grand Canyon, Eiffel Tower, The Pyramids, D Day "Omaha Beach" in Normandy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, London, Britain, United Kingdom, Taipei, Taiwan, Istanbul, Turkey, Madrid, Spain, Dublin, Ireland, and more.

* Casey also got accepted into ASU and was offered a scholarship to learn Indonesian.

* Casey has written on more than 20+ screenplays, 3+ are for sale, currently.

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