Directing
Jon García
Jon Erich Garcia (born July 18, 1979) is an American director, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and musician based in Portland, Oregon. He has released two full length albums and produced ten feature films including The Falls trilogy, Sex Weather and Love in Dangerous Times. Garcia was nominated at the Emmy Awards in 2016, for his works for Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Known For
The Falls · 2012The Falls
★ 6.02012
MovieRomanceDrama
RJ and Chris were both born and raised in the Mormon Church. Both have pretty girlfriends, were Eagle Scouts at a young age and have perfect academic records. Now, it’s their turn to serve a mission and experience the Mormon rite of passage. Unknown to them, serving a mission will not only open the doors to strangers’ households – where they preach the Gospel – but it will open up secrets in their own lives — and feelings that they’ve long kept buried.
Sex Weather · 2018Sex Weather
★ 5.62018
MovieRomanceDrama
Sleepy-eyed filmmaker Darrel wakes to find himself in bed with his crew member Sydney. As they begin to discuss the previous evening and tepid reviews of his new film, emotions give rise to a passionate and thoughtful relationship that once could have been if either had taken the chance.
Tandem Hearts · 2012Tandem Hearts
★ 5.52012
Movie
A young couple’s bond is tested by their move to Portland, Oregon, where the young musician struggles, and his girlfriend finds a new social circle.
LUZ · 2020LUZ
★ 5.52020
MovieDramaCrime
Ruben and Carlos become cellmates in a minimum-security prison. While Ruben struggles to learn the ropes of daily life and where he falls in the complex hierarchical prison system, Carlos becomes a mentor and then eventually a lover. The two men develop feelings for one another they can't easily express. As time moves on and one of them is released before the other, there are questions looming as to whether what they had was real or simply out of the need for human connection.
The Falls: Covenant of Grace · 2016The Falls: Covenant of Grace
★ 6.72016
MovieRomanceDrama
Chris and RJ, former Mormon missionaries who fell in love seven years ago, are struggling to make their relationship work amid conflicts with their families and their faith. Determined to finally find closure and put the past behind them, the two men set in motion a quest for unconditional love that ultimately leads to the very top of the LDS leadership.
Shady Cove · 2022Shady Cove
2022
Movie
A secretive man retreats to the woods for a dark purpose. The last thing he anticipated or wanted was to go viral when a young youtuber stumbles across his secret and broadcasts it to the world. Is this an act of war or an act of mercy?
The Falls: Testament of Love · 2013The Falls: Testament of Love
★ 6.02013
MovieDramaRomance
Picking up five years after the doomed romance between Mormon missionaries RJ and Chris, though their lives have taken radically different paths, the death of a mutual friend unexpectedly reunites the two men at a time when both are attempting to establish their adult lives. As old feelings of love and regret are rekindled, RJ and Chris must once again confront their seemingly impossible love.
The Hostage Situation · 2023The Hostage Situation
2023
MovieComedy
A small group of inexperienced criminals dive head first into a plot to kidnap a United States senator. Things don't go as planned.
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