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My Take
Liebesman is one of those directors I file under 'studio firefighter' more than auteur. Born in Johannesburg and trained at NYU's Tisch, he built a career on big, loud genre swings: horror with Darkness Falls and the Texas Chainsaw prequel, then the alien-invasion grind of Battle: Los Angeles and the CGI spectacle of Wrath of the Titans and the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I respect that he kept landing massive assignments, but his filmography reads to me like a survey of 2000s-2010s blockbuster appetites rather than a personal vision. A capable hand for chaos, if not the soul of it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jonathan Liebesman
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョナサン・リーベスマン
- Reading
- じょなさん・りーべすまん
- Born
- September 15, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / film producer / television director / director
2. Background
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jonathan Liebesman born?
Born September 15, 1976 (age 49).
Where is Jonathan Liebesman from?
Jonathan Liebesman is from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
What does Jonathan Liebesman do?
Jonathan Liebesman works as film director, screenwriter, film producer, television director, director.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.