Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Vogt-Roberts is one of those directors who genuinely loves the genre stuff he makes, and it shows. The Kings of Summer is a small, warm gem that earned him the Kong gig, and Kong: Skull Island leaned hard into Vietnam-era imagery and creature spectacle in a way most blockbusters wouldn't dare. He's also a vocal champion of video games and anime culture, which makes him feel like one of us rather than a studio hired gun. I respect that he keeps trying to drag passion-project sensibilities into franchise filmmaking, even when the system fights him on it.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts is an American film director and screenwriter born in 1984 in Detroit, Michigan. He first gained attention with the indie coming-of-age film The Kings of Summer (2013) before directing the big-budget monster movie Kong: Skull Island (2017). He is also known for his work in video game adaptations and visual collaborations within the gaming world.

Name (English)

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Name (Japanese)

ジョーダン・ボート＝ロバーツ

Reading

じょーだん・ぼーと＝ろばーつ

Born

September 22, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation

Film director / Screenwriter / Actor / Film producer

High school

Dondero High School

• Official sitehttp://jcvr.net
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/voteroberts/
• Xhttps://x.com/VogtRoberts
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Vogt-Roberts
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17091099

Tags

• From Michigan
• Film director
• Screenwriter
• Actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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