Jon Kilik

Jon Kilik (born December 26, 1956, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American film producer known for championing director-driven cinema across Hollywood and international filmmaking. Raised in Millburn, he graduated from Millburn High School in 1974 and later earned his degree at the University of Vermont.

Over his career, Kilik has collaborated with an unusually wide range of auteurs, including Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel, Gary Ross, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman, and Oliver Stone. That versatility—moving between prestige drama, bold independent work, and global stories—has made him a steady presence behind some of the era’s most talked-about films.

Kilik’s producing credits have drawn major industry recognition. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for Babel (2006), alongside BAFTA nods for Babel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), and Biutiful (2010). He also received multiple Producers Guild nominations, including for Foxcatcher (2014), which won a Special Distinction at the Independent Spirit Awards.

On screen, he has appeared as himself in behind-the-scenes and documentary projects such as The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games, The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem, and By Any Means Necessary: The Making of ‘Malcolm X’, offering a producer’s perspective on how ambitious films get made.