Jonathan is an actor, writer, and director based in New York City. He was born in India, grew up in Hong Kong, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Neuroscience, Economics, & Theatre Arts, before moving to New York to pursue acting professionally. His projects have been Vimeo Staff Picks, Gotham Week Project Market selections, Telly Award winners and screened at film festivals globally. His first short film, Clover, has screened at 20 film festivals, including some of the largest and longest running LGBTQ+ Film Festivals around the country, and is currently being adapted into a feature. He is a two time Cinephilia Fellow; his short film, SIDES, was selected into the 2022 Cinephilia Film & TV Development Workroom and is currently in pre-production, and his first feature, Futures, was one of six projects selected into the 2023 Cinephilia Advanced Lab.