Biography
Jonathan Murray Chu is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018), one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent, and the fantasy musicals Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025), a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical. For directing Wicked, Chu won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and Critics' Choice Award for Best Director.
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Awards & recognition
- Time 100 · 2025
Filmography31 titles
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Thai Cave Rescue
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Home Before Dark
Good Trouble
The Company You Keep
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
In the Heights
Crazy Rich Asians
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Justin Bieber's Believe
Wicked
Step Up: Revolution
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Now You See Me 2
Step Up 3D
Step Up 2: The Streets
Wicked: For Good
The Daily Show
Dancing with the Stars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Freaked
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
Justin Bieber: The New Me
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Jem and the Holograms
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
One Perfect Shot
Tribeca 25
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks