Jonah Bekhor & Jonas Bell Pasht

Founded by former American Film Institute classmates Jonah Bekhor and Jonas Bell Pasht, Citizen Jones is a producer of best-in-class nonfiction series & films, and a destination for top-level talent.

Citizen Jones is the creator and executive producer of the How to Become franchise for Netflix. Narrated by Golden Globe-winner Peter Dinklage, the series includes the global hits How to Become a Tyrant, How to Become a Cult Leader and How to Become a Mob Boss, which premiered as Netflix’s #1 series. Additional credits include Issa Rae’s Insecure: The End for HBO Films, History Channel’s upcoming The Einstein Challenge, CNN’s critically-acclaimed The Redemption Project with Van Jones, and many more.

Citizen Jones films have been distributed around the globe and premiered at many of the world’s top film festivals, including The Toronto International Film Festival, Berlinale, Tribeca, South By Southwest, IDFA and SITGES.

Having championed diverse voices since its inception, Citizen Jones has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award and honoured with two NAMIC Vision Awards For Diversity for content that is “reflective of the depth and breadth of the lives, spirit and contributions of people of color”.