1 week Ago By Ishani Sarkar
He picked up the camera at 12, won the Emmy for a short film and his feature When Lambs Become Lions (2018) also bagged multiple awards Actress Busy Philipps, who you might know from Girls5eva (2021-present) and White Chicks (2004), appears to have found love in director Jon Kasbe. Notwithstanding the fact that he’s 11 years younger than her, Kasbe and Philipps appeared to be very much in love as they shared a kiss at the US Open last week. The couple has reportedly been spotted out and about in New York City quite often lately, packing on the PDA.
This is Philipps’ first public relationship since her divorce from ex-husband Marc Silverstein, who she was married to for 15 years. The 45-year-old actress is also godmother to Matilda Rose Ledger, the child of late Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams – her BFF and co-star in Dawson’s Creek . So, who is Jon Kasbe and what do we know about him? Advertisement What does Jon Kasbe do for work? {"@context":"https://schema.
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He is best known for his documentaries; his first feature about elephant poaching in Africa, When Lambs Become Lions (2018), won several awards, including the 2017 Sundance Documentary Fund and the best editing award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. He then directed and executive produced the FreeForm/Hulu docu-series The Deep End (2022) about the controversial spiritual guru and author Teal Swan, who has been accused of running a cult . Kasbe also co-directed the Showtime documentary Sophia (2022) with Crystal Moselle, which is about the humanoid robot of the same name.
It premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. He made his first documentary as a preteen {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Jon Kasbe (centre) started making documentaries from a young age.
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jpg"} Jon Kasbe (centre) started making documentaries from a young age. Photo: @kasbefilms/Instagram Kasbe realised his penchant for documentaries from a very early age. In an interview during the Ninth Annual Carrboro Film Festival, he revealed that he was first inspired to pick up the camera at 12 after his grandfather, who was a missionary in India, faced a life-threatening experience.
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