Canadian director and producer Jon cassar was born on April 27, 1958 in Malta. He studied and graduated from the Algonquin College from Ottawa, Canada.
In the late 80’s and early 90’s, Cassar He began to work in the technical area of the film industry, more precisely as a camera operator, for different television series and feature films.
In 1995 he directed his first feature film, the action thriller starring Erik estrada, “The Final Goal“. Since then, Cassar He has specialized mainly in directing television episodes of different series and telefilms.
Among the first, his work could be seen in shows like “Nancy drew“,”Pointman“,”Forever Knight“,”Kung fu: The Legend Continues“, “Baywatch Nights“,”La Femme Nikita“,”Mutant X“or”The Dead Zone“.
In 2002 the staff of the highly successful and multi-award-winning series starring Kiefer Sutherland“,24” , as director and executive producer; directing a total of 59 episodes between 2002 and 2009, the year in which he left the project.
After directing some episodes of the series “Criminal Minds“,”Fringe (To the limit)” Y “Human Target“; Cassar embarked on his next project, which was the controversial miniseries “The Kennedys“, which he directed and of which he was also an executive producer along with Tara ellis, Michael prupas, Christine Shipton Y Joel surnow.
Starring Greg kinnear Y Katie holmes in the central roles of John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie, “The Kennedys“shows the efforts of the family and, especially of the family patriarch, Joe kennedy (Tom wilkinson), for leading to John to the White House, after his first-born Joe Jr. died in World War II.
The director maintains a long friendship with his Canadian compatriot Kiefer Sutherland, who, after winning the award SAG Award, to the best dramatic artist for his work in “24”; gave it to Cassar as a sign of his appearance. Numerous have been the awards and recognitions that Cassar he has harvested throughout his career; including two awards Emmy for his work on “24“.
Cassar is a co-founder of the charity Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance, which hosts the annual charity gala, “Light, Camera, Auction“.