Jon Davison Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Jon Davison

Jon Davison

Production

Biography

Jon Davison was born on July 21, 1949 in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Davison studied at New York University's Film Institute, where one of his instructors was director Martin Scorsese. While attending NYU Jon staged film retrospectives at the Fillmore East in the East Village. Davison began his career running the St. Marks Cinematheque movie theater in New York. Fellow NYU classmate and future film director Jonathan Kaplan suggested to Jon that he move to Los Angeles, California. In 1972 Davison hooked up with Roger Corman's prolific B-flick outfit New World Pictures, where he initially was the director of advertising and publicity. Davison made his debut as associate producer of "Big Bad Mama." He went on to produce the hilarious exploitation feature parody "Hollywood Boulevard," Ron Howard's delightful directorial debut "Grand Theft Auto," and Joe Dante's terrific tongue-in-cheek killer animal treat "Piranha" for New World Pictures. Jon left New World Pictures in 1980. He produced the uproarious comedies "Airplane!" and "Top Secret!" for Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers. Davison subsequently produced the excellent and exciting science fiction cult favorites "RoboCop" and "Starship Troopers" for director Paul Verhoeven. He went on to produce sequels for those two films. In addition, Jon handled second unit director chores on both "Rock'n'Roll High School" and "The Howling." Moreover, Jon Davison has popped up in small parts in a few movies; he's especially memorable as the tinny metallic voice of the murderous malfunctioning robot ED-209 in "RoboCop."

Filmography Movies

Acting

Starship Troopers movie poster
MOVIE

Starship Troopers

7.1(5.5K)
Starship Troopers
Buenos Aires Survivor (uncredited)
RoboCop movie poster
MOVIE

RoboCop

7.4(5.7K)
RoboCop
ED-209 (voice) (uncredited)
Inside the FederationMOVIE
MOVIE

Inside the Federation

10.0(0.0K)
Inside the Federation
Self
That Guy Dick Miller movie poster
MOVIE

That Guy Dick Miller

7.0(0.0K)
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' movie poster
MOVIE

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

7.0(0.0K)
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
Self (archive footage)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' movie poster
MOVIE

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

8.0(0.0K)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Himself
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' movie poster
MOVIE

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

7.8(0.0K)
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Himself
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters movie poster
MOVIE

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

7.5(0.0K)
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
Tidal Wave movie poster
MOVIE

Tidal Wave

Not rated yet
Tidal Wave

Production

Starship Troopers movie poster
MOVIE

Starship Troopers

7.1(5.5K)
Starship Troopers
Producer
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation movie poster
MOVIE

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

4.5(0.7K)
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Producer
Airplane! movie poster
MOVIE

Airplane!

7.3(5.1K)
Airplane!
Producer
RoboCop 2 movie poster
MOVIE

RoboCop 2

6.0(2.1K)
RoboCop 2
Producer
Piranha movie poster
MOVIE

Piranha

6.0(0.7K)
Piranha
Producer
Top Secret! movie poster
MOVIE

Top Secret!

7.1(1.4K)
Top Secret!
Producer
Hollywood Boulevard movie poster
MOVIE

Hollywood Boulevard

5.5(0.0K)
Hollywood Boulevard
Producer
White Dog movie poster
MOVIE

White Dog

6.6(0.3K)
White Dog
Producer
The 6th Day movie poster
MOVIE

The 6th Day

6.0(2.3K)
The 6th Day
Producer
RoboCop movie poster
MOVIE

RoboCop

7.4(5.7K)
RoboCop
Executive Producer

Gallery

Jon Davison portrait
Jon Davison portrait