JONATHAN VANGER
PRODUCER

Jonathan Vanger was introduced into the film business by his late father Lawrence Vanger who was active in film financing and owned a completion bond company, Performance Guarantees. Initially, working as a production assistant he rapidly moved up the ladder, moving into production in 1989 spending 2 years producing a series of low budget features in South Africa. During this time he also gained invaluable production experience while working for Vanger Snr as the completion bond representative on a number of films covered by Performance Guarantees.

Jonathan moved then to the UK and took up the reigns of Performance Guarantees UK LTD, Issuing completion guarantees on over 25 features shot in Europe, Australia and in South Africa

In 1998 Vanger Produced LADIES ROOM starring John Malkovich and Greta Scacchi and THE MAGIC OF MARCIANO with Natassja Kinski and Robert Forster. He was instrumental in structuring co-production financing on GREY OWL starring Pierce Brosnan, directed by Richard Attenborough that shot in Canada in late 1998-99 and DRUIDS starring Christophe Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Max Von Sydow.

His most recent produced projects include :

• STEAL starring Stephen Dorff and Natasha Henstridge, directed by French Action specialist Gerard Pires (TAXI) licensed in the US to Miramax.
  
  
• NAPOLEON a 6 hour mini series starring Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Isabella Rosselini and Anouk Aime, directed by Canadian director Yves Simoneau produced with GMT in France, Kirsh Media in Germany, Transfilm in Canada and A&E in the United States.
  
  
• HONOR MY FATHER starring Gerard Depardieu and his son Guillaume, directed and written by Jacob Berger.
  
  
• JERICHO MANSIONS starring James Caan, directed by Alberto Sciamma.
  
  
• THE THREE MUSKETEERS starring Emmanuelle Beart directed by Stephen Herek.
  
  
• LES EGARES starring Emmanuelle Beart and Gaspard Ulieol directed by Andre Techine.
  
  
• THE LAST SIGN directed by Douglas Law starring Andie MacDowell and Tim Roth.