Biography
Jon Brekke's 1st dramatic screenplay, "Tis the Season," secured beloved mentor, ACE editor/producer, Ed Rothkowitz. Executive Producer Bill Finnegan jumped on board, helped secure actress June Lockhart, and it won best film at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.
"Athena and Lucifer in the 21st Century" is a thriller in development at his Los Angles Center Studios office. "Animehem" is another thriller in development with Ricardo Galindez at Island Film Group. Ric and Jon worked together for over 20 years in various capacities. Jon completed several productions with IFG, writing and directing low budget features, including "As Words Breathe," released on Amazon Prime. They partnered with producer Andrew Magpoc to launch Soul Sessions, a TV series on Roku, KITV (ABC,) and YouTube.
"Merry Christmas Roberta," a screenplay by Brekke with longtime co-writer Eric Nemoto, was optioned by Rothkowitz, adapted for stage by Michael Wurth, who co-directed the theatrical work with Brekke, winning Po'okela Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Play.
Brekke walked 2,000 miles a year observing homelessness in downtown Los Angeles, inspiring his screenplay, "In the City of Angels." While writing, Jon produced and directed a documentary series about people making it out of Skid Row. He finished his 90 pages just as Covid shut down Hollywood. Instead of doing nothing, he adapted his screenplay into a novel, published in 2023.
As Director and Head of Production for a Time Warner Cable division from 2002 to 2011, Brekke reported to CEO Nate Smith, built a state of the art green screen studio and post-production facility. He launched several interactive TV channels while producing hundreds of programming hours in entertainment and sports.
As a volunteer, Jon co-created a telethon series for Red Cross and disaster victims that began with Kokua (help) for Katrina. Kokua for Japan raised over $1.6m for Tsunami victims and was nominated for the VH1 Do Something Awards.
