Jonah Levy
Jonah’s first major passion was film. He remembers going to the movie theater up the road every Saturday for a 12 o’clock matinee and all it cost was $2.50! He learned how to make movies through a terrific teen filmmaking company called Reel Works and his first project was a major success. “Thanksgiving” tells the story of how losing his mother to cancer in 1998 brought the Levys’ closer together. “Thanksgiving” also marks a move into Jonah’s second passion: New York City! Jonah has always felt grateful to grow up in the beautiful borough of Brooklyn with the vibrant city all around him.
Jonah got his tour guide license at the green age of 19 and four years later, his love for history has outgrown his passion for film and theater, which he studied at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Jonah loves exploring major city landmarks and learning more than he thought was available. One of his current interests includes Governors Island: did you know this little island at the mouth of the East River used to have the only Burger King in the US that served beer? Or that Civil War bounty jumpers escaped from and were executed at this major military base of the 18th, 19th, AND 20th centuries?
Nonetheless, he finds time to dabble in various theatrical venues. From the homegrown workshop entitled “The Brooklyn Play”, to improvisational comedy at the Peoples’ Improv Theater, Jonah can’t get that theater bug out from under his skin. Jonah particularly enjoys attending invigorating off-broadway productions at The 2econd Stage Theater, where he shares a subscription with his Grandparents who fostered his love for theater at an early age.
So what’s film? Chopped liver?! Although the tech side of things can be frustrating, Jonah manages to take a stab at film production here and there. Whether it’s directing and editing low-fi LUNYcentric video slike “The Tourfather”, wearing many hats on an independent web series like “The Unloveables” or just making a cute-meet love story with his friends from “The Brooklyn Play”, Jonah loves being behind and in front of the camera.
Jonah enjoys making and eating sandwiches, going for long and short bike rides, and spending entire days at the movie theater.
