Jon Davison

Known for ProductionBorn 1941-01-21 (age 85)

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."Read more

Movies & web series

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

RoboCop

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

That Guy Dick Miller

Airplane!

Starship Troopers

Face Like a Frog

Top Secret!

White Dog

The Movie Orgy

Searchers 2.0

Rock 'n' Roll High School

The 6th Day

RoboCop 2

Piranha

Trapped in Paradise

Hollywood Boulevard

Grand Theft Auto

Thunder and Lightning

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

By Kevin Thomas

Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe

Tidal Wave

Inside the Federation