
Person
Jonathan Raymond
Writing
Biography
Jonathan Raymond (born 1971) is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for writing the novels "The Half-Life" (2004) and "Rain Dragon" (2012), and for writing the short stories or novels for the films "Old Joy" (2006), "Wendy and Lucy" (2008), and "First Cow" (2019), all directed by Kelly Reichardt, with whom he co-wrote the screenplays.
Known for

Mildred Pierce
Teleplay

First Cow
Novel

Night Moves
Screenplay
De Noche
Writer

Meek's Cutoff
Writer

Wendy and Lucy
Screenplay

Old Joy
Screenplay

Showing Up
Screenplay

First Cow: A Place in This World
Self

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020
Thanks
Filmography
- 2025EarthlingsShort Story
- 2023Showing UpScreenplay
- 2021Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020Thanks
- 2021Bronx, New York, November 2019Thanks
- 2020First Cow: A Place in This WorldSelf
- 2020A Feeling of Home: The Making of First CowSelf
- 2020First CowNovel
- 2014Night MovesScreenplay
- 2013BuoyExecutive Producer
- 2011Meek's CutoffWriter
- 2011Mildred PierceTeleplay
- 2008Wendy and LucyScreenplay
- 2006Old JoyScreenplay
- 2006Driving to ZigziglandCulver City Man
- 1997Battles on the Astral PlaneWriter
- —De NocheWriter
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