Jonathan King grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. Inspired by the early work of Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, he made his first film with the help of a papier-mâché alien running around the school corridors. His work as an editor and graphic designer in music magazines brought him work filming music videos. He has made more than a hundred such videos, and was a two-time winner of the Best Director award at the New Zealand Music Video Awards. While working on television commercials he managed to write and create two short films – Still (2002) and the horror comedy Chogar (2003). The latter is approximate in tone to King's feature film debut Black Sheep, in which a herd of peace-loving sheep become bloodthirsty monsters. After completing the film, King wrote the screenplay for the thriller The Tattooist (2007).
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