Jonathan Formica is an Emmy® nominated documentary filmmaker and producer whose work is dedicated to telling nuanced stories that engage, educate, and challenge audience perspectives. He has filmed across four continents and produced international shoots in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. Jonathan most recently produced two episodes of the docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025 / Peacock) with Tremolo Productions, Broadway Video, and NBC Universal. With unprecedented access to Saturday Night Live's archives and talent, each episode dives into a different aspect of the show's storied fifty year history and what makes it work. Jonathan previously produced What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates (2024 / Netflix) and co-produced the documentary feature Hack Your Health: The Secrets Of Your Gut (2024 / Netflix). He started in the industry working with Vox Pop Films overseeing day to day operations, a diverse portfolio of commercial and branded-film, and produced the feature documentary, The Human Trial (2022 / Abramorama). Jonathan is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Television Academy (ATAS).
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 5 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Jonathan Formica's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jonathan Formica's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Formica's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
The Human Trial(2022)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 2022 to 2025.
Highest rated
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (2024)
Most popular right now
What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2025–2026.
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Who does Jonathan Formica work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Formica's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Rosch shares the most, 2.
Cinematographers and editors
- Lee RoschShared titles: Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread (2025), Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Rosch
- Graham WilloughbyShared titles: Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (2024), What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Graham Willoughby
- Oscar VazquezShared titles: Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (2024), What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Oscar Vazquez
