Directing
Jon Mackey
North Carolina, United States
Jon Mackey is a Los Angeles based commercial and TV director, and most recently worked on a commercial campaign for the clothing brand Birddogs that you probably saw on a baseball game, and as the field director on the The Netflix Afterparty, and Comedy Central late-night show Lights Out with David Spade. Previously, Jon has directed a wide range of commercial and digital content for such brands as Amazon, Verizon, Netflix, Warner Brothers, BBC America, Delta Airlines, IFC, FOX, Dockers, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, LegalZoom, and charities such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Communities in Schools, The Prostate Cancer Foundation, MPTF, and more. He has also directed a boatload of celebrity driven exclusive content for Funny or Die, working with the likes of Bruce Willis, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Sterling K Brown, Tracy Morgan, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Hank Azaria, Tony Hale, Tim Simons, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Rob Riggle, Rick Ross, Mac Miller, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Jon, Randall Park, Thomas Middleditch, and too many others to list. He’s also a member of cult favorite podcast/improv/sketch group, Big Grande, whose podcasts, videos, and other content are available at biggrandewebsite.com. Jon’s dream is to ride out the end of civilization as we know it doing what he loves… making funny things that people enjoy.
Acting credits
NRBack in 2022 Big Grande went on tour and brought a camera.
Big Grande’s Little Tour Doc
2024
NRBig Grande has been bringing their brand of rapid, honest, and wild live shows to sold-out crowds around the country — hell, the continent — for over a decade. Now they’re hopping onto the UCB stage for a DCM26 show that’ll leave you laughing (hopefully) and them sweating (definitely). Their podcast, The Teachers Lounge, gained a fervent following on The Earwolf Network before they began selling it directly to fans. Find it — along with their four-episode live improvised comedy special, sketches, animated content, merch, and more — at biggrandewebsite.com. Individually, you’ve seen them on The Other Two, Brooklyn 99, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, Superstore, Comedy Bang Bang, Son of Zorn, Bless the Harts, Playing House, and Last Call with Carson Daly — as well as behind the camera on Lights Out with David Spade and Netflix: After Party. Filmed live at the 2026 Del Close Marathon.
Big Grande: DCM '26
2026
NRFresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.
Lane Woods Finds Love
2017
Behind the camera
10.0A camping trip puts a platonic friendship to the test. “Mountain Friends,” directed by Jon Mackey, is an intentionally stilted comedy that follows two friends into the Angeles Forest and one man into a flailing attempt to become more than friends.
Mountain Friends
2025
NRBack in 2022 Big Grande went on tour and brought a camera.
Big Grande’s Little Tour Doc
2024
NRFresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.
Lane Woods Finds Love
2017
NRFresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.
Lane Woods Finds Love
2017
NRIn the future, a man meets someone in a cafe that changes his perspective on life, love, and robots.
Learning to Walk
2017
NRAn out-of-work LA actress needs a gift for a baby shower. An insane Las Vegas gambler needs a weird candy. What they find is each other.
Bellyflops
2018