Directing
Jon Ayon
Place of birth
Los Angeles, CA
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Jon Ayon is a Mestizo (Comcáac/Nahua-Salvadoreño/Xicano) filmmaker from LA. Based in Oakland, he holds a B.A. in Cinema from SF State and an MFA in Documentary from Stanford. His work has earned him recognition and support from Francis and Roman Coppola, The Annenberg Foundation, SFFILM, NewFilmmakers LA, Points North Institute, IDA, Full Frame, Avenida TV, & Sundance. Ayon’s films explore the Mestize/Latine-“American” experience with a critical focus on broken Indigenous kinship systems, internalized racism, cultural xenophobia, Ulysses syndrome, and generational trauma.
Known for
NRAn examination of the effects of living undocumented in the United States on the lives of two immigrant parents.
Shadows
2017
NRNearly 40 years later, 12 Latinx millennials bear witness to Rufina Amaya's grave testimony about what happened at El Mozote.
Manzanal
2020
NRA first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter, Angie Valeria, drowned.
I'm Not Óscar
2021
NRHaunted by the Nahua deity Tlazolteotl, 4 cousins in Northeast LA try to protect each other from the violence and family strife threatening to tear them apart.
NIKI•TOMI•BETO
2026
Behind the camera
NRAn examination of the effects of living undocumented in the United States on the lives of two immigrant parents.
Shadows
2017
NRNearly 40 years later, 12 Latinx millennials bear witness to Rufina Amaya's grave testimony about what happened at El Mozote.
Manzanal
2020
NRA first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter, Angie Valeria, drowned.
I'm Not Óscar
2021
NRA first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter, Angie Valeria, drowned.
I'm Not Óscar
2021
NRHaunted by the Nahua deity Tlazolteotl, 4 cousins in Northeast LA try to protect each other from the violence and family strife threatening to tear them apart.
NIKI•TOMI•BETO
2026
NRHaunted by the Nahua deity Tlazolteotl, 4 cousins in Northeast LA try to protect each other from the violence and family strife threatening to tear them apart.
NIKI•TOMI•BETO
2026