Acting
Jon Beaton
Born
1988-03-19 (38)
Place of birth
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Jon Beaton (b. 1988, UK) is a British-Cypriot filmmaker based in Ghent, Belgium. His work spans fiction, documentary, and experimental cinema, with a recurring focus on neurodivergence, language and outsider identity. Drawn to first-person narratives, he often employs hybrid forms and incorporates physical devices and mechanisms into the filmmaking process as both conceptual and practical tools.
Known for
NRFilmmaker Jon Beaton has always felt like an outsider. When TikTok’s powerful algorithm starts sending him content from the app’s autistic community, he has an epiphany – could this explain everything? My Diagnosis explores the tension between self-diagnosis and institutional validation through an intimate blend of personal vlogs and fictionalised recreations.
My Diagnosis
2025
NRAn autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small social gestures. As the day draws on, his sense of alienation slowly emerges.
Field Reports
2026
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRFilmmaker Jon Beaton has always felt like an outsider. When TikTok’s powerful algorithm starts sending him content from the app’s autistic community, he has an epiphany – could this explain everything? My Diagnosis explores the tension between self-diagnosis and institutional validation through an intimate blend of personal vlogs and fictionalised recreations.
My Diagnosis
2025
NRAn autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small social gestures. As the day draws on, his sense of alienation slowly emerges.
Field Reports
2026