Jonathan Blank

Jonathan Blank is a perpetrator of digital shenanigans.
His latest film (writer/producer/director) is "Bible All Stars Reunion Tour," a time-shattering docu-comedy that reveals age-old mysteries:
• Where did the apple in the Garden of Eden fit on the food pyramid?
• Who created the workout routine that enabled Noah to build the ark at 500?
• What was Moses’ secret 11th commandment?
• Where did Samson find his conditioning formula for unbelievably long, luscious hair?
• Why is the word “psalm” spelled with a “p” if you don’t pronounce it?
His last film, Sex, Drugs & Bicycles, is an award-winning, feature-length documentary that takes a look at Dutch social democracy and tries to discover how people manage to live with month-long double-paid vacations, no fear of homelessness, and universal healthcare.
Jonathan is currently producing two new projects Talking to Animals, a documentary about animal consciousness, and How’s Your Democracy, a TV series based on Sex, Drugs & Bicycles. He has also written, produced and directed a number of films including Sex, Drugs
& Democracy ("A seductive argument" --Roger Ebert), Anarchy TV ("A wild, crazy and twisted comedy!" -- KRON-TV), and Collecting America ("Fascinating!" --NY Newsday) as well as the screenplays for two new fiction films: Shaolin Kid, an action oriented, family film and Zentropy, a comedy.
Jonathan is the co-author of Secrets of Dragon Gate, published by Penguin, and Still as a Mountain, Powerful as Thunder, published by Shambhala. He is currently writing a new book Psychedelic Sailor, about record setting endurance sailor and international marijuana smuggler, Reid Stowe, who shattered previous records by spending 1,152 days continuously at sea without resupply. And he is also working on a book, “Reinventing Reading,” about the need to fundamentally change the way people are taught to read.
Jonathan loves teaching kids to read. That’s why he created Reading Kingdom, an educational software company that has developed a series of online programs that use unique and innovative ways to teach literacy.