Biography
Jon Spaihts (/speɪts/) (born February 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author. He is best known for co-writing Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024), both films based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Prometheus (2012), Passengers (2016), and Doctor Strange (2016). For his work on Dune, Spaihts was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Spaihts was born in New York City, the son...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Dune: Part Three
2026
Screenplay
The third installment in the Dune franchise, based on the second novel in the series, Dune: Messiah. Details TBA.
A Minecraft Movie
2025
Executive Producer
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre...
The Crow
2024
Executive Producer
Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrifi...
Live a Little
2024
Writer
An award-winning student short film shot on iPhone, reflecting the director’s experience in Rome. It inspires viewers to embrace life’s simple pleasur...
Dune: Part Two
2024
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed hi...
Dune
2021
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the un...
The Mummy
2017
Screenstory
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our c...
Passengers
2016
as Autodoc (voice)
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passe...
Passengers
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passe...
Doctor Strange
2016
Writer
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to de...
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," featuring cast and crew interviews, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Rele...
Prometheus
2012
Writer
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they ...
The Darkest Hour
2011
Screenplay, Story
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
The Forever War
N/A
Writer
A elite task force returns home after a brief interstellar military operation,but discovered that 20 years have passed and the planet they once knew i...
Untitled Jon Spaihts / Laika Film
N/A
Director, Writer
A woman investigates a mystery that took place during a week she cannot remember.
Gears of War
N/A
Screenplay
Plot TBA. Based on the video game series of the same name.