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Jonathan McHugh
President
Song Stew Films

SANTA MONICA, USA // Jonathan McHugh is an independent film producer, director & music supervisor who has held high ranking positions at New Line Cinema/Warner Brothers, Sony Records, Universal Records over the past few decades.

He has produced thirty-five films & TV series with some of music’s biggest stars including “Janis Joplin’s highly regarded documentary, “Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never,” (which is the 2nd highest grossing music doc. of all time.)

Paramount Pictures “Crossroads” (Britney Spears) Lionsgate‘s “Snoop Dogg‘s Hood of Horror, “Repo The Generic Opera,” (Sarah Brightman) Lifetime’s “Flying By” (Billy Ray Cyrus) “ and the Discovery’ TV’s “Battle Ground Earth” (Ludacris & Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee.)

McHugh has music supervised the music for over seventy feature films and TV shows including most recently the Cinemax/HBO TV series “Jett” and is currently supervising the upcoming animated series “The Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers” and the independent films “Butter” and “Dweller.”

He just finished directing two documentaries (“Cosplay Universe & “Long Live Rock”) back to back that will be released in 2020.

McHugh is a former Grammy Trustee and President of the LA Chapter, Producers Guild Documentary jury member and Secretary and co-founder of the Guild of Music Supervisors.