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2025

40 Watts from Nowhere
Feature Documentary
Titles and animations Jonathon Stearns
Director: Sue Carpenter
Executive Producer: Jack Black
Film Premiere SLAMDANCE FF 2025

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Jonathon Stearns created multiple animated sequences for the upcoming

"40 Watts from Nowhere" Feature Documentary
(in post)

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2025 Spaceland 30th Reunion
Live Concert / Event
A group show of bands from 90s Silver Lake Music scene at the Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Stearns played cornet and keyboards with 2 bands; Velouria and Rob Zabrecky/ Possum Dixon
Other bands: Sissy Bar, Centimeters, Lutefisk, WACO, touchcandy Jon Wahl
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NOVEMBER 2025 Reef Open House
Art Opening
Jonathon Stearns played live ambient music for a group art show as part of the Reef bi-annual open house in Downtown Los Angeles. Work shown: "Slug" by Stacy Dawson S
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OCT 2025
7 Steps to Island
Jonathon Stearns played trumpet and keyboards on this independant experimental jazz release. Available on all streaming platforms (click image)

Musicians Hong Gie Kim (drums)Wentin (Gamelon) Vinny Golia (woodwinds, percussion) Jonathon Stearns (cornet, organ)

Producer Hong Gie Kim, Jonathon Stearns


JULY 2025

CASCADE
experimental film (Official Selection - 6 film festivals 2024-25)

Director/Animator Jonathon Stearns
On screen Performer Minyoung Kim

Sound track - improvised live session (excerpts) with Minyoung Kim, Aram Kim, Jean Oh, Jonathon Stearns

Engineer: Ian Stahl
Music Producer: Stacy Stearns

SPRING 2025

The Lightning People Play
Book cover animation

Animation- Jonathon Stearns

Author: Tim Cummings

 

Coming in Spring 2026

"Where Are You Now?"
Animated Music video

Director-Animator Jonathon Stearns
Music: John Luttrel

 

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The Star (in post production)

Animated Cli-Fi feature film

Director-Animator Jonathon Stearns
Based on "The Star" by H.G. Wells