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Jon Wright is a Northern Irish television and film director and screenwriter.[1]
Wright is known for directing the British low budget horror comedy Tormented starring Alex Pettyfer and the Irish monster movie Grabbers. He directed and co-wrote the science fiction adventure film Robot Overlords starring Ben Kingsley. The estimated budget was $21 million.[2] [3] The film began principal photography in Wales, the Isle of Man[4] and Northern Ireland.[5] [6]
Wright has also directed multiple episodes of television, for series such as Our Girl, The Good Karma Hospital and Brassic.
Returning with Mark Stay, Wright co-wrote and directed Unwelcome, an fantasy horror film, released in January 2023.[7] Wright was inspired by the Grimm fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a "home invasion movie" and pitched it as "Gremlins meets Straw Dogs". The film uses many of the same production members as his previous film Grabbers.[8] Unwelcome was released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 27 January 2023, in the United States on 10 March 2023, and on digital on 14 March 2023 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was previously scheduled for 4 February 2022, before being moved up to 28 October 2022, then to its current release date.[9]