Facts: - caption: chu carpet movie premiere , event cinemas , sydney , australia at , on march 14 , 2013 '' g.i. joe : retaliation '' red - birth date: 2 november 1979 - birthname: jonathan murray chu - image: jon m. chu 2013.jpg - birth place: palo alto , california , united states - occupation: film director , film producer , screenwriter , cinematographer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jon m. chu .
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jonathan murray '' jon '' chu -lrb- ; born november 2 , 1979 -rrb- is an american film director , film producer , screenwriter , and cinematographer , best known for directing the movies ' , '' step up 3d '' , ' and '' '' .chu is an alumnus of the university of southern california school of cinema-television .there , he won the princess grace award , the dore schary award presented by the anti-defamation league , the jack nicholson directing award , and was recognized as an honoree for the ifp/west program project : involve .