Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. He is best known for directing the 2003 Christmas comedy film . He also voiced Reilly the beaver in the 2006 Sony Pictures animated film ' and Jerome the Grizzly Bear in '.

For Disney, he portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, , Iron Man 3, and Spider-Man: Homecoming and he will reprise his role for Avengers: Endgame. He also served as director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Additionally, he served as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Additionally, he voiced Pre Vizula in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and played Rio Durant in Solo.

As the director of the 2016 live-action Jungle Book, Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of Disney's The Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. He used Kipling's rendition of The Jungle Book as an opportunity to kick-start Neel Sethi's career into stardom. He is currently directing the upcoming live-action 2019 film, The Lion King, a remake of the 1994 film.

Trivia

 * Favreau is the first director to direct more than one live-action adaptation of an animated film
 * He is also the second director of an MCU film to direct a live-action remake, after Kenneth Branagh.
 * Ironically, Branagh's remake of Cinderella was the last remake before Favreau's The Jungle Book.