Jonathan Ade is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning director, writer and editor with a deeply-held passion for creating firmly-rooted humanistic narratives.

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From 2010-2015, Jonathan wrote and directed a series of short films entitled "Meditations", each focusing on an introspective moment of everyday life. His film "Lay in Wait", starring Elizabeth Olin ("Killing Season", Academy Award-winning "God of Love") and Michael Stahl-David ("Cloverfield", "Show Me A Hero") was featured in over thirty film festivals across the world and Executive Produced by Lucas Neff.

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From 2017-2021, his work in the field of documentary led to a series of collaborations with NBC photojournalist Ed Ou, including a piece on the Philippines War on Drugs and an in-depth look at Policing and Mental Illness in San Antonio. The latter was awarded a Peabody Award for News in 2020. Another documentary, “The New West Coast Sound,” was awarded an LA Area Emmy Award in 2021.

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From 2021 onward, he embarked in the field of voice direction for video games, most prominently Hogwarts Legacy (WB), the best-selling game of 2023, but also Fallout ‘76 (Blindlight), Remnant II (Gunfire), Helldivers 2 (Sony), and Multiversus (WB), where he helped dozens of voice actors achieve meaningful, grounded performances.

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Jonathan is also an alumni of several long-term artistic residencies where he created site-specific films at the intersection of cinema and traditional installation. They were at Hub-Bub in Spartanburg, SC, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska City, and Interlochen Academy in Michigan, from 2014-2016.