Jess Bond

Jessica Anne Bond (born Jessica Manafort;[1] June 13, 1986)[2] is an American director, screenwriter, and producer known for her 2007 film Remember the Daze.

Career

In 2007, Bond directed the film Remember the Daze starring Amber Heard, Brie Larson, and Leighton Meester. The film premiered at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival under the title The Beautiful Ordinary.[3] Remember the Daze has a 46% Audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes[4] and Peter Debruge in Variety states "Remember the Daze" demonstrates considerable promise on the part of its director. https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/remember-the-daze-1200558085/amp/

Bond's follow up film Rosy was released on Hulu in 2018. Stacy Martin plays an actress and Nat Wolff as a man obsessed with her.[5] The film also starred Tony Shalhoub, Johnny Knoxville, and Sky Ferreira. Jonathan Schwartz and Alex Bach produced. Rotten Tomatoes shows zero reviews for this film.[6]

Personal life

Bond is the daughter of American lobbyist and campaign manager Paul Manafort. From 2013 to 2017, she was married to real estate developer Jeffrey Yohai.[7] In 2018, Bond announced she was changing her last name both professionally and legally from Manafort to her mother's maiden name, Bond, in order to distance herself from her father after his conviction. She is quoted saying “I am a passionate liberal and a registered Democrat and this has been difficult for me. Although I am ‘the daughter of,’ I am very much my own person and hopefully people can realize that.” [8]

Bond's father, Paul Manafort, invested millions of dollars in Bond’s film projects and her now-ex-husband’s real-estate ventures.[9]

[10] On November 8, 2019, Bond’s ex husband Yohai was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for a wide-ranging series of fraud schemes.[11] The series of schemes generated more than $13 million, and included one that cheated $3 million from actor Dustin Hoffman.[12] Hoffman and his son, actor Jacob Hoffman, invested with Yohai in a Hollywood Hills property where he planned to build a modern mansion."[13] Jake Hoffman, Jeffrey Yohai, and Jess Bond all attended New York University at the same time.[14]

In a sentencing filing for Yohai, prosecutors revealed that he tried to tamper with the testimony of witnesses against him via “coded” phone calls while Yohai was in a county jail. Prosecutors alleged Yohai called Bond to inform her that he was facing additional charges for pawning stolen musical equipment. Bond was never charged in the case."[15]

Filmography

References
  1. Sabur, Rozina (September 3, 2018). "Paul Manafort's daughter changes her last name to avoid 'public perception'". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. . Cited in: McBride, Jessica (August 2, 2018). "Kathleen Manafort, Paul's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. "2007 Festival Lineup". Los Angeles Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
  4. Remember the Daze (2007), April 11, 2008, retrieved May 26, 2021
  5. Fleming, Mike (November 17, 2015). "Nat Wolff Set To Star In Indie 'Rosy'". Deadline.
  6. Rosy (2018), retrieved May 26, 2021
  7. "The Newest Threat to Manafort Comes From Inside His Own Family: What it means for the feds to flip Paul Manafort's former son-in-law and business partner, Jeffrey Yohai". 377Union. May 24, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018 – via The Daily Beast.
  8. Miller, Daniel (July 19, 2018). "Paul Manafort's filmmaker daughter releases new movie 'Rosy' under a pseudonym". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  9. Foer, Franklin. "Paul Manafort, American Hustler". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  10. Miller, Daniel (July 27, 2017). "Dustin Hoffman scores win in legal fight over $3-million deal with Paul Manafort's son-in-law". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  11. Gerstein, Josh (November 8, 2019). "Manafort's former son-in-law gets 9 years for array of scams". Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  12. Press, the Associated (November 10, 2019). "Paul Manafort's Former Son-In-Law Sentenced for Scamming Dustin Hoffman, Others". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved May 26, 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing |author1= (help)
  13. "Dustin Hoffman scores win in legal fight over $3-million deal with Paul Manafort's son-in-law". Los Angeles Times. July 27, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  14. "Jake Hoffman (actor)", Wikipedia, May 11, 2021, retrieved May 26, 2021
  15. Gerstein, Josh (September 16, 2019). "Prosecutors want 15-year sentence for Manafort's former son-in-law". Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
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