A decorated filmmaker and writer, Jon Weinbach is the President of Unscripted, Skydance Sports, a division of Skydance Media he launched in September 2021. At Skydance, he oversees production and development of sports and sports-adjacent unscripted series and documentaries.

Skydance Sports’ portfolio includes the 2023 Amazon film Air, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Jason Bateman, which Weinbach produced and was nominated for "Best Picture" at the 2024 Golden Globes. In the unscripted space, Weinbach has served as executive producer on Skydance Sports' Sports Emmy-nominated docuseries Good Rivals (Amazon), Kelce (Amazon), and NFL Draft: The Pick Is In (Roku), as well a as well as the recently released Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants (HBO), Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (Netflix), and Freediver (Amazon/Paramount+). The studio also has several upcoming documentary projects for Netflix, including America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, Elway, and a docuseries on tennis icon Rafael Nadal.

Prior to joining Skydance, Jon was Executive Producer and Executive Vice-President of Mandalay Sports Media, a content venture founded in 2012 by Peter Guber and Mike Tollin. For MSM, Jon produced and sold high-profile, acclaimed programming and branded content for a wide variety of outlets, including Netflix, ESPN, HBO, CBS, Turner Sports, Showtime, Fox Sports, FIFA and Vice Media. His portfolio at MSM included producing The Last Dance, the Emmy and Producers Guild of America Award-winning, 10-episode documentary series for ESPN and Netflix on Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls; directing and producing The Redeem Team, the 2022 Netflix film which won "Best Documentary" at the 2023 Sports Emmys and detailed the journey of the 2008 USA men's Olympic basketball team; and executive producing The Comedy Store, a five-episode documentary series for Showtime on the iconic Los Angeles comedy club.

Jon has worked at the top levels of sports and entertainment media for more than 20 years, working closely with many of the biggest names in the industry. In 2015, he produced Kareem: Minority of One, an Emmy-winning HBO documentary about the life and career of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He also directed and produced Sole Man, a 2015 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about Sonny Vaccaro, the sports-marketing guru who signed Michael Jordan to Nike and helped create the modern sneaker industry.

Prior to joining Mandalay, Jon produced and wrote The Other Dream Team, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, was purchased by Lionsgate, and was nominated for “Best Documentary” by the Producers Guild of America. The film spotlights the journey of the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic men’s basketball team, which forged a memorable link with the Grateful Dead and won bronze at the Barcelona Games. In 2010, Jon produced and wrote Straight Outta L.A., an ESPN documentary directed by Ice Cube. The film, part of the Academy Award-winning “30for30” series, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and details the Los Angeles Raiders’ connection with the rise of Gangsta Rap and hip-hop during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
As a journalist, Jon was a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where his articles often appeared on the “Most Popular” list of WSJ.com. An expert on the sports business, he has appeared regularly on ESPN, CNBC, Fox News and national radio. Jon is a graduate of Yale University and lives in L.A. with his wife and two sons.