Tony Jonick, writer, director, producer and character actor, was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i and raised in the Fiji Islands, and Sydney, Australia before moving to the U.S. He became a filmmaker in 2013, and that year joined the Scary Cow film co-op in San Francisco, where he worked on scores of films. He has directed several short films and music videos, including the award winning Grandmama Tlzédeczkanü Comes to America (2015),