Jonathan A. Levine (born 18 June 1976 in New York City) is an American film director and screenwriter. Levine won the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for his film The Wackness. In January 2010, it was announced that he will direct a project entitled Warm Bodies. It is based on a novel with the same name from writer Isaac Marion. Levine was also director Paul Scharder’s assistant for a time before his own directorial career took off.