American writer, filmproducer and scholar.

Jonathan Taplin graduated from Princeton University in 1969 and went on the road as tourmanager for Bob Dylan and the Band. His background is in the music- and film industry. He believes in rockn’roll, the power of films and the art of writing. He is also the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the writer of the groundbreaking book ‘Move fast and break things’.