Jon McBride (filmmaker)

Jon McBride is an American Z movie director, producer, screenwriter and actor.

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Jon McBride

Jon Andrew McBride (born August 14, 1943), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut.

Biography

Jon McBride was born August 14, 1943, in Charleston, West Virginia, but considers Beckley, West Virginia, to be his hometown. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, West Virginia in 1960, then attended West Virginia University 1960–1964, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1971. He did graduate work in Human Resource Management at Pepperdine University. Jon is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He enjoys flying, playing basketball, golf, softball, and racquetball, gourmet cooking, numismatics, gardening, and carpentry.

McBride was a Cub Scout.

He is married to the former Sharon Lynne White of Nacogdoches, Texas, and has four children: Richard M. (born March 3, 1962), Melissa L. (born December 12, 1966), Jon A. (born October 21, 1970), and Stephen Michael (born August 4, 1971).