His love for the craft of stop motion animation, lead to him creating short films with action figures and Lego pieces since the age of 12. In 2005, Jonathan filmed his first live action film, called Dead and Beyond, with some fellow classmates as the actors. That summer was instrumental to the creation of BrandaoFilms. In the summer, Jonathan was part of the Gold Winning Team of Doritos Fresh Film
s competition. He also attended the New York Film Academy summer program and created one of the lasting BrandaoFilms creations, D.Ranged M.D. By the end of the year, BrandaoFilms was a registered company. Over the years, Jonathan was the part of a feature film production called Methodic, shot a film on the Universal Studios Back Lot in California, taught a video editing class for kids, created the superhero character Condiment Man, shot and edited bonus features for another feature film named An Affirmative Act, and won the New Jersey Student Entrepreneur Award in 2010.
