Jonas Govaerts (born 1980) is a Belgian film, television and music-video director from Antwerp. After making a name for himself with a series of award-winning horror shorts, Govaerts made his feature debut with the scout slasher CUB (2014), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and won Best Director at the Sitges Film Festival.
He then followed with the psychological thriller series Tabula Rasa (2017), which enjoyed worldwide success after its release on Netflix. In 2022, Govaerts directed and co-wrote H4Z4RD, a surreal action comedy featuring world-renowned DJ Dimitri Vegas.
More recently, he directed Amsterdam Empire (2025), a Dutch crime series with Famke Janssen, whose world premiere is set for Netflix on the eve of Halloween.
Beyond film, Govaerts is an accomplished musician and has released several albums with the Belgian bands The Hickey Underworld and Arabnormal. The Hickey Underworld’s fourth album is due in February 2026.