Jeffrey Chernov is an American film producer, unit production manager and executive.
He was the Vice President of Physical Production for Walt Disney Pictures and Television/Touchstone Pictures/Hollywood Pictures from 1987 through 1989 and the Senior Vice President of Physical Production at Spyglass Entertainment from 2001 through 2005.
He has also served as a first and second assistant director. Early in his career, he frequently collaborated with filmmaker John Carpenter.
During his time with Disney/Touchstone/Hollywood, Chernov oversaw production on such films as Dead Poets Society and Pretty Woman. Afterwards, he became an independent producer, although he would produce or executive produce a number of movies for Touchstone.
In 2001 he was appointed Senior VP of production at Spyglass. He is credited as production executive on many films produced by Spyglass.
Chernov made his directorial debut with A Line in the Sand, which he is also producing.
He recently worked as executive producer on Star Trek for J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures, replacing Stratton Leopold. His son Max and daughter Zoe had small roles in the film as a young Spock's Vulcan schoolmates.
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) – associate producer
Escape from New York (1981) – second assistant director
Body Heat (1981) – second assistant director
Halloween II (1981) – production manager
The Thing (1982) – second assistant director
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – unit production manager, executive in charge of production
The Dead Zone (1983) – associate producer
Children of the Corn (1984) – production executive
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) – first assistant director
Starman (1984) – Second Unit first assistant director
Clue (1985) – associate producer, Unit Production Manager
Ruthless People (1986) – Unit Production Manager
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) – Co-producer, Production Manager
Johnny Be Good (1988) – Co-producer, Unit Production Manager
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) – executive producer
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) – producer
Father Hood (1993) – executive producer
Bad Company – producer
First Kid (1996) – Co-producer
Desperate Measures (1998) – executive producer
Holy Man (1998) – executive producer
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) – executive producer
The Replacements (2000) – executive producer
The Country Bears (2002) – producer
Reign of Fire (2002) – production executive
The Recruit (2003) – production executive
Shanghai Knights (2003) – production executive
Connie and Carla (2004) – production executive
The Pacifier (2005) – production executive
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) – production executive
Stay Alive (2006) – production executive
Stick It (2006) – production executive
The Lookout (2007) – production executive
The Invisible (2007) – production executive
Underdog (2007) – production executive
Balls of Fury (2007) – production executive
From a Place of Darkness (2008) – producer
A Line in the Sand (2008) – Director, producer
Star Trek (2009) – executive producer
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – producer
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) – executive producer
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) – executive producer
Tomorrowland (2015) – producer
Star Trek Beyond (2016) – executive producer
