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Nationality
  
American

Ex-spouse
  
Nicola O'Shea

Role
  
Film producer

Name
  
Jordan Kerner

Occupation
  
Film producer


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Born
  
February 5, 1950 (age 74) (
1950-02-05
)
Los Angeles, California

Notable work
  
George of the Jungle Inspector Gadget Charlotte's Web The Smurfs

Children
  
Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner, Grace Ellis O'Shea Kerner, Lily Jeannette O'Shea Kerner

Parents
  
Jeannette Kerner, Jerry Kerner

Education
  
University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Southern California

Movies
  
The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, Charlotte's Web, George of the Jungle, The Mighty Ducks

Similar People
  
Raja Gosnell, David N Weiss, Jon Avnet, Karey Kirkpatrick, Phil Meheux

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Jordan Kerner (born February 5, 1950) is an American film producer.

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Life and career

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Kerner was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California. He subsequently transferred to Stanford University where he graduated in 1972 with distinction and honors receiving a BA in Political Science and Communications. He then earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and also, in the same year, a JD from the University of California, Hastings, serving on the Law Review and founding COMM/ENT, the Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law.

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Kerner started off his career at CBS-TV KPIX-SF in San Francisco in 1971. In 1976, he became an attorney at the law firm of Ball, Hunt, Hart and Baerwitz. In 1977, he left to join CBS Entertainment as a program and talent negotiator. In 1978, he then switched to Universal Television for NBC, taking the position of assistant to the senior VP.

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Two years later, he also took on the task of director of program development QM Productions. The following year, he changed jobs and became the director of dramatic series development at ABC Entertainment. He was promoted to vice president of dramatic development in 1983.

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He held this position until 1986, when he formed The Avnet/Kerner Co., an independent production company, with Jon Avnet. A year later, his first feature was produced, called Less Than Zero.

After another year, he had produced his first television movie, Side by Side. His acting debut was in Less Than Zero (uncredited) and then George of the Jungle 2 (credited), in which he played an advertising executive in the first and an airline passenger in the second.

In 2001, he and Avnet started separate companies with Kerner forming The Kerner Entertainment Company (which is mostly known as simply The K Entertainment Company).

His mother is Jeannette Kerner, a stage and screen actrees, who died in 2001, at the age of 85. He is married to Nicola O'Shea, and their daughters are Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner, Grace Ellis O'Shea Kerner, and Lily Jeannette O'Shea Kerner.

In 2007, Kerner was appointed Dean of the School of Filmmaking at the prestigious University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

References

Jordan Kerner Wikipedia


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