Kerner, Jordan

PERSONAL

Son of Jeannette Kerner (an actress); married Nicola O'Shea (an executive); children: Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner. Education: Stanford University, undergraduate degree with distinction; University of California, Berkeley, M.B.A.; University of California, San Francisco, J.D.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Office—Kerner Entertainment Group, 469 Saint Pierre Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077.

Career:

Producer and studio executive. Worked for CBS-TV affiliate, San Francisco, CA, during college; Ball, Hunt, Brown and Baerwitz, Beverly Hills, CA, worked in motion picture department; CBS-TV, Los Angeles, CA, worked as talent and program negotiator in Business Affairs department through 1978; joined Universal/NBC as director of program development, 1978-80; worked in development at QM Productions, 1980; joined ABC Entertainment as director of dramatic series development, 1981-83, then vice president of dramatic development, 1983-86; Avnet/Kerner Co. (production company), founder (with Jon Avnet), 1986; Kerner Entertainment Company, Los Angeles, CA, producer. Community College Industry Partnership, member of new media advisory committee; Starbright Foundation, member of board of directors; Minnesota Film Board, member of advisory board; President's Advisory Council to the City, member; Media Office, Inc., member of board of directors; Committee of the Arts of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, founder and former chairperson.

Awards, Honors:

CableACE Award (with others), movie or miniseries, National Cable Television Association, 1991, for Heat Wave; Wise Owl Award (with others), best television and theatrical film fiction, Retirement Research Foundation, 1992, for Fried Green Tomatoes.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

(With Jon Avnet) Less Than Zero, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Funny About Love, Paramount, 1990.

(With Avnet) Fried Green Tomatoes (also known as Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe), Universal, 1991.

(With Avnet) The Mighty Ducks (also known as Champions and The Mighty Ducks Are Champions), Buena Vista, 1992.

(With Avnet) D2: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 2), Buena Vista, 1994.

(With Avnet) The War, Universal, 1994.

(With Avnet) When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as To Have and To Hold), 1994.

(With Avnet) Up Close and Personal, Buena Vista, 1996.

(With Avnet) D3: The Mighty Ducks, Buena Vista, 1996.

(With Avnet) George of the Jungle, Buena Vista, 1997.

(With Avnet) Red Corner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997.

Inspector Gadget, Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 1999.

Winterdance, Buena Vista, 2001.

Snow Dogs (also known as Chiens des neiges), 2002.

George of the Jungle 2, 2003.

Charlotte's Web (also known as Schweinchen Wilbur und seine freunde), 2006.

Summer School, 2008.

Film Executive Producer:

(With Jon Avnet) The Three Musketeers, Buena Vista, 1993.

(With Avnet) Miami Rhapsody, Buena Vista, 1995.

Inspector Gadget 2 (also known as IG2), 2003.

Also worked as executive producer (with Avnet), Men Don't Leave.

Film Appearances:

Himself, "Fried Green Tomatoes": The Moments of Discovery, 1998.

Airline passenger, George of the Jungle 2, 2003.

Himself, "Charlotte's Web": What Makes a Classic, 2007.

Himself, "Charlotte's Web": Some Voices, 2007.

Himself, "Charlotte's Web": Making Some Movie, 2007.

Himself, "Charlotte's Web": How Do They Do That?, 2007.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Dogs, 1997.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Executive producer, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (also known as Love Can Build a Bridge), NBC, 1995.

(With Jon Avnet and Carol Schreder) Executive producer, "Mama Flora's Family," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1998.

(With Avnet) Producer, Uprising, NBC, 2001.

Television Producer; Movies:

(With Jon Avnet) Breaking Point, ABC, 1989.

(With Avnet) Heat Wave, TNT, 1990.

(With Avnet) The Switch, CBS, 1993.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

(With Jon Avnet) Side by Side, 1988.

(With Avnet) My First Love, 1988.

(With Jon) Do You Know the Muffin Man?, CBS, 1989.

(With Avnet) Backfield in Motion, ABC, 1991.

(With Avnet) The Nightman (also known as The Watchman), NBC, 1992.

(With Avnet) For Their Own Good, ABC, 1993.

Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998.

(With Avnet) My Last Love (also known as To Live For), ABC, 1999.

A House Divided, Showtime, 2000.

Red Skies, 2002.

A Wrinkle in Time (also kwon as Un raccourci dans le temps), 2003.