Jake Kasdan

Jake Kasdan Biography

Jacob "Jake" Kasdan (born October 28, 1974) is an American television and film director and occasional actor.

Life and career

Kasdan was born and raised in a secular Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Meg (ne Goldman), a writer, and writer-director Lawrence Kasdan. His younger brother, Jon Kasdan, also works in the film and television industry as an actor and writer. Jake Kasdan is married to singer/songwriter Inara George of The Bird and the Bee.

Kasdan has directed six theatrical films: Zero Effect (1998), Orange County (2002), The TV Set (2007), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011) and Sex Tape (2014). He has also worked in television, most notably with Judd Apatow, as a consulting producer and director on Freaks and Geeks and as a director on Undeclared. He has also directed numerous stage productions. He is attached to direct John Grisham novel Calico Joe to a family film adaption.

In 2006, Kasdan received his first Golden Globe nomination for Walk Hard in the Best Original Song category (shared with John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, and Marshall Crenshaw), but lost to "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild (written by Eddie Vedder).

As a child, he made several appearances in his father's movies such as The Big Chill and Silverado (in the former he is an autograph seeker at a funeral and in the latter a stable boy).

In February 2015, Fox announced it had greenlit a pilot for the comedy The Grinder to be directed by Kasdan and starring Rob Lowe.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Notes
1983	The Big Chill					Autograph Seeker
1985	Silverado					Stable Boy
1988	The Accidental Tourist					Scott Canfield
1991	Grand Canyon					Production Assistant
1994	Wyatt Earp					Archivist
1998	Zero Effect					Bank Teller
2002	Orange County
2006	The TV Set
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2008	Shades of Ray					Director #3
2011	Bad Teacher
2011	Friends with Kids
2014	Sex Tape
2017	Jumanji

Television

Year	TV series	Credited as
Year	TV series	Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Notes
1999-2000	Freaks and Geeks
2001	Gross Pointe					(#1.15)
2001	Undeclared					(#1.1)
2006	Cracking Up					(#1.8)
2008	Californication					(#2.7)
2011	Spring/Fall
2011-present	New Girl
2012-2013	Ben and Kate
2015	Weird Loners
2015-present	Fresh Off the Boat
2015-present	The Grinder

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Notes
2007	Sierra Award	Best Song	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Shared with Judd Apatow Marshall Crenshaw John C. Reilly
2008	Golden Globe	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Shared with Judd Apatow Marshall Crenshaw John C. Reilly
2009	Grammy	Best Song Written for Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Shared with Judd Apatow Marshall Crenshaw John C. Reilly
2012	Emmy Award	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	New Girl	Pilot

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