Jake Kasdan

Also Credited As:

Jake Kasden, Jacob Kasdan
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Biography

The son of renowned writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, filmmaker Jake Kasdan laid to rest any potential charges of unearned nepotism with a string of quirky, intelligent and well-regarded feature films. After learning the ropes of the business from his father on such films as "Grand Canyon" (1991), Kasdan made his impressive feature debut as the writer-director of the oddball detective yarn, "Zero Effect" (1998). Work with Judd Apatow on the …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Music, Below The Line, Other

Born

Jacob Kasdan on October 28, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

LATEST CREDITS

The Big Chill

Autograph Seeker

The Accidental Tourist

Scott Canfield

Silverado

Stable Boy

Bad Teacher

Director, Executive Producer

False Labor

Director

The TV Set

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Director, Producer

Orange County

Director

My Spy

Director, Screenplay (current draft)

Zero Effect

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Untitled (Columbia Pictures/Stupnitsky & Eisenberg Project)

Director

Sex Tape

Director, Screenplay (rewrite)

Man Made

Director (in discussions)

Shades of Ray

Executive Producer

Freaks and Geeks

Consulting Producer

Friends With Kids

Producer

Reel Comedy: Walk Hard

Producer