Jordan Kerner is anAmericanfilm producer.

Kerner started his career at theCBS affiliate in San Francisco,KPIX, 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 toUniversal Television forNBC, taking the position of assistant to the senior VP.

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

He held this position until 1986, when he formed The Avnet/Kerner Co., an independent production company, withJon Avnet. A year later, his first feature was produced, calledLess than Zero.

After another year, he had produced his first television movie,Side by Side. His acting debut was inLess than Zero (uncredited) and thenGeorge 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 was Jeannette Kerner, a stage and screen actress, who died in 2001, at the age of 85.^[1] He is married to Nicola O'Shea,^[2] and their daughters are Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner,^[3] Grace Ellis O'Shea Kerner,^[4] and Lily Jeannette O'Shea Kerner.^[2]

In 2007, Kerner was appointed Dean of the School of Filmmaking at the prestigiousUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts.^[5] In 2007, the company struck a deal with Walden Media.^[6]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

As an actor

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