Biography
Jake Kasdan (born Jacob Kasdan; 28 October 1974) is an American television and film director.
Kasdan was born in Detroit, the son of Meg (née 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. He is married to singer/songwriter Inara George of The Bird and the Bee.
Kasdan has directed four theatrical films: Zero Effect (1998), Orange County (2002), The TV Set (2007) and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). He has also worked in television, most notably with Judd Apatow, as a consulting producer on Freaks and Geeks and as a director on Undeclared. He has also directed numerous stage productions.
In 2006, Kasdan received his first Golden Globe nomination for Walk Hard: Best Original Song (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).
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Filmography
all 27
Movies 17
Director 13
Producer 10
TV Shows 10
self 1
Red One (2024)
American Born Chinese (2023)
Prom Pact (2023)
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021)
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Speechless (2016)
Weird Loners (2015)
Sex Tape (2014)
Ben and Kate (2012)
Friends with Kids (2012)
New Girl (2011)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Shades of Ray (2008)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Californication (2007)
The TV Set (2007)
Orange County (2002)
Undeclared (2001)
Grosse Pointe (2000)
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Zero Effect (1998)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Silverado (1985)
The Big Chill (1983)
John Henry and the Statesmen
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1974-10-28 (49 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
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FatherLawrence Kasdan
MotherMeg Kasdan
SiblingsJon Kasdan
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJacob Kasdan
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