Jordan Kerner

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Jordan Kerner is an American producer.

He studied film and political science at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and received a degree with distinction, and honors in Political Science and Communications in 1972. He then earned a JD/MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco in 1976, serving on the Law Review and founding COMM/ENT, the Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law.^[1]

Kerner started off his career at CBS-TV KPIX-SF in San Francisco 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 negotaitor, in 1978 he then switched to Universal Television for NBC, taking the position of assistant to the senior vp.

Two years later, he also took on the task of director of program development QM Productions. The following year, he changed jobs and became the director of dramatic series development at ABC 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, with Jon Avnet. A year later, his first feature was produced, called Less Than Zero.

After another year, he had produced his first television movie, Side By Side. His acting debut was in Less Than Zero (uncredited) and then George of the Jungle 2 (creditied), 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.

He is married to Nicola O'Shea Kerner. His mother is Jeannette Kerner and his daughters are Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner, Grace Ellis O'Shea Kerner, and Lily Jeannette O'Shea Kerner.

Mr. Kerner has recently been appointed Dean at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts Filmmaking Program ^[2]).