Jake Kasdan

Birth Name:

Jacob Kasdan

Birth Place:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession

Producer, Director, Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Script department

Won a Sierra Award for best original song featured in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"
Directed his first series at age 25 with "Freaks and Geeks․"
Got into show business thanks to his father Lawrence Kasdan, also a Hollywood writer and director
Quote: "I always think of working on a pilot as akin to starting a band ․․․ in rare cases, when lightning strikes, the work and the product can actually transcend the existential ridiculousness of pilot season and lead to something really positive․"
Quote: "My first job in television was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life․ The lessons I learned from those people ․․․ infused almost all of my directing work since․"
Following his success on Fox's "New Girl," he signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox in the summer of 2012
After acting in several of his father's films during the 1980s, he would begin work in film in the early '90s and eventually transition to television by the early 2000s

1998Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
2006Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
2007Sierra Award - Best Song:Winner
2008Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
2008HFCS Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
2009Grammy - Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Nominated
2012Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
2016SAG-AFTRA Disabilities Awareness AwardWinner
2020Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaNominated
2022Emmy - Outstanding Young Teen Series:Nominated
2023Emmy - Outstanding Fiction Special:Nominated

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