Jonathan Gordon Biography

Fast Facts

• Silver Linings Playbook, which he co-produced, won four 2013 Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture
• He is the founder of the Kenny Gordon Foundation, a charity raising money to prevent sudden cardiac arrhythmias and to provide full four-year scholarships to Skidmore College
• Graduated from Northwestern University and sits on the National Advisory Council for its School of Communications
• Quote: "(On his favorite fan responses to "Silver Linings Playbook") "I think it's mostly from people who have family members who have been suffering with the same affliction with bipolar and different kind of mental illnesses․""
• Quote: "(On trying not to wake his children when he and his wife learned "Silver Linings Playbook" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture) "We looked like the world's loudest celebration with the sound turned off․""
• Quote: "(On working with director David O․ Russell on the film "Silver Linings Playbook") "He really challenges everybody working on the movie, be it the crew or the cast, to do things that they really wouldn't expect to do․""
• Was President of Production at Universal Pictures before setting up his own company, Jon Gordon Productions