Jon Avnet Biography (1949-)

Full name, Jonathan Michael Avnet; Born November 17, 1949, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Lester Francis (an electronics distributor and corporate executive) andJoan Bertha (maiden name, Grossman) Avnet; married Barbara Brody (a fabric designer), September 19, 1975; children: Alexandra, Jacob, Lily. Addresses: Office: Brooklyn Films, 3815 Hughes Ave., Culver City, CA 90232.; Agent:Rand Holston, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer
Birth Details: November 17, 1949; Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Producer
Coast to Coast, Paramount, 1980
Risky Business, Warner Bros., 1983
Less than Zero, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
Coproducer, Men Don't Leave, Warner Bros., 1990
(With Jordan Kerner) Funny about Love (also known as New York Times), Paramount, 1990
(With Kerner; and director) Fried Green Tomatoes (also known as Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café), Universal, 1991
(With Kerner) The Mighty Ducks (also known as Champions andThe Mighty Ducks Are the Champions), Buena Vista, 1992
(And director) The War, Universal, 1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 2), Buena Vista, 1994
When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as To Have and to Hold), Buena Vista, 1994
(And director) Up Close & Personal (also known as Up Closeand Personal: The Jessica Savitch Story), Buena Vista, 1996
D3: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 3), Buena Vista, 1996
George of the Jungle, Buena Vista, 1997
(And director) The Red Corner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Paramount, 2004
Brave New World (documentary), Paramount, 2004
Also produced and directed Confusions Circle (student film).
Film Executive Producer
Deal of the Century, Warner Bros., 1983
The Three Musketeers, Buena Vista, 1993
Miami Rhapsody, Buena Vista, 1995
Inspector Gadget, Buena Vista, 1999
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, United Artists, 2000
Steal This Movie!, Lions Gate Films, 2000
Film Associate Producer
(As Jonathan M. Avnet) It's Showtime (also known as Crazy Animals, Jaws, Paws, Claws, Wonder World of Those Cukoo Animals,and World of Those Cuckoo), 1976
Checkered Flag or Crash (also known as Crash), Universal, 1977
Film Appearances
Himself, Brave New World (documentary), Paramount, 2005
Television Executive Producer
Series
Dogs, 1993
(And director) Boomtown, NBC, 2002-2003

Movies
No Other Love, CBS, 1979
Something So Right, CBS, 1982
Silence of the Heart, CBS, 1984
The Burning Bed, NBC, 1984
In Love and War, NBC, 1987
Side by Side (also known as Nothing's Impossible), CBS, 1988
My First Love (also known as One More Time and Second Chance), ABC, 1988
Do You Know the Muffin Man?, CBS, 1989
Breaking Point, TNT, 1989
Heat Wave (also known as Burn, Baby, Burn), TNT, 1990
Backfield in Motion, ABC, 1991
The Nightman (also known as The Watchman), NBC, 1992
For Their Own Good, 1993
Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998
My Last Love (also known as To Live For), ABC, 1999
A House Divided, Showtime, 2000
Television Producer
Movies
Homeward Bound, CBS, 1980
Prime Suspect, CBS, 1982
Calendar Girl Murders (also known as Insatiable, and Victimized), 1984
(And director) Between Two Women, ABC, 1986
Switch, 1993
Television Executive Producer
Miniseries
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (also known as Love Can Build a Bridge), 1995
Mama Flora's Family, CBS, 1998
Parting the Waters, ABC, 2000
(And director) Uprising, NBC, 2001
Pilots
Executive producer, Call to Glory, ABC, 1984
Boys & Girls, CBS, 1995
Honolulu Crew, ABC, 1998
"The Squeeze," Boomtown, NBC, 2002
Television Appearances
Episodic
Himself, "Dreams of Tibet," Frontline, 1997
Stage Work
Producer of The Pillowman, Booth Theatre, New York City; associateproducer of Monty Python's Spamalot, New York City.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Moments of Discovery: The Making of "Fried Green Tomatoes," Universal Studios Home Video, 1998
Breaking Down the Walls: The Road to Recreating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Warner Home Video, 2001
Resistance, Warner Home Video, 2001
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With others) Fried Green Tomatoes (also known as Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café; based on novel by Fanny Flagg),Universal, 1991
Television Scripts
Between Two Women (movies), ABC, 1986
Uprising (miniseries), NBC, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

New York Times, February 14, 1992, p. C6

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