Jake Kasdan (born Jacob Kasdan 1975) is an American television and film director. He is the son of famed writer/director Lawrence Kasdan and Meg (Goldman), a writer.^[1] His younger brother, Jon Kasdan, also works in the film and television industry as an actor and writer. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January 1949, Miami, Florida) is an American movie producer, director and screenwriter. ... Jon Kasdan (born Jonathan Kasdan) is the son of film director Lawrence Kasdan and the brother of director and actor Jake Kasdan. ...

Kasdan has directed three theatrical films: 1998's Zero Effect, 2002's Orange County and The TV Set, the last of which has so far been seen mainly at film festivals awaiting a theatrical release. // February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein. ... Zero Effect is a 1998 film directed by Jake Kasdan (son of famed Hollywood writer/director Lawrence Kasdan) starring Bill Pullman as the worlds most private detective Darryl Zero and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Orange County is an American movie released in 2002. ... The TV Set is an up-coming movie, due to be released somtime in 2006; which is currently in post-production. ...

He has also worked in television, most notably with Judd Apatow on his series' Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared as director and, on Freaks and Geeks, consulting producer. Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967, in Syosset, New York)[1] is an Emmy-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer. ... Freaks and Geeks was an American television series, created by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 TV season. ... Undeclared is a U.S. television series that aired on FOX during the 2001–2002 TV season. ...

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). The Big Chill is a 1983 film that tells the story of several University of Michigan college friends who reunite after many years for the funeral of one of their friends who commits suicide. ... Silverado is an American Western feature film, first released on July 10, 1985. ...

Trivia

• Kasdan spent his early years as a bodyguard for a Los Angeles-based funk-rock band. ^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

• Walk Hard (expected December 2007 release)
• The TV Set (possible 2007 release)
• Orange County (2002)
• Zero Effect (1998)

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References

External links

• Jake Kasdan at the Internet Movie Database