Jake Kasdan was born on October 28, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as Jacob Kasdan. He is a producer and director, known for Bad Teacher (2011), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Sex Tape (2014).
[re his movie _The TV Set ( 2006)_ (qv] Seven years ago, I made a movie that I was pretty sure at the time was going to end my career. Or at least a big part of it. And I was basically fine with that. Even though my career was not really big enough to start closing off any corridors, there was this one area that I was OK leaving behind...I had written and directed it. The subject was pilot season and the completely insane process by which new network television shows are developed. It was based on my own experiences, as well as those of my friends and collaborators, many of whom I had watched survive the making of their own pilots. And some people around me (my agent) felt that the movie was not particularly...loving in its depiction.
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My first pilot gig; in fact my first job in television; was Freaks and Geeks (1999), and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life. The lessons I learned from those people (Judd Apatow, Paul Feig, the incredible cast) and the approach to comedy that we derived together to make that 48-minute "mini-movie" have, in one way or another, infused almost all of my directing work since.
writer: "Walk Hard", "Take My Hand", " Mama You Got To Love Your Negro Man", "Cut My Brother in Half Blues", "There's a Change a'Happening I Can Feel It", " You Make Me So Hard", "Walk Hard All Star Version"
Zero Effect
1998
writer: "Let's Run Off and Get Married", "Cold and Dark in My Heart"
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wyatt Earp
1994
archivist
Grand Canyon
1991
production assistant
Thanks
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Year
Status
Character
Anderson's Cross
2010
thanks
Funny People
2009
thanks
The Greatest
2009
the producers wish to thank
Self
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Year
Status
Character
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards
2012
TV Special
Himself - Nominated: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Nulle part ailleurs
1998
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Sierra Award
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Best Song
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
New Girl (2011)
2009
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
$10 Million
