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Jon Avnet
Jon Avnet presenting Art Directors Guild award in 2014
Born	Jonathan Michael Avnet (1949-11-17) November 17, 1949 (age 75) Brooklyn, New York City
Education	AFI Conservatory
Alma mater	Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Known for	co-founder of Avnet–Kerner Productions
Spouse	Barbara Brody
Family	Charles Avnet (grandfather) Celia Avnet (grandmother) Lester Francis Avnet (father)

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Avnet (born November 17, 1949), is an American director, writer and producer.

Early life

Avnet was born in Brooklyn, the son of Joan Bertha (née Grossman) and Lester Francis Avnet, a corporate executive with Avnet (a Global distributor of IT & electronics) founded by his grandfather, Charles Avnet. He attended Great Neck North High School in Great Neck, New York. He earned a B.A. degree in film and theater arts from Sarah Lawrence College in 1971.

Career

Avnet directed his first movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, in 1991, followed by The War in 1994, with Elijah Wood in the lead and Kevin Costner in a supporting role as his father. He directed Up Close & Personal in 1996, which was loosely based on the life of Jessica Savitch. It was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne and starred Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Avnet addressed political issues with his fourth film Red Corner in 1997, a movie about the Chinese legal system, starring Richard Gere and Bai Ling. Because of Gere's presence and support for Tibet and the Dalai Lama, they could not film in China, and the settings had to be recreated in Southern California. Avnet, however, did film a few scenes in Beijing and also put in some footage of actual Chinese executions. Avnet was also the executive producer of the 2010 movie Black Swan.

Personal life

Avnet has been married to the artist Barbara Brody since 1975.

Filmography

Film

• Risky Business (1983) (producer only)
• Less Than Zero (1987) (producer only)
• Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
• The War (1994)
• Up Close & Personal (1996)
• Red Corner (1997)
• 88 Minutes (2007)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Three Christs (2017)
• Four Good Days (TBA)

Television

• Call to Glory (1984–1985)
• Between Two Women (1986)
• Uprising (2001)
• Boomtown (2002–2003)
• Justified (2010–2013)
• Have a Little Faith (2011)
• Sneaky Pete (2018-2019)

References

1. "Jon Avnet Biography (1949-)". www.filmreference.com.
2. New York Times: "Joan Avnet, Dealer, Collector and Donor Of Art, Is Dead at 80" By Rita Reif January 15, 1994
3. New York Times: "L.F. Avnet Dead; Industrialist, 57" January 4, 1970
4. Famous Great Neck Alumni from the 1960s, Great Neck School District. Accessed July 21, 2007.
5. ^ "Jon Avnet: Biography". Yahooo Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
6. "Jon Avnet Filmography".
7. "Barbara Brody Avnet". www.barbarabrodyavnet.com.

External links

• Jon Avnet at IMDb

• 1949 births
• Film producers from New York (state)
• AFI Conservatory alumni
• American television directors
• Living people
• Writers from Brooklyn
• Sarah Lawrence College alumni
• Great Neck North High School alumni
• Film directors from New York City