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Jon Avnet

Highest Rated: 100% Uprising (2001)

Lowest Rated: 0% Funny About Love (1990)

Birthday: Nov 17, 1949

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

This son of the founder and chair of the largest distributor of electronic equipment entered show business staging theatrical productions Off-Broadway. He entered the film industry as a reader at United Artists and later participated in the director's program of the American Film Institute after his student film "Confusion's Corner" (featuring a then-unknown Richard Gere) earned him a fellowship. After working as an associate producer, Avnet and family friend Steve Tisch launched Tisch/Avnet Productions in 1977. For seven years, they oversaw a number of successful features (most notably 1983's "Risky Business" which catapulted Tom Cruise to stardom), several issue-oriented TV-movies like "The Burning Bed" (NBC, 1984), starring Farrah Fawcett, and the acclaimed, but short-lived series "Call to Glory" (ABC, 1984-85).

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Highest rated movies

100% 84% Uprising
Watchlist 93% 73% Risky Business Watchlist
83% 62% Men Don't Leave
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76% 64% Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
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76% 87% Fried Green Tomatoes
Watchlist 71% 46% Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Watchlist
69% 77% When a Man Loves a Woman
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67% 42% Jackie & Ryan
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55% 42% George of the Jungle
Watchlist 54% 81% Four Good Days Watchlist
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Jon Avnet

Jon Avnet 88 MINUTES, (aka 88: 88 MINUTES, aka 88), director Jon Avnet, Al Pacino, on set, 2007. ©Columbia Pictures None None FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, director Jon Avnet, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker on set, 1991, (c) Universal RED CORNER, Richard Gere, Bai Ling, director Jon Avnet, 1997, ©MGM RED CORNER, Richard Gere, director Jon Avnet, on set, 1997. (c)MGM RED CORNER, director Jon Avnet, 1997, ©MGM SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, Jon Avnet, Kerry Conran, 2004, (c) Paramount SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, Jude Law, Jon Avnet, Angelina Jolie, 2004, (c) Paramount View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strong Executive Producer - 2022
54% 81% Four Good Days Producer $828.7K 2020
41% 67% Three Christs Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		$37.3K 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sickhouse Executive Producer - 2016
67% 42% Jackie & Ryan Producer,
Executive Producer 		- 2014
No Score Yet 67% Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2011
18% 37% Righteous Kill Director,
Producer 		$40.1M 2008
5% 44% 88 Minutes Director,
Producer 		$16.9M 2007
17% 63% Land of the Blind Producer - 2006
71% 46% Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Producer $37.8M 2004
100% 84% Uprising Director - 2001
76% 64% Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Producer - 2000
51% 71% Steal This Movie Executive Producer $76.1K 2000
No Score Yet 57% A House Divided Executive Producer - 2000
No Score Yet 56% My Last Love Executive Producer - 1999
20% 18% Inspector Gadget Executive Producer $97.4M 1999
No Score Yet 17% Poodle Springs Executive Producer - 1998
27% 48% Red Corner Director,
Producer 		$22.4M 1997
55% 42% George of the Jungle Producer $105.3M 1997
20% 45% D3: The Mighty Ducks Producer $23.0M 1996
32% 66% Up Close & Personal Director,
Producer 		$51.1M 1996
25% 73% The War Director,
Producer 		$16.5M 1994
69% 77% When a Man Loves a Woman Producer $50.0M 1994
20% 59% D2: The Mighty Ducks Producer $45.6M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Their Own Good Executive Producer - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Switch Producer - 1993
30% 62% The Three Musketeers Executive Producer $53.7M 1993
24% 65% The Mighty Ducks Producer $50.7M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nightman Executive Producer - 1992
No Score Yet 17% Backfield in Motion Executive Producer - 1991
76% 87% Fried Green Tomatoes Director,
Producer 		$81.2M 1991
0% 14% Funny About Love Producer $7.6M 1990
83% 62% Men Don't Leave Producer $5.8M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breaking Point Producer - 1989
No Score Yet 33% In Love and War Executive Producer - 1987
48% 63% Less Than Zero Producer $10.8M 1987
No Score Yet 80% Between Two Women Director - 1986
93% 73% Risky Business Producer - 1983
10% 19% Deal of the Century Executive Producer - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Something So Right Executive Producer - 1982
No Score Yet 65% Prime Suspect Producer - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Other Love Executive Producer - 1979

TV

Credit
92% 47% Justified: City Primeval Director 2023
87% 67% The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Executive Producer 2022
96% 83% Manhunt Director 2020
96% 90% Sneaky Pete Executive Producer 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Starter Wife Executive Producer,
Director 		2007
96% No Score Yet Boomtown Executive Producer 2002-2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge Executive Producer 1995