Intellectual Property Management & Development
Shaping and packaging stories for film and television.
About
In over forty years working in the entertainment industry, Jon Klane has worn a few different hats since starting in the CAA mailroom in 1985.
As a motion picture literary agent, he developed, packaged and sold feature films including Falling Down, Moneyball, Ransom, The Sandlot, Volcano, Menace II Society and many others.
As a feature film producer, he produced Grilled, starring Ray Romano, Kevin James, Sofia Vergara and Burt Reynolds, as well as Fool's Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and Donald Sutherland.
As a screenwriter, he has worked on projects for New Line, MGM, Warner Bros. and Phoenix Pictures. He has also been a journalist, contributing to The Huffington Post.
He has lectured on the film business at Pepperdine, UCLA, NYU, UMKC and USC.
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