Jon Jashni
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Jon Jashni is a media investor and content producer who operates through his company Raintree Ventures. Prior to founding Raintree, Jashni was President and Chief Creative Officer of Legendary Entertainment where, as an aspect of his duties, he oversaw the development and production of content such as Kong. La Isla Calavera (2017), Warcraft: El primer encuentro de dos mundos (2016), Godzilla (2014), La gran muralla (2016), La cumbre escarlata (2015), the Jackie Robinson biopic '42: La verdadera historia de una leyenda del deporte (2013)', Perdidos en el espacio (2018) and Titanes del Pacífico (2013) .
He co-founded the company in January 2006 and was integrally involved over the following ten years in evolving the company from a film-financing entity into a diversified, multi-platform media company. Prior to joining Legendary, Jashni was President of Hyde Park Entertainment, a production and financing company with output deals at 20th Century Fox, Disney and MGM. While there, he oversaw the production of Chica De Mostrador (2005), Camino hacia la victoria (2005), Con la frente en alto (2004) and Premonición (2007).
Before joining Hyde Park, Jashni produced the romantic comedy hit No me olvides (2002) for Disney/Touchstone. He also co-produced two films that received a total of three Academy Award® nominations: the critically acclaimed drama Huracán (1999), which garnered a "Best Actor" nomination for Denzel Washington, and Anna y el rey (1999), which starred Jodie Foster, and earned two Oscar nominations. He also, while a senior production executive at 20th Century Fox, oversaw the development and production of the fairy-tale success Por siempre Cenicienta - Una historia de amor (1998).
Jashni was earlier partnered with media power broker Irving Azoff at the Warner Bros. -based Giant Pictures. Together they produced Huracán (1999), Juanito Escarcha (1998) and The Inkwell (1994). Jashni joined Azoff after serving as a production executive at Columbia Pictures, where he was involved with such films as Hechizo del tiempo (1993) and Drácula (1992). Jashni began his career at Daniel Melnick's The IndieProd Company, where he was involved in the production of Roxanne (1987), Air America (1990), Mountains of the Moon (1990), and Punchline (1988).
Jashni is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America in addition to being a Trustee Emeritus of the American Film Institute. He holds a BS from the University of Southern California and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
He co-founded the company in January 2006 and was integrally involved over the following ten years in evolving the company from a film-financing entity into a diversified, multi-platform media company. Prior to joining Legendary, Jashni was President of Hyde Park Entertainment, a production and financing company with output deals at 20th Century Fox, Disney and MGM. While there, he oversaw the production of Chica De Mostrador (2005), Camino hacia la victoria (2005), Con la frente en alto (2004) and Premonición (2007).
Before joining Hyde Park, Jashni produced the romantic comedy hit No me olvides (2002) for Disney/Touchstone. He also co-produced two films that received a total of three Academy Award® nominations: the critically acclaimed drama Huracán (1999), which garnered a "Best Actor" nomination for Denzel Washington, and Anna y el rey (1999), which starred Jodie Foster, and earned two Oscar nominations. He also, while a senior production executive at 20th Century Fox, oversaw the development and production of the fairy-tale success Por siempre Cenicienta - Una historia de amor (1998).
Jashni was earlier partnered with media power broker Irving Azoff at the Warner Bros. -based Giant Pictures. Together they produced Huracán (1999), Juanito Escarcha (1998) and The Inkwell (1994). Jashni joined Azoff after serving as a production executive at Columbia Pictures, where he was involved with such films as Hechizo del tiempo (1993) and Drácula (1992). Jashni began his career at Daniel Melnick's The IndieProd Company, where he was involved in the production of Roxanne (1987), Air America (1990), Mountains of the Moon (1990), and Punchline (1988).
Jashni is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America in addition to being a Trustee Emeritus of the American Film Institute. He holds a BS from the University of Southern California and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
