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Executive Producer

Jeffrey Chernov

Bio

JEFFREY CHERNOV has enjoyed a distinguished film career, from his start as a production assistant on Dino De Laurentiis’ 1976 hit “King Kong,” through several arduous years as an assistant director on such classics as “Body Heat,” “Cutter’s Way,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York” and “Starman,” among others. Working his way up the ladder, Chernov subsequently became a production manager, learning an entirely new set of skills on “Ruthless People,” “Halloween II” and “Halloween III.” Next up came “Clue,” “The Dead Zone” and “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert,” on which he earned the title of associate producer. From there, he acted as co-producer on “Eddie Murphy Raw” and executive producer of “10 Things I Hate About You,” “Sleeping with the Enemy” and “The Replacements.” He also produced “A Line in the Sand,” “Place of Darkness,” “Bad Company” and “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.” Chernov spent two years as a senior vice president of production at Disney/Touchstone, overseeing such hit films as “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” “Pretty Woman” and “Dead Poets Society,” to name a few. In 2001, he moved to Spyglass Entertainment, where he was intimately involved in the making of “Shanghai Knights,” “The Recruit,” “The Lookout,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “The Pacifier,” and many other successful films.

Executive Producer- Job Description

The credit given to someone who either contributes or raises the majority of finaces for a production or is responsible for creative input such as writing the screenplay.