Jeremy Kagan

Jeremy Kagan
Jeremy Kagan
Born	December 14, 1945 (age 78); Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA); New York University (MFA); American Film Institute (GrDip)
Partner	Anneke Campbell

Jeremy Paul Kagan (born December 14, 1945) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and television producer.^[1]

Early life

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Kagan received his

New York University Graduate Institute of Film & Television and was in the first class at the AFI Conservatory

.

Film and television career

Kagan's feature film credits include the box-office hit Heroes (1977),^[2] The Big Fix^[2] (1978), a political comedy-thriller starring Richard Dreyfuss; The Chosen (1981), from the classic book of the same name by Chaim Potok; The Journey of Natty Gann^[1] (1985), the first American movie ever to win the Gold Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival; the underground comedy Big Man on Campus^[2] (1989); the cult classic fencing film By The Sword^[2] (1991); and the hybrid film Golda's Balcony^[2] (2006), from the hit play of the same name. His feature Shot was about what one bullet does to many lives.

He has also been a prolific television director, starting already in 1972 at the age of 26, directing "

Golden Globe Award

nomination.

Other television films include The Ballad of Lucy Whipple,

Taken. He has worked on several other series shows including The West Wing, The Guardian,^[2] Resurrection Blvd.,^[2] Picket Fences,^[2] Boomtown

and more. His recent animation films have been shown on JLTV and film festivals.

Kagan produced and directed the ten-part series The ACLU Freedom Files, in 2006 and 2007 which received a number of awards and was shown on

NGOs

including The Doe Fund which works with the homeless and formerly incarcerated, and The Democracy School a movement developing local governance, and Bioneers which advances achievements in environmental and social justice.

Kagan is a full tenured professor at the University of Southern California where he teaches the graduate courses in directing and has recently created the Center for Change Making Media which is a hub for research and training in advocacy cinematic genres. His production company ACTransformative Media has made numerous shorts including three for VaccinateLA.

He has served as artistic director at the Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and is on a National Board Member of the Directors Guild of America and chairperson of its Special Projects Committee which provides cultural and educational programs for the 19,000 members. In 2004 he was honored with the Robert Aldrich Award for "extraordinary service to the guild."^[3]

In his capacity with the Directors Guild of America, Kagan also moderates the group's annual roundtable discussion featuring that year's five nominees for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Kagan is also the author of three books Directors Close Up and a "living" eTextbook Keys to Directing. www.keystodirecting.com.

Personal life

Kagan lives in

Venice, California

, with his companion Anneke Campbell. She is an author, and was a writer on the series Freedom Files. His daughter Eve is a graduate of the Harvard Ed School, and is a practicing psychologist, actress, writer, and yoga teacher.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1988	CableACE Awards	Nominated	Directing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1988	CableACE Awards	Won	Dramatic Special	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (Shared with Amanda DiGiulio, Charles Hairston, Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller, and Ron Sossi)
2004	Directors Guild of America Award	Won	Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award	-
2005	Directors Guild of America Award	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Crown Heights
1996	Emmy Award	Won	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Drama Series	Chicago Hope (For ""Leave of Absence" episode)
1981	Montreal World Film Festival	Won	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention	The Chosen
1981	Montreal World Film Festival	Won	Grand Prix des Amériques	The Chosen
1987	Paris Film Festival	Won	Special Jury Prize	The Chosen

References

^ ^a ^b "Jeremy Kagan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Jeremy Kagan Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
^ "Jeremy Kagan: 2004 Robert B. Aldrich Award Recipient". Directors Guild of America.
^ "Meet the 2020 DGA Nominees for Theatrical Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^ "Meet the 2019 DGA Nominees for Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^ "Meet the 2018 DGA Nominees for Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^ "Meet the 2017 DGA Feature Film Nominees". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^ "Meet the 2016 DGA Feature Film Nominees". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

External links

Jeremy Kagan at
IMDb

[NYT-1] "Jeremy Kagan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.

[NYTF-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Jeremy Kagan Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[DGA-3] "Jeremy Kagan: 2004 Robert B. Aldrich Award Recipient". Directors Guild of America.

[DGA2-4] "Meet the 2020 DGA Nominees for Theatrical Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

[DGA3-5] "Meet the 2019 DGA Nominees for Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

[DGA4-6] "Meet the 2018 DGA Nominees for Feature Film". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

[DGA5-7] "Meet the 2017 DGA Feature Film Nominees". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

[DGA6-8] "Meet the 2016 DGA Feature Film Nominees". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1950s	Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
1960s	Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
1970s	Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973) Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975) David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
1980s	Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
1990s	Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
2000s	Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000) Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
2010s	Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
2020s	Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020) Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021) Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022) Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023)

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