Jake Kasdan

Jake Kasdan born Jacob Kasdan 28 October 1974 is an American television and film director Kasdan was born in Detroit the son of Meg née Goldman a writer and writerdirector Lawrence Kasdan  His younger brother Jon Kasdan also works in the film and television industry as an actor and writer He is married to singersongwriter Inara George of The Bird and the Bee Kasdan has directed four theatrical films Zero Effect 1998 Orange County 2002 The TV Set 2007 and Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story 2007 He has also worked in television most notably with Judd Apatow as a consulting producer on Freaks and Geeks and as a director on Undeclared He has also directed numerous stage productions In 2006 Kasdan received his first Golden Globe nomination for Walk Hard Best Original Song shared with John C Reilly Judd Apatow and Marshall Crenshaw but lost to Guaranteed from Into the Wild written by Eddie Vedder As a child he made several appearances in his fathers movies such as The Big Chill and Silverado in the former he is an autograph seeker at a funeral and in the latter a stable boy Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Kasdan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia