Jonathan Benjamin Jon Hurwitz born November 15 1977 is an American screenwriter He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as well as an alumnus of Randolph High School Jon Hurwitz with Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold Kumar Go to White Castle and wrotedirected Harold Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay They first met and became friends in high school in Randolph NJ and sold their first script Filthy to MGM while seniors in college Hurwitz was studying finance at the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business and Schlossberg a history major at the University of Chicago with plans of attending law school Upon selling Filthy they moved to Hollywood to begin their career in the entertainment industry Hurwitz and Schlossbergs next project is a relaunch of the American Pie franchise which they will be writing and directing In addition they have several projects in development such as Grandma vs Grandma which they scripted for Paramount Pictures and 21 Shots which they are producing with Montecito Pictures