Jonathan Jon Kasdan is an American writer and director Kasdan is the son of Meg née Goldman a writer and film director Lawrence Kasdan He is the brother of director and actor Jake Kasdan His directorial debut In the Land of Women was released in the United States in 2007 Kasdan also wrote the film which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 Kasdan has worked as a writer for the American television series Freaks and Geeks and as an actor in Dawsons Creek and Dreamcatcher He had his acting debut in 1983 in his fathers film The Big Chill Kasdan was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease when he was a 17year old junior in high school Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Kasdan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia