Quick Facts
Biography
Jon Jashni is an American film and television producer.
Personal life and education
Jashni was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated in 1984 with a BS in Corporate Finance. He also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management and graduated in 1987 with an MBA in Organizational Behavior.
Work
In 1999, Jashni and Kevin Burns formed Synthesis Entertainment, which developed and produced content based onproperties of the Irwin Allen estate such as Poseidon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and television pilots The Time Tunnel and Lost in Space.
From 2006–2016 Jashni was president and chief creative officer of Legendary Entertainment,working as a producer and developing film projects including Kong: Skull Island, The Great Wall, Warcraft, Crimson Peak, Godzilla (2014), 42, and Pacific Rim. He also played a role in corporate dealings including the sale of Legendary to the Dalian Wanda Group Co for $3.5 billion. In 2016 he started Raintree Ventures, an entertainment-related investment fund.
He was an executive producer of a Netflix Lost in Space series released in 2018.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America, and a former trustee of the American Film Institute.
