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Jon Jashni

Jon Jashni is an American media investor and advisor.

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Work

In 1999, Jashni and Kevin Burns formed Synthesis Entertainment, which develops and produces content based on properties of the Irwin Allen estate [1] such as Poseidon , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, [2] The Time Tunnel and Lost in Space .

From 2006 to 2016 Jashni was president and chief creative officer of Legendary Entertainment, [3] [4] working as a producer and developing film projects including Kong: Skull Island , [5] The Great Wall , [6] Warcraft , [7] Crimson Peak , [8] Godzilla (2014), [9] 42, [10] and Pacific Rim . [11] [12] [13] [14] He also played a key role in corporate dealings including the sale of Legendary to the Dalian Wanda Group Co for $3.5 billion. [15] [16] In 2016 he started Raintree Ventures, an entertainment-related investment fund. [17]

He is an executive producer of a Netflix Lost in Space series released in 2018. [18] [19] [20]

He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [21] and the Producers Guild of America, [22] and a trustee emeritus of the American Film Institute. [23]

Filmography

Film

Executive producer

Producer

Television

Associate Producer

Executive producer

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