Jake Kasdan trivia: 27 facts about “Jumanji” director

Jake Kasdan is an American film director. He is the helmer of “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and its sequel!

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career!

1. His full name is Jacob “Jake” Kasdan
2. He was born on October 28, 1974
3. He is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
4. Kasdan was born and raised in a secular Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan
5. He is the son of Meg
6. She is a writer
7. And writer-director Lawrence Kasdan
8. He has a younger brother, Jon Kasdan
9. He also works in the film and television industry as an actor and writer
10. Kasdan has directed seven theatrical films
11. These are Zero Effect (1998), Orange County (2002), The TV Set (2006), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011), Sex Tape (2014) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
12. He has also worked in television
13. Most notably with Judd Apatow
14. He was a consulting producer and director on Freaks and Geeks
15. And as a director on Undeclared
16. He has also directed numerous stage productions
17. He is attached to direct John Grisham novel Calico Joe to a family film adaptation
18. In 2006, Kasdan received his first Golden Globe nomination for Walk Hard in the Best Original Song category
19. The Golden Globe was shared with John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, and Marshall Crenshaw
20. But lost to “Guaranteed” from Into the Wild
21. As a child, he made several appearances in his father’s movies such as The Big Chill and Silverado
22. In the former he is an autograph seeker at a funeral and in the latter a stable boy
23. In February 2015, Fox announced it had greenlit a pilot for the comedy The Grinder
24. It is to be directed by Kasdan and starring Rob Lowe
25. Kasdan is married to singer-songwriter Inara George of The Bird and the Bee
26. They have three children
27. They are Otis, and twins Beau and Lorelei