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Jon Avnet partnered with Steve Tisch on his production company before teaming up with McNeil/Allyn Films on motion pictures and television movies. [7] Avnet directed his first movie, Fried Green Tomatoes , in 1991, followed by The War in 1994, with Elijah Wood in the lead and Kevin Costner in a supporting role as his father.
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1 Video. 99+ Photos. Jon Avnet has directed, written, and produced more than 80 motion pictures, television movies, series and Broadway plays. He directed the Oscar-nominated performance of Jessica Tandy and the three Emmy-winning performances of Margo Martindale, Colleen Dewhurst and Judy Davis. He received an honorary Doctorate in ...
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Jon Avnet. Director: Fried Green Tomatoes. Jon Avnet has directed, written, and produced more than 80 motion pictures, television movies, series and Broadway plays. He directed the Oscar-nominated performance of Jessica Tandy and the three Emmy-winning performances of Margo Martindale, Colleen Dewhurst and Judy Davis. He received an honorary Doctorate in Communications from the American Film ...
- November 17, 1949
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a middle-aged housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an ...
- December 27, 1991
- Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner
Box office. $32.6 million [4] 88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough and Benjamin McKenzie. In the film, famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Pacino) is one of the most sought-after ...
- $32.6 million
- Jon Avnet
- $30 million
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Jonathan Michael Avnet (born November 17, 1949), is an American director, writer and producer. Quick Facts Born, Education ... Jon Avnet. Jon Avnet presenting Art Directors Guild award in 2014. Born. Jonathan Michael Avnet. ( 1949-11-17) November 17, 1949 (age 74) Brooklyn, New York City.
Avnet returned to directing with "The War" (also 1994), an affecting allegorical comedy-drama set in the South in 1970. This somewhat heavy-handed story about the stateside effects of the Vietnam War and the tensions of the civil rights movement was helped immeasurably by the combined star power of young Elijah Wood in the lead and Kevin ...
