Jonathan Kesselman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Jonathan Kesselman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Jonathan Kesselman (born 1974) is an American film director,

screenwriter, and producer, who first gained notice as the writer and

director of The Hebrew Hammer (2003).Kesselman grew up in the San

Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of

Colorado with a degree in psychology, and then spent a few years

working as an information systems consultant. He studied film at the

University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, graduating

in 2001 with a master's degree in film production.While at USC,

Kesselman wrote and directed a short film version of The Hebrew

Hammer, which screened at the 2000 Austin Film Festival. In 2001,

ContentFilm offered to finance a feature film version, with Edward R.

Pressman and John Schmidt onboard as executive producers.Kesselman

wrote and directed The Hebrew Hammer, a "Jewxploitation" send-up of

Blaxploitation and superhero films, starring Adam Goldberg as

Mordechai Jefferson Carver, an Orthodox Jew on a quest to save

Hanukkah from Santa Claus's evil son. It also stars Andy Dick, Mario

Van Peebles, Nora Dunn, Peter Coyote, and Judy Greer, and has a cameo

from Melvin Van Peebles reprising his role as Sweetback from Sweet

Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971). It premiered at the 2003 Sundance

Film Festival, had its television premiere on Comedy Central on

December 8, 2003, and opened theatrically on December 19, 2003. It

aired exclusively on Comedy Central for five years after its

theatrical release, and is generally considered to be a cult film.
Jonathan Kesselman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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