Jonathan Sherman is a graduate of Wesleyan University (BA, film studies) and Columbia University (MFA, film production and screenwriting). His first film, Breathing Room, starred Dan Futterman, Susan Floyd and Edie Falco and was released in more than 25 countries worldwide. He then directed I'm With Lucy, a romantic comedy starring Monica Potter, Gael García Bernal, Julie Christie, Anthony LaPaglia, John Hannah and Harold Ramis. It was the opening night film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival in France and has been released in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Sherman has also written and directed films for the Oxygen Network and has worked with Working Title Films (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Depth of Field (American Pie) and Universal Pictures.
He is thrilled to be a member of the Kenyon faculty.
Areas of Expertise
Film writing/directing, classic American cinema, international short films, memoir writing.
Education
1994 — Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University
1988 — Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University