Jonathan Fener has been a TV and feature writer, producer, and show runner for over 25 years. His professional experience includes pitching, developing, writing, and supervising every single aspect of the production of hundreds of hours of television from logline to post-production. 

Some backstory: after getting his BA in English and Creative Writing from USC, Jon got his first TV writing job on NBC’s “Veronica’s Closet”, where he worked closely with the creators of “Friends” and also worked with his first true diva, Kirstie Alley. Over the next two decades, Jonathan wrote and produced many other shows, including Bette Midler’s eponymous sitcom ‘Bette” (second diva experience!), NBC’s first CGI-animated half-hour comedy “Father of the Pride”, Fox’s “American Dad” (six seasons), ABC’s “Happy Endings”, Fox’s “Mulaney” (starring comedian John Mulaney), Hulu’s “The Mindy Project” (third diva experience!), and ABC’s “American Housewife.”

During that time, he also developed and produced TV pilots for NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox, including the Fox animated project “Rancho Cucamonga” with producer Lorne Michaels and the NBC comedy “Old Soul”, co-written with Amy Poehler, starring Natasha Lyonne.

Jonathan has also supervised and/or was a show runner on TV series for ABC, Fox, NBC, and the “iCarly” reboot at Paramount+. He also wrote and produced two “Trolls” holiday specials for DreamWorks on Netflix.   

In addition to his TV experience, Jonathan has also written feature films for Lionsgate, MGM, Universal, and DreamWorks, a sports video game for SONY, and the Academy Awards.