Biography
Jonathan Benjamin "Jon" Hurwitz (born November 15, 1977) is an American screenwriter. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as well as an alumnus of Randolph High School. Jon Hurwitz, with Hayden Schlossberg, wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and wrote/directed Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. They first met and became friends in high school in Randolph, NJ, and sold their first script "Filthy" to MGM while seniors in college. Hurwitz was study...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Plan B
2021
Producer
After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill ...
Blockers
2018
Producer
When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop...
American Reunion
2012
Director, Screenplay
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will...
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
Writer, Co-Producer
Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But ...
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam
2008
Director, Writer
This 12 minute short was released as part of the Choose Your Own Adventure option on the H&K Guantanamo Bay DVD. The blurb is: "Ever wonder what would...
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
as Dancing Devil in Costume Shop (uncredited)
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlan...
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlan...
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
as Tony (uncredited)
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for ...
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
Screenplay
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for ...
72 Hours
N/A
Producer, Writer
72 Hours
N/A
Writer, Producer
After he's inadvertently added to their group text, a forty-year-old executive hopes to save his flailing career by joining a group of twenty-somethin...
Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel
N/A
Director, Producer
The sequel to the 2004 film.