Biography
In partnership with his brother Kip, Kern Konwiser has been delivering creative content of the highest quality across the entertainment landscape for decades. Kern has written, produced and directed documentaries, feature films and TV series in partnership with luminaries such as Quincy Jones, Peter Guber, Magic Johnson, the Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Ortega and many others. He has helped to raise the profile of many of the world's top sports and entertainment brands including Nike, Gatorade, Burton Snowboards, Blizzard Entertainment, Mandalay Sports Entertainment, and the estate of Duke Ellington, to name just a few.
He has earned an impressive array of industry awards and honors along the way, including the Emmy Award for Best Picture on two separate occasions, the NAACP Image Award, the Humanitas Prize, and the Producer's Guild of America's Producer of the Year Award. He has earned Best Picture, Audience Award or Grand Jury Prizes at many of the nation's top festivals including AFI Fest, the New York Festival, Cinevegas Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Worldfest Houston, Chinese American Film Festival, CINE Gold Eagle, and many others.
His most recent documentary series, Legendary Pictures' "Make It Work" (Amazon) took home the Napa Valley Film Festival Audience Award and has been selected by the US State Department's Cultural Affairs Bureau for the international outreach program, American Film Showcase.
