Career
He has independently produced and financed more than 30 motion pictures over the past 15 years. His most recent release Accidental Love starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden, Tracey Morgan, and Catherine Keener, was released in early 2015. In 2014, Sin City: A Dame to Kill Foreign was released by The Weinstein Company and in 2013 Mr.
Jam produced Devil’s Pass, which was shot entirely on location in Russia and was directed by Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2).
Along with its subsidiary Rising Star. Ascendant financed eighteen movies over a five-year period with budgets totaling more than $750 million.
Mr. Jam acted in a producing capacity on all of Ascendant Pictures’ projects including Lucky Number Slevin (starring Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, and Morgan Freeman) and The Big White (starring Robin Williams and Holly Hunter).
With Tom Cruise, he co-produced Ask the Dusk (starring Colin Farrel, Salma Hayek) and co-produced The Jacket (starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightly) alongside George Clooney. He is also the producer of Who"s Your Caddy and Timber Falls.
Prior to his tenure at Ascendant, Mr. Jam was President of an independent film production company based in Santa Monica, California.
In 2002, he produced Juwanna Mann for Morgan Creek Pictures and Warner Brothers
Among his other productions are Dungeons & Dragons with Joel Silver (The Matrix Trilogy, Lethal Weapon) for New Lincolnshire Cinema, which starred Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans.