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{{short description|American writer and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Jonathan Fernandez''' is an American writer and producer. He wrote the film [[Rob the Mob|''Rob The Mob'']]<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB - Rob The Mob| website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2481480/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> starring [[Michael Pitt]], [[Nina Arianda]], [[Andy Garcia]], [[Ray Romano]], and directed by [[Raymond De Felitta|Raymond DeFellitta]] based on the true-life story of [[Thomas and Rosemarie Uva|Thomas Uva]] and [[Thomas and Rosemarie Uva|Rose Marie De Toma]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Rashbaum|first=William|title=Arrest in Killings of 2 Who Dared to Rob The Mob|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/nyregion/23mob.html?_r=0|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 23, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Karon|first=Paul|title=Fox Finds "Forecast"|journal=Variety|date=November 4, 1997 |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/fox-finds-forecast-111660825/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140218013222/http://variety.com/1997/tv/news/fox-finds-forecast-111660825/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2014|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>
His first film, ''Crisis In The Kremlin'', was written for producer [[Roger Corman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB - Crisis In The Kremlin|website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104026/|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> He has written for ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. He was the executive producer of the [[Kurt Russell]] film ''[[Breakdown (1997 film)|Breakdown]]'' which opened at number one at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office Mojo|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=breakdown.htm|work=Breakdown|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> Fernandez worked as Vice President of Production for [[Dino De Laurentiis]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hettrick|first=Scott|title=Fernandez to prod'n post at De Laurentiis|journal=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 6, 1995 |volume=339 |issue=37 |pages=3 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9512015644/fernandez-prodn-post-de-laurentiis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222173634/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9512015644/fernandez-prodn-post-de-laurentiis|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-22|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> and a production executive for [[Roger Corman]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=O'Steen|first=Kathleen|journal=Variety|date=1 December 1993|title=Corman Kinder, Gentler|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/corman-kinder-gentler-116253/|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>
His book WINNING ESSAYS was published by Berkley/G.P. Putnam's Sons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Google Books - Winning Essays|isbn = 9780399513459|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Py5hAAAACAAJ|last1 = Fernandez|first1 = Jonathan D.|year = 1987}}</ref>

Fernandez is a member of the Writers Guild of America and was on the WGA Negotiating Committee in 2011,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Handel|first=Johnathan|title=WGA Sends Out 'Pattern of Demands' Seeking Major Contract Improvements|journal=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2010-12-22|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-sends-pattern-demands-seeking-65036}}</ref> 2014, and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Patten|first=Dominic|title=WGA Sets Negotiating Committee For AMPTP Contract Talks, Start Date Still TBA|date=24 April 2007 |url=https://deadline.com/2007/04/caa-loses-high-profile-director-to-uta-2014/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=21 January 2014}}</ref> He has a featured interview in the documentary ''Pencils Down: The 100 days of the Writers Guild Strike''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Jonathan Fernandez|url=http://vimeo.com/75521250}}</ref> In 2019, Fernandez joined other [[Writers Guild of America|WGA]] members in firing his agents as part of [[Writers Guild of America|the Guild's]] stand against the [[Association of Talent Agents|ATA]] and the practice of [[Movie packaging|packaging]], after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct".<ref>{{cite web |title=WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents |date=22 April 2019 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-guild-agents-fired-total-hollywood-fight-packaging-1202599639/ |publisher=Deadline}}</ref>

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