Jonathan Koch (producer) explained

Jonathan Koch is an American television producer. He is the president and chief creative officer of Asylum Entertainment, a Los Angeles–based television production company that produced the 2011 miniseries The Kennedys.^[1] In 2004, Koch co-authored Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV Show and Movie Ideas, a film and television pitching manual, with Robert Kosberg.^[2] In 2016, Koch received a hand transplant.

Hand transplant

In 2015, Koch became gravely ill and was hospitalized.^[3] On January 26, 2015, at the Realscreen Summit in Washington, D.C., Koch went to George Washington University Hospital with a 102 degree temperature and 2 days later, was put into a propofol-induced coma. The following day, Koch was in full-blown septic shock and his hands and feet were turning blue. Koch's hands and feet became necrotic, and he eventually lost the bottom part of his right leg, parts of his fingers on his right hand, and all of his toes. In April 2015, after delaying the amputation of his left hand, Koch returned to Los Angeles and met UCLA's Dr. Kodi Azari, who was heading up hand transplant trials. In October 2016, Jonathan received a call that a donor was available and underwent a 17-hour hand transplant surgery.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Beyond the Glory (2001–2006)
• American Gangster (2006–2009)
• The Locator (2008–2010)
• Addicted (2010–2012)
• The Kennedys (2011)^[5]
• Urban Tarzan (2013)^[6]
• Ring of Fire (2013)
• Beverly Hills Pawn (2013–2015)^{[7] [8]}
• ESPN 30 for 30 – The Price of Gold (2014)
• Small Time (2014)^[9]
• Happy Valley (2014)^[10]
• The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015)^[11]
• The Kennedys After Camelot (2017)^[12]

References

1. Web site: Graser . Marc . 2013-12-09 . Legendary Entertainment Acquires Asylum Entertainment . 2022-05-11 . Variety . en-US.
2. Book: Koch . Jonathan . Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV Show and Movie Ideas . Kosberg . Robert . April 2004 . 9781610350952.
3. Web site: Hollywood executive's mysterious, almost fatal, illness led to a life-changing hand transplant . 2022-05-11 . ABC News . en.
4. Web site: Wallace . Amy . 2017-03-20 . The Hollywood Exec and the Hand Transplant That Changed His Life Los Angeles Magazine . 2022-05-11 . Los Angeles Magazine . en-US.
5. Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . 2010-04-28 . Casting On History's Kennedys Miniseries Includes Greg Kinnear And Katie Holmes . 2022-05-11 . Deadline . en-US.
6. Web site: Ng . Philiana . 2012-09-20 . Spike TV Orders New Series 'Urban Tarzan' . 2022-05-11 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
7. Web site: Team . The Deadline . 2012-05-30 . ReelzChannel Loads Up On Original Programming . 2022-05-12 . Deadline . en-US.
8. News: "Beverly Hills Pawn" on REELZ to Feature Elizabeth Taylor's Dress from "Cleopatra" . PRWeb . https://web.archive.org/web/20140830082431/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10860571.htm . dead . August 30, 2014 . 2022-05-12.
9. Web site: Kit . Borys . 2012-03-27 . Bridget Moynahan Joining Joel Surnow's 'Small Time' (Exclusive) . 2022-05-12 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
10. Web site: Fleming . Mike Jr. . 2012-05-22 . A&E IndieFilms Sets 'Happy Valley,' Feature Docu On Penn State Pedophile Scandal . 2022-05-12 . Deadline . en-US.
11. Web site: Goldberg . Lesley . 2014-08-08 . Lifetime Prepping Marilyn Monroe Miniseries . 2022-05-11 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
12. Web site: Petski . Denise . 2016-05-25 . 'The Kennedys: After Camelot': Brett Donahue Cast As John F. Kennedy Jr. In Reelz Mini . 2022-05-11 . Deadline . en-US.

External links

• Jonathan Koch at the Internet Movie Database
• Jonathan Koch at Key Speakers Bureau