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Ronni Kern is a Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American

Ronni Kern

Ronni Kern
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Nationality USA

Ronni Kern is an American film and television writer and producer.

Kern is best known for writing such films as American Pop and A Change of Seasons as well as miniseries and television movies such as Helen of Troy and Jesse Stone: Sea Change.

Kern has also produced such films as All I Wanna Do.

Usually with

Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
(2 films)
Nigel Bennett
Nigel Bennett
(3 films)
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi
(1 films)
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Filmography of Ronni Kern (10 films)

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Scriptwriter

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Leslie Hope, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler
Roles Teleplay
Rating70% 3.5464953.5464953.5464953.5464953.546495
State Police Captain Healy is attacked but is saved by Jesse, who is able to get off a couple shots at the unknown assailant despite also being wounded. At the hospital, Healy reveals to Jesse that he was spying on his nephew, who may be sleeping with his saxophone instructor. Jesse begins investigating the shooting despite protests from the Paradise town council. The town council members feel that the police department is already spread too thin, and they and Internal Affairs are concerned about six shooting incidents Jesse has been involved in. They also don’t like that Jesse ran Officer D'Angelo out of the department because he didn’t like him. The town council liked him very much because he wrote three times as many parking tickets as the other officers, and manned the speed trap into the town, bringing in substantial revenue for Paradise. Jesse refuses to have the speed trap manned, because he feels it is unethical, and cuts down the tree that blocks the speed limit sign so the speed trap won’t work anymore.
Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke, 1h28
Directed by David Carson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Alicia Witt, Scott Bakula, Matthew Settle, Talia Shire, Eric Keenleyside, John Reardon
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.7525352.7525352.7525352.7525352.752535
After watching a fire burn her family's Baltimore pizzeria to the ground, 11‑year-old Reena Hale (Witt) decides she wants to be an arson investigator when she grows up. And with the help of mentor John Minger (Bakula), whom she met during the investigation of her family's restaurant, Reena realizes her dream.
Jesse Stone: Sea Change, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sean Young, Mika Sue Boorem
Roles Teleplay
Rating70% 3.5472653.5472653.5472653.5472653.547265
In the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts, chief of police Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is on the phone with his ex-wife Jenn in Los Angeles, who tells him not to call her that night. She's started seeing someone, who finds it strange that the two still talk every evening. Stone is dealing with other changes: his deputy, Luther "Suitcase" Simpson (Kohl Sudduth), is still in a coma from a head-wound he received in a supermarket robbery; his other deputy, Molly Crane, resigned from the force to have a family. Her replacement, Rose Gammon (Kathy Baker), is learning to deal with Stone, as she had once worked for his predecessor.
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, 1h44
Directed by Peter Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Thora Birch, Michael Riley, Makyla Smith, Kelly Lynch, Ellen Page, Aron Tager
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5510253.5510253.5510253.5510253.551025
Thora Birch stars as Liz Murray, one of two daughters of an extremely dysfunctional Bronx family. As a young girl, Murray lives with her sister, their drug-addicted, schizophrenic mother and their father, also a drug addict who is intelligent, but has AIDS, lacks social skills, and is not conscientious. She is removed from the home and put into the care system as her father cannot take care of her. At 15 she moves in with her mother, sister and Grandfather who sexually abused her mother. After a run-in with her Grandfather she runs away with a girl from school who is being abused at home. After her mother Jean Murray (1954-1996) dies of AIDS, which she got from sharing needles during her drug abuse, she gets a 'slap in the face' by her mother's death and begins her work to finish high school, which she amazingly completed in two years, rather than the usual four. She becomes a star student and earns a scholarship to Harvard University through an essay contest sponsored by The New York Times.
The Princess & the Marine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Marisol Nichols, Keith Robinson, Pat Skipper, Sheetal Sheth, Michael Milhoan
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.1503853.1503853.1503853.1503853.150385
Meriam Al Khalifa (Marisol Nichols) is a Bahraini royal who is not content to be in an arranged marriage, even though her strict Muslim parents would never allow a union with a non-Muslim. In the movie, Meriam is allowed to go to the local mall and watch and listen to American pop culture. One day, she desperately makes some random calls to strangers, including a Marine stationed at the U.S. embassy named Jason Johnson (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). After meeting, the two become friends and later fall in love, but Meriam doesn't tell anyone because of her parents. After being caught kissing at the Tree of Life, Bahrain, her mother forbids any more contact between the two. Meriam and Jason exchange letters with the help of a jeweler in the mall, and plan to run away to America with a fake passport for Meriam and pass her off as a fellow Marine.
Deep in My Heart, 1h30
Directed by Anita W. Addison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Gloria Reuben, Jesse L. Martin
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.292553.292553.292553.292553.29255
In Boston in the early 1960s, Geraldine Cummins was walking home alone from the movies when she was jumped and raped by a black man. Stunned, she returned home to her husband Bob, stating she had been raped. Sometime later, she finds she is pregnant. In the beginning she hates the thought of her unborn baby, not wanting a constant reminder of her rapist, but keeps it for a few reasons: she is Catholic and she harbors a small hope that it could be her husband's baby. Her husband is supportive during the pregnancy. As the months pass, Gerry comes to be attached to the baby, later stating "8 months is too long to close your heart to a piece of yourself." She becomes fearful of what will happen if her baby is black, the social isolation it would receive and what people would think of her. After going into labor and confiding in a doctor her situation, she becomes convinced that it would be best if she gave it up. The baby is a black girl. She names her newborn daughter Barbara Anne Cummins and gives her to foster mother Corrine Burrel, a black woman in Roxbury, a black neighborhood. Gerry is heartbroken to give up her daughter.
American Pop, 1h36
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa, Richard Singer, Mews Small, Ben Frommer
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5458753.5458753.5458753.5458753.545875
Dans la Russie impériale de la fin des années 1890, le rabbin d'un village est assassiné par un groupe de cosaques : sa femme s'exile aux États-Unis avec son jeune fils, Zalmie. Peu après leur arrivée à New York, Zalmie est recruté par Louie, artiste dans un cabaret burlesque. Zalmie devenant adolescent, il passe davantage de temps avec Louie en coulisses lors des spectacles burlesques. Lorsque la mère de Zalmie meurt dans l'incendie d'un atelier de misère, il commence à travailler à plein temps avec Louie dans un petit théâtre. Et bien qu'il aspire à devenir chanteur, Zalmie entre dans la puberté, et la mue qu'opère sa voix devient un obstacle important. La Première Guerre mondiale éclate alors : Zalmie parcourt le globe, jouant pour les troupes la moitié arrière d'un cheval de pantomime , et est blessé à la gorge.
A Change of Seasons, 1h35
Directed by Stephen Frears, Noel Black, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek, Michael Brandon, Mary Beth Hurt, K Callan
Rating52% 2.6098252.6098252.6098252.6098252.609825
When fortysomething Karen Evans discovers her arrogantly self-centered professor husband Adam is having an affair with student Lindsey Rutledge, she retaliates by having a dalliance of her own with young, philosophical campus carpenter Pete Lachappelle. Adam is infuriated when he learns about his wife's new relationship, and she in turn defends her right to enjoy the same carnal pleasures he does. The four decide to share a Vermont ski house, where their efforts to behave like liberal adults are tested by middle-aged angst, hurt feelings, and teenager Kasey Evans, who unexpectedly arrives to confront her parents with their outrageous behavior.

Producer

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, 1h44
Directed by Peter Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Thora Birch, Michael Riley, Makyla Smith, Kelly Lynch, Ellen Page, Aron Tager
Roles Co-Producer
Rating71% 3.5510253.5510253.5510253.5510253.551025
Thora Birch stars as Liz Murray, one of two daughters of an extremely dysfunctional Bronx family. As a young girl, Murray lives with her sister, their drug-addicted, schizophrenic mother and their father, also a drug addict who is intelligent, but has AIDS, lacks social skills, and is not conscientious. She is removed from the home and put into the care system as her father cannot take care of her. At 15 she moves in with her mother, sister and Grandfather who sexually abused her mother. After a run-in with her Grandfather she runs away with a girl from school who is being abused at home. After her mother Jean Murray (1954-1996) dies of AIDS, which she got from sharing needles during her drug abuse, she gets a 'slap in the face' by her mother's death and begins her work to finish high school, which she amazingly completed in two years, rather than the usual four. She becomes a star student and earns a scholarship to Harvard University through an essay contest sponsored by The New York Times.
The Princess & the Marine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Marisol Nichols, Keith Robinson, Pat Skipper, Sheetal Sheth, Michael Milhoan
Roles Co-Producer
Rating63% 3.1503853.1503853.1503853.1503853.150385
Meriam Al Khalifa (Marisol Nichols) is a Bahraini royal who is not content to be in an arranged marriage, even though her strict Muslim parents would never allow a union with a non-Muslim. In the movie, Meriam is allowed to go to the local mall and watch and listen to American pop culture. One day, she desperately makes some random calls to strangers, including a Marine stationed at the U.S. embassy named Jason Johnson (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). After meeting, the two become friends and later fall in love, but Meriam doesn't tell anyone because of her parents. After being caught kissing at the Tree of Life, Bahrain, her mother forbids any more contact between the two. Meriam and Jason exchange letters with the help of a jeweler in the mall, and plan to run away to America with a fake passport for Meriam and pass her off as a fellow Marine.
Deep in My Heart, 1h30
Directed by Anita W. Addison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Gloria Reuben, Jesse L. Martin
Roles Co-Producer
Rating65% 3.292553.292553.292553.292553.29255
In Boston in the early 1960s, Geraldine Cummins was walking home alone from the movies when she was jumped and raped by a black man. Stunned, she returned home to her husband Bob, stating she had been raped. Sometime later, she finds she is pregnant. In the beginning she hates the thought of her unborn baby, not wanting a constant reminder of her rapist, but keeps it for a few reasons: she is Catholic and she harbors a small hope that it could be her husband's baby. Her husband is supportive during the pregnancy. As the months pass, Gerry comes to be attached to the baby, later stating "8 months is too long to close your heart to a piece of yourself." She becomes fearful of what will happen if her baby is black, the social isolation it would receive and what people would think of her. After going into labor and confiding in a doctor her situation, she becomes convinced that it would be best if she gave it up. The baby is a black girl. She names her newborn daughter Barbara Anne Cummins and gives her to foster mother Corrine Burrel, a black woman in Roxbury, a black neighborhood. Gerry is heartbroken to give up her daughter.
Strike!
Strike! (1998)
, 1h37
Directed by Sarah Kernochan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Rachael Leigh Cook, Gaby Hoffmann, Monica Keena, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Guiry
Roles Co-Producer
Rating65% 3.297963.297963.297963.297963.29796
Odette Sinclair (Gaby Hoffmann), surnommée Odie, rejoint les rangs de l'institution pour filles de M Godard, un pensionnat d'élite situé en Nouvelle-Angleterre, après que ses parents ont découvert qu'elle prévoyait d'avoir des relations sexuelles avec son petit ami, Dennis. Odie se lie rapidement d'amitié avec ses camarades de chambre : la brillante et charismatique Verena von Stefan (Kirsten Dunst) et la délurée Tinka Parker (Monica Keena). Elle rejoint rapidement leur groupe d'amies, dont les aspirations pour l'avenir sont bien au-dessus de celles des autres filles de l'école.
Strike!
Strike! (1998)
, 1h37
Directed by Sarah Kernochan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education, Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, Monica Keena, Merritt Wever, Heather Matarazzo
Roles Co-Producer
Rating65% 3.297963.297963.297963.297963.29796
The film takes place at an elite New England boarding school in the era between the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Odette "Odie" Sinclair (Hoffmann) is forcibly transferred by her parents to Miss Godard's Preparatory School for Girls after her parents find out that she has planned to have sex with her boyfriend, Dennis (Matthew Lawrence). Upon arrival to the school, which is run by the headstrong headmistress Miss McVane (Redgrave), Odette is introduced to her roommates, the intelligent and charismatic Verena von Stefan (Dunst) and the promiscuous Tinka Parker (Keena). Verena and Tinka are the school's primary troublemakers; both mock an uptight hall monitor named Abigail "Abby" Sawyer (Cook), who has a penchant for tattletaling, and Verena regularly buys cigarettes from a lunch cook and is constantly late for classes.