Family
daughter:Haley Lelean O'Shea Kerner (born October 22, 1997 in Santa Monica, California)
mother:Jeannette Kerner (born in 1915; died on May 25, 2001)
wife:Nicola O'Shea Kerner (director of program development for Starbright)
Education
Stanford University Stanford, California film and political science
University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, California MBA
University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California JD
1988 Produced first TV movie, "Side By Side"
1987 Produced first feature, "Less Than Zero"
1986 Formed independent production company, Avnet/Kerner Co. With partner Jon Avnet
1983 Promoted to vice president of dramatic development
1981 Moved to ABC Entertainment as director of dramatic series development
1980 Took over development at QM Productions working on projects for all three networks
1978 Left CBS-TV to be director of program development of Universal/NBC projects
Began career working for San Francisco's CBS-TV affiliate during college
Moved to Los Angeles; worked in Motions Pictures Department at Beverly Hills firm Ball, Hunt, Brown & Baerwitz
Joined CBS-TV after two years as talent and program negotiator in Business Affairs Department