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Jared Geller

Jared Geller

Co-Founder and Producer, HITRECORD, Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Jared Geller is a Tony- and Emmy-winning producer and entrepreneur whose work spans theater, film, television, and digital media. He co-founded HITRECORD with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, building a global creative platform that enabled millions of artists to collaborate across media. Following its expansion into online learning, HITRECORD successfully exited into MasterClass, where Jared currently serves as vice president of creative innovation. Prior to HITRECORD, Jared produced more than a dozen live performances on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall, including the critically acclaimed 2019 revival of Oklahoma!, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Slava’s Snowshow (Tony nomination), Kiki & Herb (Tony nomination) and Jerry Springer: The Opera. 

In addition to his commercial work, Jared co-founded an impact-driven nonprofit dedicated to advancing public understanding of artificial intelligence and AI safety through film, television, and digital media. Building on a more than 15-year creative collaboration with Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon, he serves as a producer-in-residence for the John Lennon Estate. Jared is a Fellow of the inaugural cohort of the Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.