---
name: "Jay Stern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-stern"
fi1m_id: "jay-stern"
imdb_id: "nm0827731"
tmdb_id: 41896
wikidata_id: "Q17094345"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T05:14:32.278664+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jay Stern

## Identity

Jay Stern

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-stern
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-stern
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827731
- **TMDB ID:** 41896
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17094345
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Stern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17094345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41896

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (1), 2000s 50 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 53 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 3, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $850m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Stern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17094345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41896

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Rush Hour 2*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jay Stern is an American film producer. He began his career in development, serving as Director of Development for Michael Peyser Productions in 1988 before joining Hollywood Pictures in 1989. In 1995 he moved to New Line Cinema, where he oversaw projects including *Money Talks* (1997) and *Rush Hour* (1998).

Between 2001 and 2009 Stern worked with director Brett Ratner at Rat Entertainment. He produced *Rush Hour 2* (2001), *Rush Hour 3* (2007), *Horrible Bosses* (2011) and *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014). In 2010 he co-founded the independent production and finance company Route One Films.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, entertainment.ie.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros* (2022), series, Producer
- *Extinct* (2021), Executive Producer
- *A Walk in the Woods* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Equals* (2015), Producer
- *Last Knights* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), Producer
- *Horrible Bosses* (2011), Producer
- *Mother's Day* (2010), Producer
- *I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *Code Name: The Cleaner* (2007), Producer
- *After the Sunset* (2004), Producer
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Love & Basketball* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Corruptor* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *B.A.P.S* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Love Jones* (1997), Executive Producer

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