Jonathan Shawn Karsh (born October 16, 1971) is an American film director, producer, and former television host.

Career

Karsh was the winner of the Audience Award Documentary and the Directing Award Documentary at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival for his directorial debut, the documentary ''

My Flesh and Blood ''My Flesh and Blood'' is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of the Tom family. The Tom family is notable as the mother, Susan Tom, adopted eleven children, most of whom had serious disabilities or diseases. ...

,'' which aired on

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in 2004. The film went on to win the

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for Best Documentary, and the top awards at the Amsterdam International Film Festival and

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.My Flesh and Blood (2003) – Awards
/ref> Karsh later made documentary films for MTV and AMC, and produced reality shows for

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, and

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. Karsh was the host of ''

Kid Nation ''Kid Nation'' is an American reality television show hosted by Jonathan Karsh that premiered on the CBS network on September 19, 2007 created by Tom Forman Productions and Endemol USA. In the show, the children try to create a functioning s ...

'', a controversial reality show that aired on

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Living people 1971 births Artists from Sacramento, California Film directors from California University of California, Davis alumni {{US-film-director-1970s-stub