Editing Jon Hurwitz (section)

== Career ==
Hurwitz was studying finance at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], while Schlossberg was a history major at the [[University of Chicago]] with plans of attending law school. It was during this time that they sold their first script ''Filthy'' to MGM. Upon selling ''Filthy'', they moved to Hollywood to begin their career in the entertainment industry.<ref>Cahillane, Kevin. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/nyregion/homegrown-a-stoner-comedy-straight-out-of-randolph.html "Homegrown: A Stoner Comedy Straight Out of Randolph"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 15, 2004. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Mr. Hurwitz and Mr. Schlossberg say their inspiration came straight out of Randolph. 'The high school we went to had a lot of Indian and Asian kids,' said Mr. Schlossberg, who graduated from Randolph High in Morris County in 1996, as did Mr. Hurwitz."</ref>

The idea for the first ''Harold and Kumar'' film, ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' developed while they were living in Los Angeles. Hurwitz and Schlossberg decided to write a low-budget stoner film and base the main characters on their high school friends from [[Randolph High School (New Jersey)|Randolph High School]]. They based the character of Harold on their real-life friend Harold Lee. Hurwitz got the idea to base the film around White Castle from his own experience craving White Castle burgers when he lived in [[Pennsylvania]] for several years. At the time, Pennsylvania did not have any White Castle locations and Hurwitz had to have family members bring him frozen White Castle burgers from New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vespe|first1=Eric|title=Quint interviews HAROLD AND KUMAR writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg about Doogie and Battlesh!ts!!!|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/17996|publisher=[[Ain't It Cool News]]|date=July 20, 2004}}</ref> It was later followed by ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'' and ''[[A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas]]''. They also wrote and directed the fourth theatrical entry in the ''[[American Pie (series)|American Pie]]'' franchise, writing and directing ''[[American Reunion]]'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://riskybusiness.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/01/harold-kumar-creators-to-direct-american-pie-4-exclusive |title='Harold & Kumar' creators to direct 'American Pie 4′ (exclusive) |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607221950/http://riskybusiness.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/01/harold-kumar-creators-to-direct-american-pie-4-exclusive/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, the trio signed a deal with Lionsgate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Friedlander|first=Whitney|date=November 19, 2015|title=Hurwitz & Schlossberg Sign First-Look Deal With Lionsgate|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hurwitz-schlossberg-first-look-lionsgate-1201644572/|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

They currently work on ''[[Cobra Kai]]'', a continuation of ''[[The Karate Kid (franchise)|The Karate Kid]]'' franchise. Hurwitz & Schlossberg created the show, along with their close friend [[Josh Heald]]. The trio serve as executive producers, show runners, writers, and directors on the series.<ref name=fuller>{{cite web
|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cobra-kai-how-fuller-house-inspired-karate-kid-tv-sequel-1106225
|title=The Inside Story of How 'Fuller House' Inspired 'Karate Kid' Sequel 'Cobra Kai' (Guest Column)
|accessdate=November 13, 2019
|last=Heald
|first=Josh
|date=May 1, 2018
|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]
}}</ref> As of 2021, he and his friend Hayden Schlossberg, along with Josh Heald via Counterbalance Entertainment has signed a deal with [[Sony Pictures Television]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=September 9, 2021|title='Cobra Kai' Creators Re-Up Overall Deal With Sony Pictures TV For Their Counterbalance Entertainment, Set Comedy 'The Prince' With Writer Zora Bikangaga|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/cobra-kai-creators-jon-hurwitz-hayden-schlossberg-and-josh-heald-re-up-overall-deal-sony-pictures-tv-counterbalance-entertainment-the-prince-with-zora-bikangaga-1234829276/|access-date=September 11, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>