Jordan Ellner

Background

About Jordan Ellner

Jordan Ellner was Vice President, Talent & Development. Ellner oversaw high-level casting and celebrity bookings for all Comedy Central series, events and stand-up series. He has served as Executive in Charge of Production on non-scripted series and events including Jeff Ross Presents:Roast Battle, The Comedy Jam, Taskmaster, and Crank Yankers. He has worked as a Talent Executive on The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe, Bruce Willis, and Alec Baldwin. Ellner was also an Executive in Charge of Production on comedy specials with Trevor Moore, Jon Dore, and Esther Povitsky. Ellner jointly oversaw the development and production of Comedy Central’s radio and podcasting programming and produced radio programming such as The Bonfire with Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder and You Up With Nikki Glaser. Ellner was previously a talent and development executive for Comedy Central’s digital division CC Studios where he developed series that included talent such as The Lucas Bros, Kurt Braunohler, Theo Von, Nick Swardson. Joel Kim Booster, Patti Harrison, and Dormtainment. He was also previously the head of MySpace Comedy before joining Comedy Central in 2010. Ellner started in comedy as a door guy at the Comedy Store and eventually earned the coveted status of being made a “paid regular” by Mitzi Shore after 24 painstaking showcases. He performed as a stand-up comedian for over 10 years.