Associate producer Jay Hernandez began his long-term collaboration with producer Dany Wolf and director Gus Van Sant in 1998. Hernandez associate produced Van Sant and Wolf’s Gerry (2002). Other projects with Van Sant and Wolf include the controversial remake of Psycho (1998); Van Sant’s first digital effort, Jokes, scripted by Harmony Korine; and Finding Forrester (2002).

Hernandez began his career as the executive assistant to the producers of Good Luck (1997), starring Gregory Hines and Vincent D’Onofrio.