Jonathan Karsh grew up in Sacramento, California, and graduated from Rio Americano High School in 1990. Other film and television personalities who hail from this school include Barbi Benton, Merrin Dungey, and Harry Dehaven. Jonathan also played percussion in the Sacramento Youth Symphony for several years. It was clear from his high school days that Jonathan was going to be a very talented film maker. He won the coveted "Apollo Award" as one of the outstanding students in media his senior year. Rio Americano boasts very demanding classes in Radio & TV and Public Speaking. Some of Jonathan's favorite films during these years were the creatively edited 'Throw Momma from the Train'_ and the Cohen brothers' 'Blood Simple'_. Jonathan also had the opportunity to host a locally-produced TV magazine show called "Scratch" through Sacramento's CBS (now ABC) affiliate. This show won a cable Emmy and gave Jonathan the experience he needed to continue in a televison career. One of his co-hosts on scratch, was Del Campo High School graduate Lisa Ling, who went on to co-host 'The View'_ with Barbara Wallace.
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