Who Owns Jack Kerouac? A film by Jack Shea (publication date unknown, circa 2001-2003). Jack Shea’s "Who Owns Jack Kerouac?" is a powerful and controversial documentary exploring the relationship between the author of “On the Road” and his never acknowledged daughter, Jan Kerouac (Baby Driver). The film is a record of Shea’s cross-country journey searching for answers to the controversy over Kerouac’s estate. Jack Shea (1950-2004) is an ex-patriot American artist, filmmaker, and singer/songwriter who lived and worked in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lifetime National and International Beat Poet Laureate, Ron Whitehead, called “Who Owns Jack Kerouac” the most important film ever made about Kerouac.