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Shaun Jefford

March 2007

Director / Writer

2007 - "Beijing Punk" Directed this documentry on the Chinese punk scene.

2007 - "Get Huge" Wrote this US feature comedy.

2006 - "Fink" Brought in to rescue this 90 minute Feature film staring Sam Worthington, Steve Bastoni and Johnny Boxer. Producer

2006 - "Unknown Things" Re-cut and packaged and sold  this film by Bruno Coppola. Producer

2006 - "Two Door Mansion". Took this outstanding little film packaged it and sold it to distributors.  Producer

2005 - "True Identity", A 90 min comedy about mostachio envy. Shot on anamorphic 35mm  in London. Director

2005 - "Masaai" feature doc in NY and Kenya as Producer.

2005 - "Telling Lies", 90-minute English drama. First Assistant Director.

2004 - Magic Johnson Remy Martin television commercials in New York and Los Angeles as Producer.

2000 - 2003 - Worked as an instructor to the Advanced Students at the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios, Los Angeles.  During this period I worked on literally hundreds of short films and in every imaginable production situation.2001 - 2004 Various shorts and commercial / industrial films.

Director's Bio

Shaun Jefford's Home Page.

Born in Sydney Australia Nov 72.

Made super 8mm movies in school and fell in love with filmmaking.

Worked for 5 years as a management consultant in the Australian business world. Boardrooms, personnel and spreadsheets, that stuff.

Made a short film about a man who goes to the bathroom and explodes, with some friends in 99. Received with mixture of fascination and repulsion in the business world. Fell in love with film again. Told a conference full of business people to go fuck themselves in 99.

Moved to LA and started learning about guerrilla filmmaking.

Worked on literally thousands of short student films between 99 and 2004 - working as an instructor at a film school in LA.

Made the Edge of the World in 2003 - 2004 - as writer, producer and director.

Sold Edge of the World to Village Road Show, late 2004.

Made a series of Remy Martin commercials in LA and NY in 2004 - one of them starring Magic Johnson.

First AD'd "Telling Lies" in London. Starring Mel B (Spice Girls) and Jason Flemyng (Lock stock and two smoking Barrels). 35mm.

Directed "True Identity" in March of 2005. A 90 min comedy about mostachio envy. Shot on anamorphic 35mm in London.

Produced "Two Door Mansion". Took this outstanding little film packaged it and sold it to distributors.

Produced "Fink" in 2006. Starring Sam Worthington ( Avatar ). Took this incomplete film over, hired a new crew, re-cut, post produced and delivered it to distributors.

I am "quad-coastal" Sydney, LA, NY, London.

Letters of Recommendation

Michael Kramer, Writer/Director.

Tim Carter

Director's Bio