John Jeffcoat

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John Jeffcoat is an American director . He achieved particular fame in 2006 for his film Outsourced - On Detours to Happiness , which was continued as a television series from 2010 to 2011. In addition to his work as a director, he also appeared as a film producer , screenwriter , film editor , actor and cameraman .

Life

Jeffcoat grew up in New York City and graduated from Denison University in Ohio in 1994 . He then settled in Seattle and began working in the film industry. He made his directorial debut in 1999 with the documentary Bingo! The Documentary , which gives an insight into the very popular bingo game in the United States .

In 2006 he shot the comedy Outsourced - On Detour Fortunately, his first feature film as a director, from which he subsequently adapted and produced the television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 2010 , but was canceled after only one season.

In 2014 Jeffcoat directed the feature film Big in Japan , in which he also made a brief appearance as an actor for the first time.

Filmography

As a director

  • 1998: The Man Who Counted (short film, as assistant director)
  • 1999: Bingo! The Documentary
  • 2001: Milk (short film)
  • 2006: About Us (documentary series, 1 episode Seattle Coffee )
  • 2006: Outsourced - On detours to happiness (Outsourced)
  • 2014: Big in Japan

As a producer

  • 2010–2011: Outsourced (TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 2014: Big in Japan

As a screenwriter

  • 2006: Outsourced - On detours to happiness (Outsourced)
  • 2010-2011: Outsourced (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2014: Big in Japan

As an editor

  • 1999: Bingo! The Documentary
  • 2000: Photo Finish (short film)
  • 2000: The Byrds (short film)
  • 2001: Milk (short film)
  • 2004: Living Life
  • 2014: Big in Japan

As an actor

  • 2014: Big in Japan

As a cameraman

  • 2005: Agent Max (Max Rules)
  • 2014: My Last Year with the Nuns
  • 2015: It's So Easy and Other Lies (Documentation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with John Jeffcoat , accessed February 25, 2015
  2. ^ Strangelife.com , accessed February 25, 2015
  3. ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/serien/8193.html
  4. ↑ Big in Japan, Official Website , accessed February 25, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Jeffcoat, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century