Jeff Preiss

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Jeff Preiss is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, director and producer known for Let's Get Lost (1988) and Broken Noses (1987).[1]

Career

In 1987 Preiss began working with Rosa von Praunheim and Bruce Weber as Director of Photography on a series of short films and features. This included the documentary features Dolly, Lotte and Maria, Broken Noses[2] and Let's Get Lost.[3] The latter, which focused on the jazz legend Chet Baker, won the Venice Film Festival Critics Award[4] and received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary.[5]

Preiss collaborated for three years with Weber, then expanded his career to include directing television commercials and music videos (including music video clips for

B52s, and Mariah Carey;[6] and commercials for Nike,[7] L.L. Bean,[8] and Monster.com.[9] Preiss directed an advertisement produced by Deutsch LA for Zillow, the real estate database company.[10][11]

In May 2005, Preiss co-founded Orchard,

Museum of Modern Art, New York
.

Preiss later became a founding partner of Epoch Media Group,

biopic based on the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany, along with producers Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger, and Burton Ritchie.[16][17]
It was released in 2014.

Preiss is now a board member at Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York.[18] He was also a board member of The Collective for Living Cinema.[19]

Personal life

Preiss is separated from his wife, the painter R. H. Quaytman. They have a son.[20][21][22]

Preiss currently resides in New York.[19]

References

  1. ^ Broken Noses, New York Times
  2. ^ Broken Noses Review, New York Times 1987.
  3. ^ Let's Get Lost Review, NY Times 1989.
  4. ^ Festival mentions for Let's Get Lost, 1989.
  5. ^ Academy Award Nomination, amc movie guide.
  6. ^ Mariah Carey Videography
  7. ^ Director's Reel, Epoch Films.
  8. ^ L.L. Bean "Journey", AdWeek.
  9. ^ Rise and Shine with Monster.com, AdWeek.
  10. ^ Todd Bishop (February 20, 2015). "Zillow tugs at heartstrings in new ad, to debut during Oscars". GeekWire. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ^ "Deutsch LA Brings It All Back Home for Zillow". Adweek. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. ^ "Orchard Exhibition in Berlin". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  13. ^ Adweek article on Jeff Preiss at Epoch Media Group
  14. ^ Gigantic Credits,
  15. ^ "'Low Down' just had to get made". Los Angeles Times. January 21, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  16. ^ westsideschl (January 27, 2015). "Low Down (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  17. ^ Light Industry
  18. ^ a b "Epoch Films – Jeff Preiss". Epoch Films. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  19. ^ Steinberg, Claudia (July 8, 2004). "New York Times, July 8, 2004 - HOUSE PROUD; Built Just as the Sculptor Dreamed It, by Claudia Steinberg". The New York Times.
  20. ^ "R.H. Quaytman - Magazine - Art in America". Art in America. June 4, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  21. ^ "R.H. Quaytman uses Op Art to tell a story at the Institute of Contemporary Art - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
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