Jack Perez
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Jack Perez is an American film and television director, screenwriter and film professor.[1] He directed the comedy-thriller Some Guy Who Kills People[2] executive produced by John Landis.[3] He also directed Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, whose trailer went viral,[4] and was named by Yahoo! as one of the top 10 trailers of 2009, with more trailer views than Avatar.[5]

His first feature film, "America’s Deadliest Home Video" (1991) was a groundbreaker in the found-footage field - an ahead-of-its-time application of the vérité-video form to the horror/crime genre. [6]

He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Filmography

Name Year
America's Deadliest Home Video 1991
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 1995
Xena: Warrior Princess (pilot) 1995
The Big Empty 1997
La Cucaracha 1998
Unauthorized Brady Bunch: The Final Days 2000
Unauthorized: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story 2000
Temptation Island 2001
Temptation Island 2 2002
Monster Island 2004
Wild Things 2 2004
666: The Child 2006
Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus 2009
Polar Bear Payback (video game) 2010
T is for Tantrum (short film) 2011
Some Guy Who Kills People 2012
Blast Vegas 2013
The Family Lamp 2016
Where's Roman? 2017
Drone Wars 2017
Hyena 2021

References

  1. "Jack Perez - About This Person". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. Quinn, Anthony (5 October 2012). "Some Guy Who Kills People, Jack Perez". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  3. Paul Mount (15 October 2012). "Interview: Jack Perez, Director of SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE". Starburst. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. "SHARKS, SEQUELS AND SHEMP-ING: An Interview With Jack Perez, Part 1". Schlockmania!. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. Matt Goldberg (28 December 2009). "Yahoo! Movies Lists the 10 Most-Watched Trailers of 2009". Collider. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  6. [/https://www.fangoria.com/original/dvd-review-americas-deadliest-home-video/ "Editorial: DVD Review: America's Deadliest HomeVideo"]. Fangoria. Retrieved 2019-05-10. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
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