Jeff Tremaine

Jeffrey James Tremaine (born September 4, 1966) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and showrunner. He is most closely associated with the Jackass franchise, having been involved since the inception of the first TV show.

Jeff Tremaine
From left to right: Tremaine, Jackson Nicoll, and Johnny Knoxville at a showing for Bad Grandpa
Born	Jeffrey James Tremaine (1966-09-04) September 4, 1966 Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer, showrunner
Years active	1996–present
Known for	Co-creator of Jackass
Spouse(s)	Laura Tremaine ( m. 2007)
Children	2

Career

Tremaine is the former editor of the skating culture magazine Big Brother[1] and a former art director of the influential BMX magazine GO[2] as well as a former professional BMX rider.[3] He was the executive producer on the MTV reality series Rob and Big[4] and now works as the executive producer of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory[5], Ridiculousness[6], Nitro Circus[7], and Adult Swim's Loiter Squad[8].

Tremaine directed the third sequel to Jackass, titled Jackass 3D, which was filmed in 3D starting in January 2010.[9][10][11] The whole cast of the previous films returned.[12]

In 2014, Tremaine launched his production company, Gorilla Flicks.[13]

After announcing that Tremaine would be directing the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt,[14] Tremaine made a public appearance at the band's final tour press conference confirming and also speaking on the film expressing his excitement, stating "The Dirt is a movie I've wanted to make ever since I read the book in 2002."[15] One year later, Focus Features announced that they had picked up the film, keeping Tremaine on to continue with directing.[16]

In 2015, Tremaine directed the WWE Network series, WWE Swerved[17]. In July 2015, Tremaine directed Angry Sky, a 30 for 30 film, for ESPN.[18] In September 2016, Tremaine directed a new safety video for American Airlines.[19]

Personal Life

Tremaine lives in Los Angeles with his wife, podcaster and author Laura Tremaine and their two children.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Jackass: The Movie	Himself	Director Producer
2006	Jackass Number Two	Himself	Director Producer
2010	Jackass 3D	Himself	Director Producer
2013	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa		Director Producer
2017	Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine	Himself	Producer
2019	The Dirt		Director
2020	Bad Trip		Producer
2021	Jackass 4	Himself	Director Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2002	Jackass	Himself	Co-creator Director Executive producer (4 episodes)
2003–2006	Wildboyz	Himself	Co-creator Director Executive producer
2006–2008	Rob & Big		Co-creator Executive producer
2007	24 Hours with...	Himself	Episode: Steve-O
2007–2009	Nitro Circus	Himself	Co-creator Director (3 episodes) Executive producer
2008	Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover	Himself	Executive producer
2009	Steve-O: Demise and Rise	Himself	Executive producer
2009–2015	Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory		Co-creator Executive producer
2010	The Dudesons in America		Co-creator Executive producer
2010–2015	ESPN's 30 for 30		Director (2 episodes)
2011	A Tribute to Ryan Dunn	Himself	Executive producer
2011–present	Ridiculousness	Himself (1 episode)	Co-creator Executive producer
2012–2014	Loiter Squad		Director (8 episodes) Executive producer
2015–present	Swerved	Himself	Co-creator Director Executive producer

References

1. Abriss, Erik (2017-06-16). "Looking Back at 25 Wild and Crazy Years of Big Brother Magazine". Vice. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
2. Riley, Daniel. "Spike Jonze Opens Up About Mat Hoffman and His BMX Days". GQ. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
3. "The Birth of Big Air - ESPN Films: 30 for 30". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
4. "Director Jeff Tremaine Talks Motley Crue, Big Brother + Jackass". Not Real Art World. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
5. "MTV Unveils Final Season Trailer for 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory' (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
6. Desk, TV News. "MTV to Premiere Final Season ROB DYRDEK'S FANTASY FACTORY, 1/1". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
7. "Wanted By MTV: 'Adventure Capitalists'". Billboard. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
8. "Odd Future's 'Loiter Squad' Picked Up by Adult Swim". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
9. "Bone-Crunching Stunts In Your Face, People..." MTV. December 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
10. "'Jackass' star Johnny Knoxville has a new recruit: Baby boy Rocko". Monsters and Critics.com. December 23, 2009. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
11. "Jackass and Zombieland sequels 'to be filmed in 3D'". BBC. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
12. "Jackass 3". JackassWorld.com. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
13. gorillaflicks. "About". Gorilla Flicks. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
14. Grow, Kory; Grow, Kory (2019-03-05). "How Do You Adapt Motley Crue's Outrageous Memoir Into a Movie?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
15. Entertainment, Live Nation. "Motley Crue Announces The Final Tour Presented By Dodge". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
16. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/focus-features-picks-up-motley-764179
17. Association, Media Financial Management. "WWENETWORK PARTNERS WITH SETH GREEN, JERRY SPRINGER AND JEFF TREMAINE ON THREE NEW ORIGINAL SERIES". Multichannel. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
18. "'Angry Sky': Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
19. "American gets creative with new safety video". news.aa.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
20. "Living With Kids: Laura Tremaine ⋆ Design Mom". Design Mom. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2020-05-12.

External links

• Jeff Tremaine on IMDb