Jean-Paul Chreky

Jean-Paul Chreky (born October 7,1980) is an american film producer, director.

Biography

Grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Potomac, Maryland. Graduated at the top of his class with an MFA in Motion Picture Production from the University of Miami and with an A academic average in both his science and fine art degrees. Majored in Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and was introduced to the film industry by his film professor Frank Capra, Jr.

Career

His graduate thesis film, The Shell (2005), won four of seven possible awards at the 2005 Canes Film Festival. These include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editor, and Best Music. In 2004, Jean-Paul's graduate first-year film, Triton (2004), won the Jury Award, Best Director Award, and Best Cinematography Award at the same event. He is the first University of Miami MFA film student to ever win the Best Director Award for both the thesis film and the first-year film. The Shell (2005) is a recipient of the 2005 Florida Choice Award selected by The Education Channel.Jean-Paul has instructed film production classes at the University of Miami and American University as well as filmmaking and acting classes at a private academy. Today, Jean-Paul continues to assist in the development of a multitude of productions by frequently working as a writer, director, assistant director, and script supervisor.

Recent works include script supervisor for Swedish Auto starring Lukas Haas and January Jones directed by Derek Sieg. As well as the feature film In Search Of directed by Zeke Zelker and Apology starring Mira Furlan.

Filmography

Producer

* No One Doubts the Camera Eye (2008)
* Vampire Winter (2008)
* The Essential Man (2008)
* The Guardian of Eden (2008)
* The Director (2007)
* Pork Chop and Glass of Water (2006)
* The Shell (2005)

Assistant Director

* Play House (2007)

econd Assistant Director:

* The Rapture (2007)

Writer and Director

* The Shell (2005)
* Triton (2004)
* Everything (2004)
* Mon Amour (2003)

cript Supervisor

* In Search Of (2008)
* Apology (2007)
* Swedish Auto (2006)

Actor

* Matrimonio alle Bahamas (2007)
* The Fury's Prey (2006)
* Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
* Dawson's Creek (2001)

Notes

References

# [http://www.miamidade.gov/filmiami/home-TS-052808-2.asp Film Miami Top Stories]
# [http://www.movieplayer.it/film/14906/matrimonio-alle-bahamas/ Matrimonio Alle Bahamas - Movieplay.it]
# [http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Apology/4234138 Apology at Hollywood.com]
# [http://www.tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=11142875%7C0 http://www.tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=11142875%7C0]
# [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/449547/Apology/credits Apology Production The New York Times]
# [http://www.onsayfa.com/oyuncu/jean-paul-chreky-t15580.html Biography at OnSayFa.com]
# [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:OJvOTp9hx1EJ:www.uncwil.edu/bio/documents/biology_newsletterspring05_000.pdf+Jean+paul+Chreky+Films&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=27&gl=us&ie=UTF-8 UNCW Marine Biology lab]
# [http://www.indiefilmfest.us/winners05.html Indepents' Film Festival Winners]
# [http://magazine.qbr.it/Cinema_Tv-2/Recensioni-14/Boldi_anticipa_De_Sica-1847/ Obr Magazine Italia "Boldi anticipa De Sica"- Matrimonio alle Bahamas]
# [http://www.greenroommiami.com/ArchArticle.aspx?ID=356 Independents Film Festival Tampa]
# [http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/article/canes_film_festival_winners_screened_films_in_tinseltown/ Canes Winners Screened in Tinseltown ]
# [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482525/fullcredits In Search Of]
# [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800228/fullcredits Swedish Auto]
# [http://www.freakshowfilmfest.com/freakmovies07-2.html Freak Show Film Fest]
# [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1464788/Jean-Paul-Chreky NyTimes Movies]
# [http://www.canesfilmfestival.com/ Canes Film Festival 2008]
# [http://www.rmicweb.org/jrff/2007/friday07.html James River Film Festival Juried Finalist - The Shell]

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1785621/ Jean-Paul Chreky] at [The Internet Movie Database]

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482597/ The Shell]

* [http://www.carbon-chemistry.com Carbon Chemistry Production Site]

* [http://www.rapturethemovie.com/crew1.html Rapture Movie Official Site]

* [http://apologythemovie.com/ Apology Official Site]

* [http://www.od25.com/pages/1/index.htm/ OD 25 Productions]