Jesse Peretz

Jesse Peretz
Born	May 19, 1968 (1968-05-19) (age 43) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Occupation	Director, musician

Jesse Peretz (born May 19, 1968)^[1] is an American bass guitar player, feature film director, and Grammy-Award winning music video director.

Life and career

Peretz was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Anne Devereux (née Labouisse) and publisher Marty Peretz.^[1] His maternal grandfather was diplomat Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr.

Peretz was a founding member of the Cambridge-based rock band The Lemonheads. He left the band as a musician prior to the band's breakthrough album It's A Shame About Ray, however he continued to work with them as a photographer and music video director. His first videos for The Lemonheads were for the songs "Mrs. Robinson", "Confetti" and "It's a Shame about Ray". He went on to direct videos for the Foo Fighters, Jack Black and The Breeders, as well as creating and co-directing the "Jimmy the Cab-Driver" comedy vignettes for MTV with his friends from Harvard, Donal Logue and Clay Tarver. Peretz also directed several commercials including spots for Nike, Ikea and Sony PlayStation. In 1998, he directed a feature film called First Love, Last Rites and has directed three other films since then.

Filmography

• First Love, Last Rites (1997)
• The Château (2001)
• Superchunk: Crowding Up Your Visual Field (2004)
• The Ex (2007)
• Our Idiot Brother (2011)

Videography

• "It's a Shame About Ray" by The Lemonheads (1992)
• "Confetti" by The Lemonheads (1992)
• "Mrs. Robinson" by The Lemonheads (1992)
• "Shocker in Gloomtown" by The Breeders (1994)
• "Girl From Mars" by Ash (1996)
• "Popular" by Nada Surf (1996)
• "Big Me" by Foo Fighters (1996)
• "Learn To Fly" by Foo Fighters (1999)
• "I Can Buy You" by A Camp (2001)
• "The One" by Foo Fighters (2002)
• "Idiot Boyfriend" by Jimmy Fallon (2002)
• "The Seed 2.0" by The Roots featuring Cody ChestnuTT (2003)
• "Followed The Waves" by Melissa Auf der Maur (2004)
• "School of Rock" by Jack Black (2004)
• "Low" by Foo Fighters (2004)
• "Long Road to Ruin" by Foo Fighters (2007)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Jesse Peretz Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 1968-05-19. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800348418/bio. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 

External links

• Biography and videos
• Jesse Peretz at the Internet Movie Database
• Entry at mvdbase.com

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Name	Peretz, Jesse
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Date of birth	May 19, 1968
Place of birth	Cambridge, Massachusetts
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