- Jeff Tremaine
Infobox Actor
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name = Jeff Tremaine
birthname = Jeffery James Tremaine
birthdate = birth date and age|1966|09|08
location = Unknown
spouse = Laura Tremaine (nee Windel) 2007-Present [http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/072207/wedding_43206.shtml]Jeff Tremaine (born
September 8 ,1966 ) is an Americanfilm andtelevision producer/director, and, along withJohnny Knoxville andSpike Jonze , one of the creators of MTV's "Jackass". He directed "", "Jackass Number Two ", and "Jackass" spinoff "Wildboyz ". Tremaine is the former editor of Big Brother Magazine and a former art director of the influentialBMX magazine GO as well as a former professional BMX rider. Jeff is currently theexecutive producer on theMTV reality seriesRob and Big .Using his formal background in graphic design, Tremaine took a job as the art and editorial editor at Big Brother in 1992. During this time Tremaine came in contact with some of the more colorful personalities in the skateboarding world, including
Dave Carnie ,Chris Pontius , and laterSteve-O at a Big Brother party. Tremaine also worked at Big Brother with future Jackass andWildboyz crew membersDimitry Elyashkevich andRick Kosick . Together with Dave Carnie andJohnny Knoxville , with material submitted byBam Margera , the Big Brother group created a television series based on Knoxville's Big Brother video skits and Tremaine's longtime friend and music video directorSpike Jonze submitted the pilot to various networks. After a bidding war betweenComedy Central andMTV , Jackass was picked up by MTV with Jeff as the director.Following the ending of the Jackass television series and a successful major motion picture, Tremaine joined "Jackass" alums
Chris Pontius ,Steve-O ,Dimitry Elyashkevich , andRick Kosick in the Jackass spin-offWildboyz .In 1989/90, Tremaine fronted the short-lived band Milk along with Lewman (guitar), Jenkins (bass), and BMX rider R.L. Osborn (drums). Milk achieved worldwide cult status among skateboarders when “The Knife Song” was used on
Jason Lee ’s skate section in the landmark Blind video, Video Days (the song was later reused as a snippet in during the “Rental Car-Crash Derby”).Tremaine is also an artist, who creates large, 3D works of art. On
JackassWorld .com it is quoted that Tremaine would: "spackle a sheet of plywood with papier-mâchéd beer labels, birdseed, sand, moss, or whatever other material he could get his hands on, and then paint a pretty picture on top of the whole textured mess." Many of his paintings were used on snowboards and skateboards.He graduated from
Walt Whitman High School inBethesda ,Maryland in 1985. Jeff also attendedWashington University inSt. Louis, Missouri , graduating in 1989. While attendingWashington University , Jeff was a member in good standing of theSigma Nu fraternity.References
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