Jeffrey Tremaine (born September 4, 1966) is an American television director, television producer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating the reality stunt show '' Jackass'' with

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and

Johnny Knoxville Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971), best known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, writer, producer, and professional wrestler. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show ...

Career

Tremaine was born on September 4, 1966, in

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. He was born to a military family that moved frequently before finally settling in

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. He is the former editor of the skating culture magazine '' Big Brother'' and a former art director of the influential

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magazine ''GO'', as well as a former professional BMX rider. He was the executive producer on the

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reality series ''

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'' and the executive producer of ''

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory ''Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory'' is an American reality television series that aired on MTV from February 8, 2009, to March 5, 2015. On September 17, 2013, it was announced that ''Fantasy Factory'' was renewed for a sixth season, which premiere ...

,'' '' Ridiculousness,'' ''

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,'' and

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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's ''

Loiter Squad ''Loiter Squad'' is an American adult sketch comedy television series for Adult Swim starring Tyler, the Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, Earl Sweatshirt, and Lionel Boyce from the Los Angeles hip hop group Odd Future. The show regularly ...

''. Tremaine directed and produced all the movies in the '' Jackass'' franchise. The third sequel to ''Jackass'', titled ''

Jackass 3D ''Jackass 3D'' (known as ''Jackass 3'' on home media) is a 2010 American 3D reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine. It is the third installment in the ''Jackass'' film series, and the sequel to ''Jackass Number Two'' (2006). The film sta ...

'', ''was'' filmed in 3D starting in January 2010. The whole cast of the previous films returned. In 2014, Tremaine launched his production company, Gorilla Flicks. After announcing that Tremaine would be directing the

Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...

biopic ''

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'', 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." One year later,

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announced that they had picked up the film, keeping Tremaine on to continue with directing. In 2015, Tremaine directed the

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series '' WWE Swerved''. In 2010, Tremaine directed the ''

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'' film ''The Birth of Big Air'' and, in 2015, directed ''Angry Sky''. In September 2016, Tremaine directed a new safety video for

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. Tremaine also directed and produced the fourth main ''Jackass'' movie titled ''

Jackass Forever ''Jackass Forever'' (stylized as ''jackass fore♥er'') is a 2022 American reality comedy film directed and produced by Jeff Tremaine, along with producers Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville, and was released by Paramount Pictures. It is the four ...

'', which released theatrically on February 4, 2022.

Personal life

Tremaine went to high school and was friends with filmmaker

. Tremaine lives in Los Angeles with his wife,

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and author Laura Tremaine, and their two children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tremaine, Jeff 1966 births People from Durham, North Carolina American film directors Living people Washington University in St. Louis alumni Jackass (TV series)