Jeff Tremaine

Tremaine was born on September 4, 1966, in Durham, North Carolina.[1] He was born to a military family that moved frequently before finally settling in Rockville, Maryland.[2] He is the former editor of the skating culture magazine Big Brother[3] and a former art director of the influential BMX magazine GO,[4] as well as a former professional BMX rider.[5] He was the executive producer on the MTV reality series Rob and Big[6] and the executive producer of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory,[7] Ridiculousness,[8] Nitro Circus,[9] and Adult Swim's Loiter Squad.[10]

Tremaine directed and produced all the movies in the Jackass franchise. The third sequel to Jackass, titled Jackass 3D, was filmed in 3D starting in January 2010.[11][12][13] The whole cast of the previous films returned.[14]

In 2014, Tremaine launched his production company, Gorilla Flicks.[15]

After announcing that Tremaine would be directing the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt,[16] 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."[17] One year later, Focus Features announced that they had picked up the film, keeping Tremaine on to continue with directing.[18]

In 2015, Tremaine directed the WWE Network series WWE Swerved.[19] In 2010, Tremaine directed the 30 for 30 film The Birth of Big Air and, in 2015, directed Angry Sky.[20] In September 2016, Tremaine directed a new safety video for American Airlines.[21]

Tremaine also directed and produced the fourth main Jackass movie titled Jackass Forever, which released theatrically on February 4, 2022.[22]

Tremaine went to high school and was friends with filmmaker Spike Jonze.[23] Tremaine lives in Los Angeles with his wife, podcaster and author Laura Tremaine, and their two children.[24]

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