Jean-Paul Chreky

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

Biography

Chreky grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Potomac, Maryland. While he majored in biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, he was introduced to the film industry by his film professor Frank Capra, Jr. He graduated at the top of his class with an MFA in Motion Picture Production from the University of Miami.

Career

His graduate thesis film, The Shell (2005), won four of seven possible awards at the 2005 University of Miami Canes Film Festival: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editor, and Best Music. In 2004, Chreky's graduate first-year film, Triton (2004), won the Jury Award, Best Director Award, and Best Cinematography Award at the same event. The Best Director Award was shared with two other classmates. 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. Chreky has been a teaching assistant at production classes at the University of Miami and American University. He currently assists in the development of other productions, as a writer, director, assistant director, and script supervisor.

He was the 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 Guardian of Eden (2008)
• The Director (2007)
• Pork Chop and Glass of Water (2006)
• The Shell (2005)

Assistant Director

• Play House (2007)

Second Assistant Director

• The Rapture (2007)

Writer and director

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• Triton (2004)
• Everything (2004)
• Mon Amour (2003)

Script 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)

References

1. Film Miami Top Stories
2. Matrimonio Alle Bahamas - Movieplay.it
3. Apology at Hollywood.com
4. http://www.tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=11142875%7C0 tcmdb.com
5. Apology Production The New York Times
6. Independents' Film Festival Winners
7. Obr Magazine Italia "Boldi anticipa De Sica"- Matrimonio alle Bahamas
8. Independents Film Festival Tampa
9. Canes Winners Screened in Tinseltown
10. In Search Of
11. Swedish Auto
12. Freak Show Film Fest
13. NY Times Movies
14. Canes Film Festival 2008
15. James River Film Festival Juried Finalist - The Shell

External links

• Jean-Paul Chreky at The Internet Movie Database
• The Shell
• Carbon Chemistry Production Site
• Rapture Movie Official Site
• Apology official site
• OD 25 Productions