Jack Perez is a 30-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. A member of both the DGA and WGA, he’s written and directed 15 feature films; helmed numerous TV movies, pilots for television series, second unit action sequences, network specials, behind-the-scenes documentaries, video games, reality shows and premium web series with tens of millions of hits. Everything from the pilot to XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS and TEMPTATION ISLAND to MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS and WILD THINGS 2. Also notable are his award-winning independent features, LA CUCARACHA and THE BIG EMPTY; as well as his groundbreaking first-feature, AMERICA’S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO, which virtually created the found-footage genre. His critically-acclaimed horror-comedy, SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE, Executive Produced by John Landis, played festivals and theaters world-wide. 

Jack is also the creator of the popular YouTube Premium Channel, CINEFIX,  which currently has over 3.7 million subscribers; and he wrote and directed that channel’s most popular dramatic series, FEAR FORCE FIVE, which to date has over 80 MILLION VIEWS.  

Jack has also produced for television and film; written dozens of screenplays and teleplays; is the recipient of awards for both writing and directing, and has received the critical praise of Roger Ebert, Aint it Cool News, Twitch Film, Dread Central, Fangoria Magazine, the Guardian, the LA WEEKLY, the Austin Chronicle and the New York Times.  

Jack is also a passionate film professor of over 15 years, having taught writing and directing at USC, the New York Film Academy, the Academy of Art University’s School of Motion Pictures & Television, (where he headed the Directing Track), CCC, and PCC (where he currently instructs). 

He lives in Portland with his wife and four cats. 

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