Jeff Preiss is an American filmmaker,

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, director and producer known for '' Let's Get Lost'' (1988) and ''Broken Noses'' (1987).

Career

In 1987 Preiss began working with

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and Bruce Weber as Director of Photography on a series of short films and features. This included the documentary features ''Dolly, Lotte and Maria'', ''Broken Noses''Broken Noses Review
New York Times 1987. and ''Let's Get Lost''.Let's Get Lost Review
NY Times 1989. The latter, which focused on the jazz legend Chet Baker, won the

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Critics AwardFestival mentions for Let's Get Lost
1989. and received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary.Academy Award Nomination
amc movie guide. Preiss collaborated for three years with Weber, then expanded his career to include directing television commercials and music videos (including music video clips for

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, REM, B52s, and

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/ref> and commercials for Nike,Director's Reel
Epoch Films. L.L. Bean,L.L. Bean "Journey"
AdWeek. and Monster.com.Rise and Shine with Monster.com
AdWeek. Preiss directed an advertisement produced by Deutsch LA for

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, the real estate database company. In May 2005, Preiss co-founded Orchard,Orchard Gallery Page
,. a co-operative experimental exhibition space, where he collaborated on a series of films with

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, Nicolás Guagnini, Christian Philipp Müller, Josiah McElheny, Moyra Davey and Anthony McCall. Works from this series have joined collections including the

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, Madrid and the

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. Preiss later became a founding partner of Epoch Media Group,Adweek article on Jeff Preiss at Epoch Media Group
/ref> where he executive produced the motion picture ''Gigantic''.Gigantic Credits
In 2013 Epoch produced ''

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'', a

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based on the life of jazz pianist

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, along with producers

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, Albert Berger, and Burton Ritchie. It was released in 2014. Preiss is now a board member at Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York.Light Industry
/ref> He was also a board member of The Collective for Living Cinema.

Personal life

Preiss is separated from his wife, the painter

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. They have a son. Preiss currently resides in New York.

References

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