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Jeffrey Clark Wadlow (born March 2, 1976) is an American writer, producer and director.

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Jeff Wadlow
Wadlow at San Diego Comic-Con 2013
Born	Jeffrey Clark Wadlow (1976-03-02) March 2, 1976 (age 46) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Dartmouth College University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1996–present
Parent(s)	Emily Couric (mother) R. Clark Wadlow (father)
Family	Katie Couric (aunt)

Life and career

Wadlow was born in Arlington, Virginia, the son of Emily Couric, a state senator, and R. Clark Wadlow. His mother's sister is journalist Katie Couric. He has a sister, Dr. Anne Drogula, who teaches Latin at Ohio University. Wadlow attended Dartmouth College, graduating with a BA in History and Film modified by Drama and a citation for outstanding work in Animation. The following year, he attended the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television after being Awarded a USC Associates Endowment Scholarship for academic achievement, Wadlow went on to graduate in 2001. While there, he made The Tower of Babble (2002), which he conceived, co-wrote, acted in and directed. He received more than two dozen awards for the short, including Best Short Film at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and at the St. Louis International Film Festival, the George Méliès Cinematography Award at the Taos Talking Picture Festival, and a Student Award at USA Film Festival.[1]

He went on to receive the Short Film Prize at the Wine Country Film Festival for Manual Labor (2002) and the Best Animated Short at the New Haven Film Fest for Catching Kringle (2004). Having won the short film division at the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Competition for Living the Lie (2002), he aspired to enter the competition with a feature film.

In 2005, Wadlow and Beau Bauman came up with the idea for Wadlow's theatrical directorial debut Cry Wolf with the money Wadlow won in the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Competition for his short film, Living the Lie.[2] Along with co-writer Beau Bauman, created a five-minute presentation piece starring Topher Grace and Estella Warren that won a top prize at the Toronto Film Festival.

As an actor, he has played a small role in Pearl Harbor and a professor on an episode of the sci-fi TV series Roswell, which aired May 7, 2001. Wadlow also founded The Adrenaline Film Project, a program to help aspiring filmmakers of all ages conceive and complete a short film in just 72 hours.

He directed the film Never Back Down, which was released on March 14, 2008, and starred Djimon Hounsou and Sean Faris.[1] The movie went on to beat out big budget competition to win the MTV movie award for "Best Fight." Wadlow also wrote and directed Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to the 2010 black comedy superhero film Kick-Ass.[3]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2005	Cry Wolf	Yes	Yes	No
2007	Prey	No	Yes	No
2008	Never Back Down	Yes	No	No
2013	Kick-Ass 2	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Non-Stop	No	No	Executive
2016	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Truth or Dare	Yes	Yes	Executive
2020	Fantasy Island	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
	Bloodshot	No	Yes	No
2022	The Curse of Bridge Hollow	Yes	No	Executive

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2002	The Tower of Babble	Yes	Story	George Méliès Cinematography Award NYIIFV Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film SLIFF Award for Best Dramatic Short Student Award Nominated – Deauville Film Festival – Best Short Film
	Manual Labor	Yes	Yes	Also editor; Wine Country Film Festival – Best Short Film (Domestic)
2004	Catching Kringle	Yes	Story	Jury Award for Best Short Film – Animated

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
2010	The Odds	No	Yes	Yes
2011	Hail Mary	No	Yes	Yes
2013	Bates Motel	No	Yes	Yes	Consulting producer, 6 episodes Writer, episodes "Ocean View" and "What's Wrong with Norman"
2015	Agent X	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Long Walk Home"
2017	The Strain	No	Yes	Yes	10 episodes Writer, episode "Belly of the Beast"
2019	Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television	Yes	No	Yes	8 episodes
2021	Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows	Yes	No	Yes	4 episodes[4]

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Pearl Harbor	Next Guy In Line #1
	Roswell	Professor	Episode: "Baby, It's You"
2002	The Tower of Babble	Derek
2007	I'm Through with White Girls	Billy

Other credits

Year	Title	Notes
1996	The Pallbearer	Office production assistant (as Jeffrey Clark Wadlow)
1999	The Big Kahuna	Set production assistant (as Jeffrey C. Wadlow)

References

External links

• Jeff Wadlow at IMDb
• Jeff Wadlow at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Jeff Wadlow

Jeff Clark Wadlow (* 2. März 1976 in Virginia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Schauspieler.

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- [en] Jeff Wadlow

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[es] Jeff Wadlow

Jeff Wadlow es un director, productor, guionista y actor estadounidense.[1] Hijo de la fallecida Emily Couric y sobrino de la presentadora de la CBS Katie Couric.

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[ru] Уодлоу, Джефф

Джефф Кларк Уодлоу (англ. Jeffrey Clark Wadlow; род. 2 марта 1976 года) — американский кинорежиссёр , сценарист и кинопродюсер. Наиболее известен как сценарист и режиссёр супергеройской комедии «Пипец 2» 2013 года.

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