JEFF WADLOW
Born and raised in Virginia, Jeff Wadlow graduated from Dartmouth College with a double major in History and Film modified by Drama and a citation for outstanding work in Animation.
Awarded a USC Associates Endowment Scholarship for academic achievement, Wadlow went on to graduate in 2001 from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. 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 a Chlotrudis Award, 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.
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 Chrylser Million Dollar Film Competition for Living the Lie (2002), he aspired to enter the competition with a feature film. Wadlow came up with the idea for Cry Wolf (2005) and 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 (2001) 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.
Filmography:
Hail to the Thief (2009)
Never Back Down (2008)
Cry Wolf (2005)