Jesse Peretz

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Jesse Peretz
Born (1968-05-19) May 19, 1968 (age 55)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation(s)Film director, musician
Years active1986-present
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Jesse Peretz (born May 19, 1968) [1] is an American film and television director, TV producer and former musician. He first rose to prominence as a bass guitarist and founding member of The Lemonheads, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based band that formed in 1986. Peretz left the band as a musician shortly before its breakout album, It's a Shame About Ray , was released, but stayed on as the band photographer. After leaving The Lemonheads, he began to work extensively as a director, first in short-form works such as television commercials and music videos, later transitioning to feature films and television series. His directorial work includes the films Our Idiot Brother and Juliet, Naked , and the TV series Girls .

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Career

Peretz is a founding member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based rock band The Lemonheads, which he formed in high school with classmates Evan Dando and Ben Deily. [2] He left the band as a musician prior to the band's breakthrough album, It's a Shame About Ray ; however, he continued to work with them as a photographer and music video director. His first videos for The Lemonheads were for the songs "Mrs. Robinson", "Confetti" and "It's a Shame about Ray". [3] He went on to direct videos for the Foo Fighters (he won a Grammy for Best Music Video for "Learn to Fly"), [4] Jack Black, Nada Surf and The Breeders, [3] as well as creating and co-directing the "Jimmy the Cab-Driver" comedy vignettes for MTV with his friends from Harvard Donal Logue and Clay Tarver. [5] Peretz also directed several commercials including spots for Nike, IKEA, Barq's Root Beer, and the Sony PlayStation. [6] In 1998, he directed a feature film called First Love, Last Rites based on the Ian McEwan short story of the same name. [3] In 2001 he directed The Chateau (starring Paul Rudd), in 2006 The Ex , and in 2011 Our Idiot Brother . [7] He has worked as a producer/director on the HBO show Girls and Showtime's Nurse Jackie . [3] [8] It was announced in 2014 that Peretz would direct an adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel Juliet, Naked , produced by Judd Apatow. [9] Peretz's film version premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. [10]

Personal life

Peretz was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Anne Devereux (née Labouisse), and publisher Marty Peretz. [1] [11] His father is a descendant of Yiddish-language Jewish author I. L. Peretz. His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Scriven (Clark) and diplomat Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. His maternal great-grandfather was art collector and philanthropist Stephen Carlton Clark, who was the son of Alfred Corning Clark and the grandson of inventor Edward C. Clark. [12] His father is Jewish, and his mother is Protestant. [13]

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TV (as director)

Videography

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  5. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (November 18, 2014). "Jimmy the Cab Driver's Greatest MTV Hits". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Gardyn, Rebecca (1 November 1999). "When Jesse Peretz Laughs, The World Laughs With Him...And Sometimes At Him". Ad Age. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Brown, Hannah (July 23, 2011). "It Runs in the Family". Jerusalem Post . Israel. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lee, Ashley (June 23, 2015). "'Nurse Jackie': On the Set With Edie Falco as Show Says Goodbye for Good". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 30, 2018.
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  11. ↑ Rodrick, Stephen (January 24, 2011). "Martin Peretz Is Not Sorry About Anything". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ "New Republic Edits for Elite". Record-Journal . Meriden, Connecticut. May 5, 1985.
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