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Jeff Tomsic is an American film producer, writer and director.

His short film I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. Following this, he was attached to a number of projects which remained in development hell. [1] In this time he was active in television working as a director and executive producer on the Comedy Central series Idiotsitter and This Is Not Happening . [2] In 2018 he made his film directorial debut with the film Tag . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tag Director Jeff Tomsic on Jeremy Renner's Broken Arm and Grounding Silliness in Friendship". Slashfilm. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "JEFF TOMSIC - Women in Film". womeninfilm.org. Retrieved 13 January 2019.