Jeff Wadlow Biography

Date of Birth: March 2, 1976

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.

Although he has a handful of credits as an actor, including a small role in Pearl Harbor (2001) and a 2001 episode of the sci-fi TV series Roswell, he's primarily known as a director.

Awarded a USC Associates Endowment Scholarship for academic achievement, Jeff 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.

Jeff 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. Jeff 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 International Film Festival. When the movie was greenlit, he made his feature directorial debut with it. He followed that up with the teen drama Never Back Down (2008) and the superhero action comedy Kick-Ass 2 (2013).

Most recently, he directed the horror film Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018).

Jeff has 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:

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018)
True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Never Back Down (2008)
Cry Wolf (2005)