Jay Cheel
Jay Cheel (born c. 1979) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, editor and podcaster.
Career
[edit]He is mainly known for directing the feature-length documentary Beauty Day,[1][2] and short film Cooking With Gerry – Episode #2: Poutine[3] that premiered at the Flyway Film Festival.[4] Since 2005, he has been co-hosting the Film Junk Podcast, which holds the Guinness World records record for longest-running movie podcast.[5]
In addition to these works, Jay has also made several others, including a viral marketing mockumentary, entitled The Goblin Man of Norway. The film follow several fictitious professionals' opinions on a recent discovery of a humanoid robot, found buried in the glaciers of the arctic.
Cheel has shown a keen interest in time travel, as evidenced by his first documentary Obsessed and Scientific, as well as his documentary How to Build a Time Machine. Both aim to discuss the possibility of time traveling, and introduce fact while blending together elements and examples of fictitious time travel.
In July 2024, he was confirmed to write and direct a segment for V/H/S/Beyond, which was released exclusively on Shudder on October 4, 2024.[6][7]
Cursed Films
[edit]Cheel wrote, directed, and edited both seasons of the Shudder documentary series Cursed Films which explores "cursed" (troubled) productions on classic films such as The Wizard of Oz, The Exorcist and The Omen.[8][9][10]
External links
[edit]- "Jay Cheel". IMDb.
- Twisted, the 2016 documentary short about the infamous urban legend of a tornado damaging a drive-in theater while the blockbuster movie Twister was playing, on The Atlantic's official YouTube channel
References
[edit]- ↑ Leong, Melissa (June 9, 2011). "The original jackass: Cap’n Video", National Post. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ↑ Twisted explores a Niagara urban legend - Niagara Falls News
- ↑ "Cooking with Gerry – Episode #2: Poutine".
- ↑ "And Now An Unpaid Celebrity Endorsement By Reed Farrington | Flyway Film Festival". flywayfilmfestival.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Longest running movie podcast".
- ↑ Squires, John (July 10, 2024). "'V/H/S/Beyond' Coming to Shudder This Halloween; Meet the Directors". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ↑ Earl, William (July 10, 2024). "'V/H/S/Beyond' Set to Feature Segments From Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan, Justin Long and More (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ↑ Lopez, Kristen (2020-03-26). "'Cursed Films' Review: Shudder's New Docuseries Lacks Mystery". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ↑ Ewing, Jeff. "'Shudder Announces Second Season Of Docu-Series Cursed Films'". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ The Documentary That Dives Into the Mind-Boggling 'Twister' Urban Legend|Collider