JESSE PERETZ (Director)

In addition to THE EX, Peretz has also directed two other feature films,  THE CHATEAU (with Paul Rudd and Romany Malco) and FIRST LOVE LAST RITES (with Giovanni Rabisi and Natasha Gregson Wagner), as well as the JJ Abrams pilot THE CATCH.

For years he has worked as a commercial and music video director, directing Grammy and MTV award winning videos for bands like The Foo Fighters, The Breeders, The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub, to name a few. In the mid ‘90s he co-created and directed the “JIMMY THE CAB DRIVER” spots for MTV, which starred Donal Logue.

Currently he is a casting a film IT IS WHAT IT IS, to be produced by Anthony Bregman’s new company Likely Story. Also in development is a film about the JT Leroy literary Hoax with the Weinstein Company as well as a script by Jonathan Ames, entitled WAKE UP, SIR!, based on Ame’s novel. WAKE UP, SIR! is to star Jason Bateman.