A TASTE FOR CHEEKY HUMOR, JEFFREY'S EYE FOR THE FARCE IN HUMAN ENDEAVOR HAS DEFINED A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE AD WORLD. HE'S SHOT BIG CAMPAIGNS FOR SMALL AGENCIES FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND SMALL CAMPAIGNS FROM LARGE AGENCIES ON MADISON AVENUE. THROUGH HIS DEFT CRAFT AND A MISCHIEVOUS SENSIBILITY, HE'S WON AWARDS, METAL FROM CANNES, D&AD'S, A WEIGHTY EMMY, AND A BOAT LOAD OF ADDY'S, HIS EARLY CAREER IGNITED WHEN JEFFREY WAS A SELECTED FOR THE SAATCHI & SAATCHI NEW DIRECTOR SHOWCASE AND HIS SPEC COMMERCIAL FOR LENS CRAFTERS LIVES IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS ARCHIVES PERMANENT COLLECTION.
HIS PENCHANT FOR CREATING BIG ADS, LONG RUNNING NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS (HELMED THE 'FLO' PROGRESSIVE WORK), AND ICONIC SPOKES-PEOPLE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN EDITORIALS SPANNING BEST SPOTS, LUERZER'S ARCHIVE, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES, AD AGE, CREATIVITY, AND ADWEEK.
JEFFREY'S SHORT FILM, LOVE & A LUG WRENCH IS A COVETED VIMEO PICK AND PREMIERED OPENING NIGHT AT THE RENOWNED PALM SPRINGS INTERANTIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. CUNNING PERFORMANCES OF LOFTY STUPIDITY BY BEN WILSON AND ABBY MILLER (JUSTIFIED, MAD MEN, AQUARIUS), THIS BLACK COMEDY PERFECTLY STRADDLES ABSURDITY AND HUMOR IN A DIABOLICAL ODE TO LOVE.
HE CREDITS HIS CREATIVE PROCESS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO WROTE IN HIS REPORT CARD, "JEFFREY IS AN INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN, HOWEVER HE REPEATEDLY DISRUPTS CLASS WITH INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS THAT ONLY HE FINDS AMUSING," (PICTURE A SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ROMANTIC AND MORE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE VERSION OF GOOD WILL HUNTING). OUT OF DEEP GRATITUDE, EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON JEFFREY SENDS MS. BOND A FRUIT CAKE.
JEFFREY GUEST TEACHES AT THE GRADUATE FILM PRODUCTION CLASS AT NYU TISCH SCHOOL AND CUNY BROOKLYN COLLEGE.
LINKS:
http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/vimeo-short-film-week-love-lug-wrench/
https://lbbonline.com/news/assembly-signs-award-winning-director-jeffrey-fleisig/
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