Jeff Tremaine (born September 4, 1966) is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating the MTV reality stunt show Jackass with Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville.
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Tremaine was born on September 4, 1966, in Durham, North Carolina. He was born to a military family that moved frequently before finally settling in Rockville, Maryland. He is the former editor of the skating culture magazine Big Brother and a former art director of the influential BMX magazine GO, as well as a former professional BMX rider. He was the executive producer on the MTV reality series Rob and Big and the executive producer of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Ridiculousness, Nitro Circus, and Adult Swim's Loiter Squad.
Tremaine directed and produced all the movies in the Jackass franchise. The third sequel to Jackass, titled Jackass 3D, was filmed in 3D starting in January 2010. The whole cast of the previous films returned. He also directed, produced, and wrote Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), the first Jackass movie with a storyline.
In 2014, Tremaine launched his production company, Gorilla Flicks.
