The Trainers
Jeffrey Seckendorf
Biography
Jeffrey Seckendorf has been making movies and training filmmakers for over twenty years. Beginning his career in the 1970's as a stills photographer, he went on to a decade of directing and shooting commercials in NY and LA. This led to his current career as Director and Director of Photography.
Jeff received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his silky, black and white photography on JUDY BERLIN, the winner of the 1999 Sundance award for Best Director. The wide screen epic, FINDING HOME opened theatrically in the summer of 2005 and received Best Cinematography awards at the RomeInternational Film Festival and the Tiburon Film Festivals. He recently completed photography on the screwball comedy, JESUS THE DRIVER.
Jeff directed the acclaimed short, THE CRUX, and the documentary pilot JOURNEY THROUGH FAITH and BEVERAGE BARN. He is in active development of the feature films, GUARDIAN DEVIL and QUICKWATER.
Jeff began his teaching career at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine, in the mid 1980's. As a member of the master faculty and advisory board, Jeff has taught almost every cinematography and lighting class The Workshops offers. He has taught numerous other workshops around the world and is the founder of One On One Film Training, a program offering individual training to emerging directors and cinematographers. One On One is on the web at www.OneOnOneFilmTraining.com.
Jeff is a technical SCUBA diver, Scuba instructor, and owns One On One Scuba Trainging. He is also a commercial pilot, competition aerobatic pilot, and Certificated Flight Instructor and an accomplished ice and rock climber. Clips of his work and resumes can be found at www.snaproll.com. Click here for Jeff's blog.