Jacques Thelemaque

Background

About Jacques Thelemaque

After attending both USC and UCLA, Jacques soon secured a 3-picture writing deal with Imagine Entertainment and, in 1993, co-founded Filmmakers Alliance. As President, he’s overseen the production of hundreds of films and developed a wide range of innovative and dynamic filmmaking support programs.In 2005, he was named Chief Community Officer of the festival submission/filmmaker support site, Withoutabox.com.In 2004, Jacques and partner Liam Finn formed FA Productions, of which they are Co-Presidents. Jacques has produced several feature films including "Shock Television",""The Dogwalker","Within","Midnight Movie" and "The Revenant". He most recently produced a national ad spot for Coke Zero.His writer-director filmography includes the feature film "The Dogwalker", as well as numerous award-winning shorts including "My Last Day On Earth","Transaction"(Sundance Film Festival, winner of the Grand Prix du Jury Award in the Labo Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival),"Infidelity In Equal Parts","Egg" and "Love Without Socks". Jacques has written two new feature scripts,"Rust" and "Hurricane Jane" and begins shooting his newest feature film, “Connection”, in April 2014.Jacques has been a juror, guest lecturer or invited speaker for many schools, festivals, organizations, workshops, and other film-related events. He recently taught and consulted part-time at AMDA in Hollywood. He’s formerly sat on the advisory board for The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (now the Los Angeles Film Festival), the IFP Emerging Filmmaker Labs, The Ashland Independent Film Festival, The Santa Monica Film Festival, The Silver Lake Film Festival and the Downtown Film Festival.Jacques has also programmed screening events and has been a programming associate for the Los Angeles Film Festival since 2011. Jacques is a features juror for the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival.