JEREMY KRUSE
biography
Jeremy Kruse is a writer, actor, producer and director. Kruse has written, produced, directed, edited and acted in over 20 short films. He has been involved in numerous plays, sketch comedy shows, independent films, commercials and televisions spots in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. His short film, Anti-narrative Number 4, has been screened at multiple film festivals and won the "Director's Choice" award at the San Francisco International Festival of Short Films. Hot Beans And Chuck–A Comedic Cabaret Experience, a show that he co-wrote and co-developed, ran at Davenport ’s Piano Bar and Cabaret and received auspicious reviews from the Chicago Reader. There was a successful workshop production of his play, Low Hanging Fruit, at Second City's Skybox Theater in Chicago in April and May of 2004. Low Hanging Fruit was selected for a reading at the Abingdon Theatre Company in New York City in 2006 and the Boarshead Theatre in Michigan in 2007. Lockers, the play he wrote for young people in middle school and early high school, is published by Dramatic Publishing and has been produced in the United States and abroad. His one-act play, Futile Efforts, was part of The Ensemble Studio Theatre's (New York ) 1997 Winter Festival. His scene book Dispositions: A Scene Book for Actors has been used since 1996 in the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute's high school program and in Strasberg's first year New York University classes for scene study. In 1992, his one-act play, Sideline, received second place in The Illinois Young People's Playwriting competition and was selected for a reading at The Illinois Theater Fest. Jeremy has also performed stand-up at numerous venues in Chicago and L.A. including Zanies and The Improv. He graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in drama. He studied playwriting at the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York. Kruse is also a graduate of Second City ’s conservatory improvisation program and comedy writing program.
Jeremy is a member of Screen Actors Guild and Actors' Equity Association.
Recently and now
- Jeremy created, wrote, acted in and co-directed the pilot episode of X Pimp in May of 2010 in New York. X Pimp is a webisode about an ex pimp who tries to go legit by starting a dating service. "He was a pimp. Now he's an X pimp."
- Jeremy directed and edited a feature length documentary about method acting, The Lee Strasberg Method in May of 2010 in New York.
- Jeremy completed production on an animated TV pilot, The Middle Coast Show, which he created, wrote and animated. A pitch book is available. Contact Jeremy in order to receive a hard copy of the book and a DVD of the pilot episode.
- Jeremy's short comedic film, Hat Trick, which he wrote and directed, was screened at the Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Fest in September of 2009.
- He directed the comedic short, Flüffenhaus: The Comeback of a Pop Culture Icon, in June of 2009, which is written by Emily Skyle. He also edited the film.
- Jeremy acted in Driving the Dynamite Truck, a short comedic film in June of 2009.
- Jeremy’s short comedic experimental film, Anti-narrative Number 4, won the "Director's Choice" award at The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films in August of 2008. Jeremy wrote, directed and acted in the film.
- Anti-narrative Number 4 was screened at the 2009 Lake County Film Festival and the 2008 Illinois International Film Festival. In March of 2008, Anti-narrative Number 4, was accepted and screened at the Big Mini DV Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY and was named a finalist in the 41st Humboldt Film Fest in Arcata, CA. Anti-narrative Number 4 was also accepted and screened at the Maryland Film Festival and the Ybor Festival Of The Moving Image in Tampa, FL. The film received Honorable Mention for an experimental film in The Accolade Competition in La Jolla, CA.
- He is currently writing and directing a documentary film, Related to Charlemagne, (treatment available) that chronicles his years of genealogy research and the world of genealogy in general. This project was started in 2007 and its end date is indefinite.
- His short documentary film, Autism Enlightened (co-directed with Christina Blakey) has received over 53,000 hits on youtube.com.
- His full-length screenplay, A Tangled Webb, was a quarter finalist in the 2007 Slamdance Screenplay competition.
- Selected monologues from his play, Lockers, were published in 2007 by Dramatic Publishing in Editor’s Choice: Audition Monologues For Women and Editor’s Choice: Audition Monologues For Men.
- Jeremy created, wrote, acted in and co-directed the pilot episode of X Pimp in May of 2010 in New York. X Pimp is a webisode about an ex pimp who tries to go legit by starting a dating service. "He was a pimp. Now he's an X pimp."
Still image from Anti-narrative Number 4
www.internetvideomag.com picked Jeremy's films for
"Best Films and Videos of the Week" on August 21, 2006.
They wrote:
"Here is a nice collection of funny short films with a definite theme
and attitude. Have you ever wanted to wreck havoc at your place of
employment? Check out Jeremy Kruse's web site. He is a writer,
actor, producer and director. Kruse has written, produced, directed,
edited and acted in over 20 short films."
