Jeff Vespa

Jeff Vespa

Birth : 1970-01-17, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Jeff Vespa

Movies

Save Ralph
Producer
Ralph, a bunny being interviewed for a documentary, goes through his daily routine as a “tester” in a lab.
Illipino
Producer
A troubled Filipino teen finds her strength through street dance.
Voices of Parkland
Director
Voices of Parkland explores the the tragic shooting on February 14, 2018 when seventeen students and teachers were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This was the deadliest school shooting in United States history. In days that followed, inspired by the brave survivors, Vespa traveled to Florida to interview the students, teachers and the parents of the victims capturing over 35 testimonials. By interweaving their stories Vespa creates a raw first-person account of the tragedy and its immediate aftermath. —Vespa Pictures Inc
Cherry Lemonade
Producer
On a hot summer day in a lower-income neighborhood, a black girl learns to take the lead on her own terms.
Paris Song
Director
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. He meets American songwriter George Gershwin forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship. While Amre’s talent for singing opens up an exciting new world outside Kazakhstan, he is forced to choose between following his singing career and remaining loyal to his home country.
Singularity Song
Associate Producer
With a large scale video environment, Rachel Mason creates a virtual black hole, where her song cycle becomes a score for gravitational waves, and renowned dancer and choreographer Oguri inhabits a dimension beyond earth. Mason was inspired by her interviews with some of the most provocative thinkers about the physics of black holes and the poetics of visualizing such immense phenomena.
Face in the Crowd
Producer
A woman on a journey through a crowd grapples with private and public revelation, repulsion, fear, personal safety, and the desire for basic human interaction.
La Petite Mort
Producer
A woman experiences the boundaries of her body as she contemplates life, death and love.
Despair
Producer
After a phone call ends in despair, a young woman faces a fatal decision.
Sunday
Producer
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
Self
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?
Playground
Producer
Libby Spears goes undercover in southeast Asia to infiltrate the vast network of people involved in human trafficking (specifically, sex slaves), and discovers that not only are a significant number of its victims children, but also that the United States is one of the industry's biggest customers. When she returns home to learn more, she discovers the roles that the educational system and law enforcement have played in keeping the issue off the radar.
Oh Baby, I Love You!
Executive Producer
When Valerie Cohen finally meets a guy who isn't "a total douche," her friends try to help her overcome a sexual tick that's been plaguing her recent romantic endeavors: every time she has an orgasm, she says "I love you." Val soon learns that her sexual tick is the least of her intimacy issues.
Nosebleed
Director
A man tries to get rid of a nosebleed with disastrous effects.
Hairspray
The Creep (uncredited)
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.