JEFF CONSIGLIO
President, VFR FILMS

Jeff Consiglio has served for years as an A-list editor of commercials, film trailers, main title sequences, music videos and documentaries for clients such as Peter Weir, Michael Bay, John Frankenheimer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Kevin Costner, David E. Kelley, John Sayles, Beck, David Gray, Sony, Universal Pictures, Touchstone, HBO, HP, IBM, Budweiser, Chevrolet and more.

Jeff edited the music video "Pork and Beans" for Weezer, earning the 2009 GRAMMY AWARD for BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO and a Nomination for BEST MUSIC VIDEO EDITING at the 2008 MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS, and the documentary feature film WARDANCE, directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, which earned the 2008 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE. Wardance was awarded BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTING at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and won numerous awards at other festivals around the world. Jeff also edited the documentary feature THE BALLAD OF BERING STRAIT, directed by Nina Gilden Seavey, which received the Audience Favorite Award at The Washington DC International Film Festival, the festival favorite documentary short POSITIVELY NAKED for HBO/Cinemax, the music videos GIRL for BECK and THE ONE I LOVE for DAVID GRAY, and the short film DANDELION DHARMA, which won the coveted AUDIENCE FAVORITE Award at the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest.

Under the VFR Films banner, Jeff has written and directed nearly 30 original short films spanning the genres of horror, thriller, comedy, cinema verite, drama and music video. Many of his films have been broadcast on AMC TV.

Jeff founded the landmark film directing collective, GROUP101FILMS, which grew from five filmmakers to over 750 operating in 12 US cities, Canada, Denmark, Pakistan and the Philippenes, and produced over 4000 short films in five years. Group101Films is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010 with a rebranded global launch.

Jeff divides his time between filmmaking and fine art & commercial photography in Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC.

In May of 2003 Jeff served as the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony for the 2003 VA Tech Department of Communication Studies.