Award Winning Filmmaker Jack Venturo was born in Lima, Peru on January 9, 1981. Jack left Peru and came to the United States in March of 1990, spening two months in New York before settling in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Andrew struck on August 24, 1992 and Jack then settled in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Jack was accepted in the magnet program The Pinellas County Center for the Arts (P.C.C.A) at Gibbs High School in 1996 as a Visual Artist.

While in P.C.C.A. he pursued a wide range of visual arts including photography, oil painting, welding, rendering, sketching, design, sculpture art history and film history.

An interest in puppeteering led Jack to create his puppet, Stanley who quickly became very popular and inspired him to write a full three-part screenplay about the puppet. He then created his first feature length film, "Natural Born Stanley" which was released on December 19, 1997.

With an intent on maintaining creative control over his future films, Jack channeled all of his efforts into creating his own production company and so Moviegod Productions was formed and with it came the much-anticipated sequel "Stanley 2 - The Legacy", released on February 13, 1999. Subsiquently following was the birth of www.MoviegodProductions.com on November 28, 1999.

Jack continued his sculptures, painting and artwork and held an art exhibition in March of 2000, entitled "Fear", which dealt with horror and its portrayal in motion pictures.

Jack quickly moved on to the next project, writing and directing "Lost in the Wilderness" which opened on June 22, 2000 at the Film Paradiso Beach Theatre in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The premiere was an undisputed success, with lines forming around the theatre. The premiere with young and old moviegoers alike was sold out opening night. The premiere included a display of behind the scenes photos, complimentary gifts for pre-purchase ticket holders, autographed pictures of the cast, movie-based merchandise and a live performance by "Kill Theory", who played live music from the original motion picture soundtrack. "It was more than a premiere, it was a celebration," a fan later said.

The VHS sales of "Lost in the Wilderness" surpassed the sales of both Stanley movies.

Jack was a fulltime high school student at Gibbs and a part time cameraman at The Home Shopping Network. While working there he wrote four projects including movies and cartoon shows. Jack graduated High School on June of 2000 and on December 24 Jack packed up everything he owned and moved to Studio City, CA.

In July of 2003, Jack started working on his 4th film, entitled "The Shortest Day". The film was released on Friday, September 5, 2003 to critical acclaim. It was the most nominated and most awarded movie at The 2003 Circle of Excellence Film Festival Archie Awards. The awards ceremony included both Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and was held at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. It was nominated for four Archie Awards, of which it won three:

• Best Screenplay - Jack Venturo
• Best Actor - Chris Pagano
• Best Director - Jack Venturo

"The Shortest Day" did not win Best Picture but it was awarded a special Archie Award:

• 1st Runner-up Best Picture

In June of 2004 Jack created his own personal website, www.Jackorama.com; which is a portfolio of all his art work from photography to paintings and sculptures. In December of that year Jack was working in Simi Valley where he met Eydie, they quickly became great friends. In 2005 Jack moved from Van Nuys to Simi Valley to be closer to work.

In March of 2006 Jack took a much needed year long sabbatical from filmmaking, writing and web building. He spent his personal time off hiking, mountain climbing, sight seeing, reading, soul searching, meditating, resting and learning about himself, life, people. In October of 2006 Jack and Eydie started dating.

On February 16, 2007 Jack was ordained by Rose Ministries and became a Reverend capable of performing Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals and other spiritual ceremonies, the same month Jack became a set intern for Shadow Machine Films building miniature sets and props for "Robot Chicken" on Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. His work can be seen on www.Jackorama.com. W hile working on Robot Chicken Jack learned more about miniatures, stop motion and cartoons.

On August 17, 2007 Jack became a citizen of The United States of America, being sworn in at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles. The very next month on September 24th Jack and Eydie discovered they where pregnant and 9 months later on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM they welcomed their daughter Athena Phoenix Venturo into the world. She weighed 8lbs 5oz and meassured 20 inches long; more pictures of Athena and her life are available on Athena's page HERE. Athena is Eydie's 4th and Jack's 1st daughter.

On July 18, 2008 Jack Venturo started filming The next project for Moviegod Productions Entertainment (MPE), his 5th movie he wrote while being an office temp, starring David Haverty as Mike Freeman.

"The Death of Tempo" is a drama, which is very different from previous films by MPE it finished production in March 2009. Post production was completed on September 1, 2009 which is the same day that Jack and Eydie got married.

With the help of several contributors Jack was able to finalize the post production and release the fild on DVD. This time around Jack wanted to make sure everyone knew the process of his filmmaking, his passion and his labor so he documented every production day as a behind the scenes video diary. Jack Venturo's Production Diaries can be seen on the official website and on the special features of the DVD.

As soon as the movie was on DVD Jack started the film festival submission process and documented what happens AFTER the release of the movie as well in the Tempo Update Vlogs. He wanted to show everyone that once the movie is finished, the work for an independent filmmaker continues with setbacks, perrils and triumphs; such as not geting accepted into festivals, as well as getting accepted into the Crystal Palace International Film Festival in London and being nominated as a finalist.

The movie was also accepted into the 10Squared Film Festival in Fullerton, CA where it won:

• 1st Place Jury Award (Panel of judges included a film critic for the L.A Times)
• Best Picture - 1st Place People's Choice (After watching all 10 films the audience chose the movie as their favorite)

After the ceremony was over the festival had a raffle and gave away prizes to the audience, Jack quickly donated a DVD of "The Death of Tempo" to the raffle and a very happy audience member won the film he voted for.

The movie is available for purchase at the Studio Store!

Jack is currently living in Los Angeles, California; he has started writting his 6th movie which will be a pshycological thriller. Jack is also writting and working on several projects ranging from T.V. sitcoms, cartoon shows, short and feature length movies, art, sculptures, dioramas, graphic design, web design, headshot photography, music video editing. He is also working on updating the websites and creating and editing videos for You Tube.

When Jack is not working on his projects he spends time with his beloved wife Eydie (Pictured middle), Hali 16 (Left), Isabella 8 (Bottom Left) Xochitl 7 (Bottom Right) and Athena 2.

To be continued...................