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Jessie Eastland

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Actor
  • Casting Department
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Born Jessie Robert Demeo in Brooklyn NY, and raised in the Rosedale Queens area to Aldo and Amelia Demeo. Moved to Florida in 1969 with entire family. Attended Broward Community College for two years while Playing in popular So. Florida rock band Latifundia. Finished college at University of Michigan in 1972. Jessie changed his last name to Eastland when he arrived in California in 1982.

While still in Florida, he was taking live action stills for the movie Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971), when the director asked him if he wanted to play a main character in the film. Jessie agreed, and that would be his only acting credit in the industry.

When he in arrived in California, he pursued a career behind the camera, and In 2015 he completed his full-time ambitions in Hollywood, and retired to the High Desert.

As of this writing (2022) Jessie resides in Joshua Tree, California, and spends most of his time shooting the sky for his website: Skytrek.life
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George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
Tomorrowland
6.4
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2015
The Big Empty (2003)
The Big Empty
6.1
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2003
Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, and Kari Matchett in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
8.4
TV Series
  • Camera and Electrical Department
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
5.0
  • Jerry(as Robert De Meo)
  • 1971

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
    Tomorrowland
  • Britt Robertson in Ask Me Anything (2014)
    Ask Me Anything
    • (uncredited)
  • Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken in Stand Up Guys (2012)
    Stand Up Guys
    • (uncredited)
  • Tereza Srbova in Siren (2010)
    Siren
    • (uncredited)
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Winter's Bone
    • (uncredited)
  • John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley, and Hilary Duff in War, Inc. (2008)
    War, Inc.
    • (uncredited)
  • Claire Forlani, Daniel Craig, Felicity Jones, Jodhi May, Olivia Williams, Harry Eden, and Eve in Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
    Flashbacks of a Fool
    • (uncredited)
  • Venus (2006)
    Venus
    • (uncredited)
  • The Big Empty (2003)
    The Big Empty
  • Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, and Kari Matchett in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
    A Nero Wolfe Mystery
  • Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)
    Contact
    • (uncredited)
  • Tracy Vaccaro in Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985)
    Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985
  • John Cusack, Nicollette Sheridan, and Daphne Zuniga in The Sure Thing (1985)
    The Sure Thing
    • (uncredited)

Actor

  • Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
    Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
    • (as Robert De Meo)

Casting Department

  • Cheerleader Camp (1988)
    Cheerleader Camp
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • Jessie Eastland sky photography
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    His Father Aldo DeMeo was a Bailiff in Broward County Florida when Dustin Hoffman and Company came to town to film "Lenny". He was offered the opportunity to play the Bailiff in "Lenny", which he accepted. During the Acadamy Awards Show in 1974 when "Lenny" was Nominated for "Best Picture", the scene where Dustin Hoffman is dragged out of the Courtroom by Aldo DeMeo the Bailiff was chosen as the clip shown to represent the movie.

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