- Nickname
- Jezza
- Jeremy James Wood was born in New Zealand in 1974. His father Peter Wood is a well known jazz musician in the New Zealand jazz circuit - a master of jazz vibraphone, piano and percussion. Rubina is Jeremy's caring mother a source of wisdom and support. Jeremy's brother Kirby Wood is a brilliant musician and composer - composing and recording all music for Jeremy's films and is a real inspiration to Jeremy's works. So is his father's music.
(1979-1992) Jeremy attended Michael Park, a Rudolf Steiner school, where he was nurtured in music, acting, art and 'out-of-the-box' thinking.
In 1991 He started playing drums in his father's bands when he was 16 years old, travelling around the circuit, and even playing in Vanuatu twice in two years. He got to play in places and with master musicians that most young musicians could only dream of. Peter, Kirby and Jeremy played as a family and made many recordings together - and still do.
In 1994 He attending the Performing Arts School in Auckland, going onto the professional acting course at Unitec in 1995-1996 along with fellow classmate Daniel Gillies.
Acting in the professional arena in Auckland was great for Jeremy, but by 1998 he'd set his sights on leaving for Australia. Landing in Sydney Jeremy set-about working on his craft as an actor and also in an area he'd wanted to explore - 'Filmmaking'. Having made two shorts at acting school, Jeremy went on to make two shorts in Sydney before moving to Melbourne around 2001.
By this stage Jeremy had made other choices. Acting hadn't worked out - as work hadn't come so he'd had to support himself in other areas. But he was still writing, directing and producing films - and this made him very happy! In 2003 he attended the Footscray City College Film & TV school (2003-2004) where he made friends and made 3 shorts.
After this he went onto make many more films - working toward mastering the art of filmmaking and later went on to RMIT in Melbourne for more training in film and the digital screen arts (2011).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Wood, Jeremy James - Jeremy James Wood was born in New Zealand in 1974, to father Peter Wood a well known jazz musician in the New Zealand jazz circuit - a master of jazz vibraphone, piano and percussion, his brother Kirby Wood is a brilliant musician and composer, composing and recording all music for Jeremy's films and is a real inspiration to Jeremy's works, as is his father's music.
Jeremy's early schooling was at Michael Park, a Rudolf Steiner school.
At 16, he started playing drums in his father's bands, travelling around the local live music circuits.
He attending the Performing Arts School in Auckland, going onto professional acting at Unitec in 1995-1996.
1998 he'd left for Australia, landing in Sydney Jeremy continued to work on his craft as an actor and also in 'Filmmaking', making short films.
By this stage Jeremy was writing, directing and producing films, and in 2003 he attended the Footscray City College Films.
In 2011 it was RMIT in Melbourne for more training in film and the digital screen arts.
Jeremy is working in video production, video editing and voice narration.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Wood, Jeremy James
- Melbourne, Australia: Working on craft as a filmmaker.
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