Jeff Prugh

A Tampa, Florida native and graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA in Spanish, 2000), Jeff Prugh studied film at the prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts (MFA in Production, 2006). His thesis film, “Thomas In Bloom”, played in numerous film festivals world-wide, garnering multiple awards.

Since that time, Jeff has helped produce an independent feature, produced a web series for Sony, directed a behind-the-scenes documentary, and has written, directed, produced and edited three more highly successful short films, “Swing", “Pocket Full of Gold”, and "The Proposal".

Currently, Jeff is in various stages on three new directing projects, including: post-production on the independent feature, "First Things First"; production on a feature-length documentary on the housing crisis in Los Angeles; and pre-production on the narrative feature, "Three Loud Knocks", which will shoot this February in Lousiana under his company, Step Off Grandpa Productions.

Jeff presently resides in Hermosa Beach, California.

The Proposal (2011)
Swing (2009)
Pocket Full Of Gold (2009)
Thomas In Bloom (2006)

COOL RIDERS (coming-of-age, adventure)
To Parker Reilly (9), his older brother, David (13), is the epitome of cool. So when David and neighborhood new-comer, Cameron Cahill (14), offer Parker a chance to be part of their exclusive skateboard and BMX club, Parker wrestles with his own identity in trying to be accepted and win back David’s attention.

DECLARATION OF DEPENDENTS (comedy)
When the IRS audits Ryan Levine (34), the playboy must ask his “dependents” - his overbearing parents - to move in with him, on the eve of the year’s biggest party, the 4th of July. (Co-Written with Sam Friedlander)

DEEP IN THE WOODS (horror-thriller)
When a cynical professor learns that his brother has been accused of murder in a California forest known for its Bigfoot sightings, he must trek deep in the woods to find him before the FBI can cover up the truth.(Co-Written with Jeremy Robinson)

FROSTPROOF (coming-of-age, drama)
The return of an athletic hero to Frostproof, Florida, for the burial of his mother, brings the town life after death. While his ex-wife has her doubts, his intelligent 10-year old son once again has a role model. What everyone fails to see coming, however, is the impending frost.

PROMISE U. (romantic comedy)
Valedictorian-turned-successful newspaper columnist, Lou Madison, returns to her upstate New York alma mater ten years after an unlikely encounter with all-American quarterback-turned-head football coach, Heath Holcomb, only to learn what she didn’t while a student: that you can declare a major in your thirties.

SPRING CHICKEN (dark comedy)
After the death of her mother and the subsequent demand of her father to be placed in an assisted living home, a sheltered, middle-aged caretaker, Winnie, experiences her first love for a Mexican man whom she does not realize is homosexual.