born and raised in tampa, FL, jeff prugh spent his freshman year at wake forest university, before transferring to and continuing to play division I soccer at vanderbilt university. thanks to “boogie nights” (1997) and a semester in madrid, spain (1999), jeff’s hidden passion began to materialize. six years after graduating with a BA in Spanish (2000), jeff went on to earn his MFA from the school of cinematic arts at the university of southern california. therein, his 14-minute thesis film, “thomas in bloom” (2006), played in over 20 film festivals world-wide and garnered multiple awards. in 2007, jeff shot and directed a behind-the-scenes documentary for “childless”, starring barbara hershey and joe mantegna. the next year, jeff produced a web series for sony digital entertainment, called “the hustler” and also line-produced “moustachette”, directed by and starring patrick stump of fall out boy. in late 2009, jeff served as upm on the film, “thanks”, and is currently in production on two documentaries. two of his films, “swing”  and “pocket full of gold”, recently wrapped their successful film festival runs. in addition to having written numerous scripts, jeff has optioned two more, in hopes of developing each under his production company, step off grandpa productions. in his free time, jeff paints, designs websites, and enjoys quality time with his golden retriever. he presently resides in hermosa beach, CA.