J.P. Riley

'J.P. Riley' (qv) is a Los Angeles/Chicago-based music video, commercial and feature film director/producer whose work has been selected for a variety of festivals and awards, including: AFI Best of Fest, Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Independent Filmmakers Showcase (IFS), HD Fest, Columbia's Pictional Festival, The ChicagoFilm Festival, Flicker Fest, Midwest Independent Film Festival, and has won multiple Audience and Jury 'Awards' (qv) at The Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and London United Film Festivals. His commercial work has won two Telly 'Awards' (qv) and a W3 Award. Some of his music video clients include The Verve Pipe (RCA Records), The Barenaked Ladies (Nettwerk Music), The Plain White T's (Hollywood Records), Rachael Yamagata (Arista/RCA Victor), The Baldwin Brothers (TVT Records), Oh My God (Split Red Records/WEA), Bayside (Wind-Up Records), Company of Thieves (Wind-Up Records), The Mutts (Sony Music/The Orchard), and Queen Latifah (Capitol Records), VH-1, and MTV New Media. His commercial clients include, Chipotle, Frontier Airlines, ESPN, The Chicago Sun-Times 'News' (qv) Group, and Comcast. His debut feature film, Act Naturally was released by Cinetic Rights Mangement/Gunpowder & Sky in the spring of 2013. The indie film's theatrical clothing-optional screening tour landed he and his co-producer, Katie L. Hall on the cover of The Los Angeles Times and USA Today. Act Naturally spent three weeks in the top spot on Prescreen's VOD portal, as well as Best Buy's Cinema Now Most Viewed Releases, and iTunes Must-See Summer Comedies List. J.P. has produced several other indie films including Hannah Rosner's Park City and Samantha Buck's short film, Depends, as well as her 2013 Peabody Award winning doc, Best Kept Secret. J.P. is originally from Indianapolis, IN and graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with a B.A. in Radio, Television, and Film.::Anonymous