Draft:Jeremy Teicher

Teicher's filmmaking career began with the documentary short This is Us (2011) which he produced during his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College. The film, supported by both the prestigious Lombard Public Service Fellowship, and Kodak, earned him a nomination for a Student Academy Award.{{Cite news |title=Jeremy Teicher helps young Africans tell the world 'This Is Us.' |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2011/1107/Jeremy-Teicher-helps-young-Africans-tell-the-world-This-Is-Us. |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}{{Cite web |date=2010-11-15 |title=Dartmouth Graduate Brings Digital Storytelling to Students in Senegal {{!}} Dartmouth |url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2010/11/dartmouth-graduate-brings-digital-storytelling-students-senegal |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=home.dartmouth.edu |language=en}}

Inspired by the true stories he encountered, Teicher then expanded this student project into his debut first feature Tall as the Baobab Tree (2012). Shot on location in Senegal in a rural village lacking electricity, the film is the first international film performed in Pulaar, a traditional West African language.{{Cite web |last=Pilkington |first=Dante |date=2013-07-15 |title=Jeremy Teicher - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jeremy-teicher/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}} The film circled the globe making festival stops in London, Rotterdam, San Francisco, New York City, Doha and Africa with distribution by Sundance Institute Artist Services and Visit Films. Keith Shiri of the British Film Institute called the film " an exquisitely performed and beautifully photographed drama that is a marvel to watch."  {{Cite web |date=2014-01-14 |title=11 Independent Films to Make Digital Debut via Sundance Institute's Artist Services - sundance.org |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/11-independent-films-to-make-digital-debut-via-sundance-institutes-artist-services-3/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Standing at the crossroads: Jeremy Teicher on Tall as the Baobab Tree |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/standing-crossroads-jeremy-teicher-tall-baobab-tree |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=BFI |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=https://visitfilms.com/tall-as-the-baobab-tree/ |url=https://visitfilms.com/tall-as-the-baobab-tree/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=visitfilms.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Fandor |date=2015-03-11 |title=Culture, Conflict, Coming of Age: TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE's Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas |url=https://keyframe.fandor.com/culture-conflict-coming-of-age-tall-as-the-baobab-trees-jeremy-teicher-and-alexi-pappas/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=[Keyframe] |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Brandon |date=2013-01-30 |title=Critic's Notebook: In Rotterdam, a Strong Crop of American Indies - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/64387-critics-notebook-in-rotterdam-a-strong-crop-of-american-indies/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}

In an interview Teicher explained "I didn't make this film with a specific social agenda, it was rather, we need to make this film to capture all these feelings..And from that, a statement is made, but not in a pushy way. It allows you to arrive at conclusions yourself. I wanted to put the audience in the shoes of the characters as much as possible."{{Cite web |last=African |first=New |date=2013-12-20 |title=American director, Jeremy Teicher: Tall as the Baobab Tree |url=https://newafricanmagazine.com/4147/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=New African Magazine |language=en-GB}}

Teicher's second feature film Tracktown (2016) is a coming-of-age film that premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Matt |date=2017-05-11 |title=From the Rio Olympics to the LA Film Festival, 'Tracktown' Crosses the Finish Line |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/rio-olympics-la-film-festival-tracktown-crosses-finish-line/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Film Independent |language=en-US}}was distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, Orion Pictures, and Sony International. The Film received support from the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellowship and the San Francisco Film Society Producing Initiative and was distributed by Orion Pictures Samuel Goldwyn Films, Teicher noted " Blending fiction with reality in a real-life community calls for a unique approach to the filmmaking process where the filmmaker has a responsibility to the community he or she is portraying. There is a story behind every finish line and I wanted to explore that hidden, often overlooked side of being an athlete."{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Teicher - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/tag/jeremy-teicher/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}

Jeremy's third feature film (2019) Olympic Dreams, premiered at the South by Southwest( SXSW) festival{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Neha |date=2020-02-14 |title=Director Jeremy Teicher on Olympic Dreams World Premiere at SXSW |url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2020/filmmaker-in-focus-olympic-dreams/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=SXSW |language=en-US}}and was distributed by IFC Films.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/olympic-dreams |title=Olympic Dreams {{!}} Discover the best in independent, foreign, documentaries, and genre cinema from IFC Films. {{!}} IFC Films |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-02 |via=www.ifcfilms.com}} Notably, it is the first narrative feature film shot on location inside a real Olympic Village during the 2018 Olympics. The film also represented a personal cinematic achievement for Teicher a one-person-crew responsible for directing, shooting, and recording sound all at once (often in sub-zero conditions) at real Olympic venues and the actual Athlete Village).{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Neha |date=2020-02-14 |title=Director Jeremy Teicher on Olympic Dreams World Premiere at SXSW |url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2020/filmmaker-in-focus-olympic-dreams/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=SXSW |language=en-US}} In an interview with SXSW about his film , Teicher expressed, ""We wanted to show what it feels like to be in the highly coveted Athlete Village at the most important moment in your life... all the while trying not to ask yourself, 'what happens next?'"{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Neha |date=2020-02-14 |title=Director Jeremy Teicher on Olympic Dreams World Premiere at SXSW |url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2020/filmmaker-in-focus-olympic-dreams/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=SXSW |language=en-US}}

In 2023, Teicher directed Not An Artist with an ensemble cast including The RZA, Haley Joel Osment, Matt Walsh, and Alexi Pappas. The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival and was released by Utopia Distribution.

Teicher married Alexi Pappas in june 2018{{Cite news |date=2018-07-06 |title=Side by Side and No Finish Line in Sight for Alexi Pappas (Published 2018) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/fashion/weddings/olympic-runner-alexi-pappas-marries-jeremy-teicher.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241209191328/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/fashion/weddings/olympic-runner-alexi-pappas-marries-jeremy-teicher.html |archive-date=2024-12-09 |access-date=2025-03-02 |language=en}} .They were divorced in September 2023.{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Teicher - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3794230/bio/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}.

Filmography

Film

Short Films

Awards and Nominations

Student Academy Awards Nominee Achievement Award 2012 Documentary This is Us Stories from Senegalese Youth{{Cite web |last=Pilkington |first=Dante |date=2013-07-15 |title=Jeremy Teicher - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jeremy-teicher/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}

25 New Faces of Independent Film Filmmaker Magazine 2013 .{{Cite web |last=Pilkington |first=Dante |date=2013-07-15 |title=Jeremy Teicher - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jeremy-teicher/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}

Best Feature Narrative: Doha-Tribeca Film Festival Doha-Giffoni Jury Tall as the Baobab Tree{{Cite web |title=https://visitfilms.com/tall-as-the-baobab-tree/ |url=https://visitfilms.com/tall-as-the-baobab-tree/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=visitfilms.com |language=en}}

Special Jury Mention for Best Artistic Achievement: Luxor African Film Festival 2014 Tall as the Baobab Tree

Nominee Golden Zenith Montreal Film Festival. 2012 Tall as the Baobab Tree{{Cite AV media |url=https://mubi.com/en/sn/films/tall-as-the-baobab-tree |title=Tall as the Baobab Tree (2013) {{!}} MUBI |language=en |access-date=2025-03-02 |via=mubi.com}}

Nominee US Fiction Award Los Angeles Film Festival 2016 Tracktown

Winner Best Feature Film DaVinci Film Festival 2018  Tracktown

Winner American Independent Award Best Feature Film. Denver Film Festival 2019 Olympic Dreams

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• Official website: [https://jeremyteicher.com/ jjeremyteicher.com]
• IMDb profile: Jeremy Teicher