Jeffery Thompson

Thompson was born in Florissant, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, the son to Ruth Thompson, a Licensed Health and Life Agent with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Major in Marketing, and Jeffery Thompson, a high school football and track coach, a professional football coach for an indoor football team and a Social Worker for the Homeless in the state of Missouri with a degree in Social Services.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/illapuproductions|title=About Illapu Productions |accessdate=January 18, 2016|publisher=youtube.com}} He graduated from Trinity Catholic High School in 2005, and then went on to West Virginia University to play college football for the Mountaineers, as cornerback and return man, participating in WVU's win against the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2006 Sugar Bowl.{{cite web|url=https://www.visualcv.com/jeffflashthompson|title=Jeff Flash Thompson CV|author=Thompson, Jeff|date=2016|accessdate=January 18, 2016|publisher=visualcv.com|archive-date=January 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127033854/https://www.visualcv.com/jeffflashthompson|url-status=dead}} He also played for the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Aggies where he won some awards as an all-offensive back, and Simon Fraser Clan football in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In 2010, he played for Montreal's McGill University Redmen, as kick returner, where he was the first player in the school's history to open a game with a touchdown, and was named as Canadian Interuniversity Sport Athlete of the Week.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgills-jeff-thompson-named-cis-special-teams-player-week-167367|title=McGill's Jeff Thompson named CIS special teams player of the week|date=September 8, 2010|accessdate=January 18, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2010/09/athletic_apathy/|date=September 20, 2010|author=Banks, Adam|publisher=McGill Daily|accessdate=January 19, 2016|title=Athletic apathy}}

He graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2011 with a Bachelor of General Studies, and then lived in Montreal for a time. When he was an extra on the set of the action film Wolverine while it was filming in British Columbia, he became intrigued by filmmaking. He had always been a fan of directors such as Christopher Nolan, Rob Zombie, and Martin Scorsese, and began writing several films of his own. He produced and acted in a few short films, then expanded into writing and recording some hip hop music and creating some music videos, releasing tracks such as "Dear Nas", "Rap Wars", and "Dying Gods".{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2012/12/the-break-presents-j-flash/|title=The Break Presents: J. Flash|date=December 21, 2012|accessdate=January 18, 2016|author=XXL Staff}} In 2014, he also branched into comic book writing, creating (with the assistance of artist Aaron Foster) his own comic book Diaries of the Invasion. It received several positive reviews, including an "A−" on IGN.{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/diaries-of-the-invasion-1/4000-453148/|title=Diaries of the Invasion|date=July 10, 2014|accessdate=January 18, 2016}} His best known film was Boundary of Love, which was screened in multiple countries.

He has continued playing football after college, but switched to the international circuit, being recruited by American football teams in countries such as Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, and Brazil to play and coach. In 2014, he played American football professionally on a 6-month contract with the Brazilian Jundiai Ocelots, where he received the Super Nove 9th Brazil game MVP award, as Brazil American Football champion.{{cite news|url=http://11jardas.com/entrevista-com-jeff-thompson-reforco-importado-pelo-jundiai-ocelots/|language=Portuguese|title=Entrevista Com Jeff Thompson, Reforço Importado Pelo Jundiaí Ocelots|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=January 18, 2016|publisher=11 Jardas|archive-date=January 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126160745/http://11jardas.com/entrevista-com-jeff-thompson-reforco-importado-pelo-jundiai-ocelots/|url-status=dead}}

Also in 2014, Thompson began working on a horror film based on an old St. Louis legend, that of the murderous "Bubblehead Family".{{cite news|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/five-st-louis-ghost-stories-that-just-wont-die/Content?oid=2501495|publisher=Riverfront Times|date=October 25, 2012|accessdate=January 18, 2016|author=Leah Greenbaum|title=Five St. Louis ghost stories that just won't die}} He created a concept trailer which was entirely shot and edited on an iPhone, and it became the #1 story on the Horror Society's website, viewed over 37,000 times.{{cite web|title=(Interview) Jeff Thompson|publisher=Horror Society|date=December 9, 2015|accessdate=January 18, 2016|url=http://www.horrorsociety.com/2015/12/09/interview-jeff-thompson/|author=Wells, Mitchell}}

In 2015, Thompson further expanded his repertoire by branching out into poetry, with his poem, "These Moments".{{cite web|url=https://twodropsofinkat.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/poem-these-moments/|title=Poem: These Moments|date=November 14, 2015|accessdate=January 18, 2016|author=Thompson, Jeff|publisher=Two Drops of Ink: A literary blog}}

• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XwmBAwAAQBAJ|author=Thompson, Jeffery|publisher=Lucha Comics|isbn=9780992125929|year=2014|author2=Foster, Aaron (illustrator)|title=Diaries of the Invasion}} (received A− rating on IGN){{cite news|url=http://www.ign.com/blogs/fantaffx/2014/10/01/comixology-submit-reviews-october-1-2014/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002000241/http://www.ign.com/blogs/fantaffx/2014/10/01/comixology-submit-reviews-october-1-2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2014|title=Comixology Submit reviews: October 1, 2014|author=Fantaffx|publisher=IGN|date=October 1, 2014|accessdate=January 18, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.3millionyears.co.uk/2013/01/review-diaries-of-invasion/|title=Review: Diaries of the Invasion|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=January 18, 2016|publisher=3millionyears.co.uk|author=Nimmo, Michael}}{{cite web|

url=http://ap2hyc.com/2014/09/review-diaries-of-the-invasion/|title=Review: Diaries of the Invasion|author=Saladino, Rob|date=September 2, 2014|publisher=apwhyc.com}}

• Full-length film (in pre-production as of 2016), The Bubbleheads: Legend of Carrico Road
• Short film, "Boundary of Love", 2015
• Animated short film, "Chance: The Nightmare Dare", 2014
• Animated short film, "Diaries of the Invasion", 2014
• Short film, "The Bubbleheads", 2012

• "The Introduction"{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/jflash/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214105721/http://www.mtv.com/artists/jflash/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2016|title=J.Flash|publisher=mtv.com|accessdate=January 19, 2016}}
• "Dear Nas", 2012
• "Rap Wars", 2012
• "Dying Gods", 2012{{cite web |publisher= Hermetic Library Blog |title= Dying Gods (Thompson) |date= October 7, 2014}}

• 2008, Oklahoma Panhandle State University All States 2nd team defensive back
• 2009, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, National Player of the Week, Special Teams
• 2010, McGill University Special Teams Player of the Year
• 2014, Super Nove 9th Brazil game MVP, Brazil American Football league champion

• 2012, XXL Hip-Hop Breakin New Artist, Hiphop Dx artist feature

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• [https://www.youtube.com/user/illapuproductions Jeffrey Thompson's "Illapu Productions" site]
• [https://europlayers.com/ViewProfilePlayer.aspx?ProfileId=4445 Europlayers profile]
• {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFC42LMeJRg|title=Jeff Thompson interview in Poland|publisher=youtube.com|date=July 25, 2014|accessdate=January 19, 2016|language=English|format=video}}

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