Steve Jaggi
{{Short description|Canadian-Australian film producer and director}}
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| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| years_active = 2005 - present
| occupation = Film director, producer
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Steve Jaggi is film producer, film director and showrunner. His surname is of Swiss-German etymology.
Jaggi has produced the teen films Swimming for Gold, starring Peyton List, which was released by Universal Pictures and on Hulu; tween film Back of the Net,{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/cameras-roll-back-net/|title=Cameras Roll on Back of the Net {{!}} FilmInk|website=www.filmink.com.au|language=en-AU|access-date=October 9, 2018}} starring Sofia Wylie which premiered at the 2018 CinefestOz film festival,{{Cite news |archive-date=Oct 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172003/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/south-western-times/20180830/281487867217147 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/south-western-times/20180830/281487867217147 |title=Stars Come Out For Cinefestoz Events |date=2018-08-30 |publisher=South Western Times |language=en |access-date=17 July 2023 |via=PressReader}} and was acquired by Netflix and Disney Channel; teen film Rip Tide,{{Cite news|url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4311702/kiama-home-to-new-film-rip-tide-photos/|title=Kiama home to new film Rip Tide: photos|last=Savage|first=Desiree|date=November 25, 2016|work=Illawarra Mercury|access-date=July 2, 2017|language=en}} starring Debby Ryan, which premiered at the 2017 Sydney Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix,{{Cite web|url=https://filmink.com.au/2017/rip-tide-makes-world-premiere-sydney-film-festival/|title=Rip Tide Makes its World Premiere at Sydney Film Festival {{!}} FilmInk|website=filmink.com.au|language=en-AU|access-date=July 2, 2017}} Embedded;{{Cite web|url=http://screen.nsw.gov.au/news/interview-with-steve-jaggi-and-stephen-sewell-embedded?enews=227|title=Screen NSW|website=screen.nsw.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=July 2, 2017}} Spirit of the Game;{{Cite web|url=https://filmink.com.au/2016/spirit-of-the-game-picked-up-by-samuel-goldwyn-films/|title=Spirit of the Game Picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films {{!}} FilmInk|website=filmink.com.au|language=en-AU|access-date=July 2, 2017}} Ambrosia; Circle of Lies;{{Cite web|url=http://if.com.au/2013/08/20/article/Circle-of-Lies-breaks-the-mould-for-Oz-films/XXUNLVSYYX.html|title=Circle of Lies breaks the mould for Oz films|website=if.com.au|access-date=July 2, 2017}} Temptation; the documentary London Tango; and the short-lived British cable television series Be On TV.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Jaggi has directed Chocolate Oyster, which premiered at the 2018 Sydney Film Festival,{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/a-very-bondi-film-brings-twentysomething-lives-to-sydney-festival-20180507-p4zdrs.html |title='A very Bondi film' brings twentysomething lives to Sydney festival |last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=May 9, 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=October 9, 2018}} and the documentary And The Beat Goes On.{{cite web | title=Notting Hill Film Festival opens with Bananaz, Telstar | website=Screen | date=2 July 2009 | url=https://www.screendaily.com/notting-hill-film-festival-opens-with-bananaz-telstar/5003140.article | access-date=2 September 2021}} He also acts as an executive producer, with credits including Rough Stuff, Skin Deep, Zelos and Crushed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1863720/|title=Steve Jaggi|website=IMDb|access-date=July 2, 2017}}
In 2020 he was showrunning and producing the 12-episode teen series Dive Club for Netflix and Network 10.{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=Netflix buys global rights to the Steve Jaggi Company's 'Dive Club'|url=https://www.if.com.au/netflix-buys-global-rights-to-the-steve-jaggi-companys-dive-club/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=IF Magazine|language=en-AU}}
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Category:Film producers from Alberta