---
name: "Jeff Tremaine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-tremaine"
fi1m_id: "jeff-tremaine"
imdb_id: "nm0871860"
tmdb_id: 56578
wikidata_id: "Q2394603"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "4 September 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T22:36:46.403623+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeff Tremaine

## Identity

Jeff Tremaine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-tremaine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-tremaine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0871860
- **TMDB ID:** 56578
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2394603
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Tremaine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56578

Producer and director. Born 4 September 1966 in Rockville, Maryland, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 4 September 1966, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Tremaine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56578

## Fi1m on Jeff Tremaine

> Jeff Tremaine makes people hurting themselves funny because their friends are there to enjoy it. His producing and directing keep that companionship visible, though *Jackass: Best and Last* leans too heavily on our fondness for the past.

In *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), men volunteer to get hurt while their friends laugh, then old footage shows them doing much the same thing when they were younger. Jeff Tremaine trusts that this will be enough. Often it is: he understands that the friends finding this funny are as important as the person getting hurt. We rate that judgement, though it does not excuse the shortage of strong new material here.

That group was the basis of *Jackass* (2000), the television series Tremaine co-created with Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze. *Jackass: The Movie* (2002) took the format into cinemas, and Tremaine has directed and produced every feature in the franchise. His raw, documentary-style approach suits performers such as Chris Pontius and Steve-O: too much polish would put distance between the pain and the people enjoying it. As a producer, keeping that ensemble together has been at least as important as finding the next stunt.

A story was added for *Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa* (2013), while *The Dirt* (2019), his Mötley Crüe biopic, took him outside the franchise. *Jackass Forever* (2022) resumed the main series after a long gap. By *Best and Last*, the interesting change is that the same comic routine now makes us think about how long its performers can keep going.

We were moved by *Best and Last*, because the older men are still willing to suffer for the amusement of the same friends. Tremaine lets the earlier footage make their ageing apparent without stopping for a solemn explanation. He keeps the tone comic, leaving us to notice how much more those familiar stunts ask of bodies that have been doing this for years.

His weakness here is expecting recognition to do the work of a fresh idea. The new stunts in *Best and Last* are not strong enough to give the film much of its own, and the outtakes cannot make up the difference. That leaves a modest farewell, though the affection is worth an evening. If there is another reunion, it should come with better reasons to leave the archive alone.

## Biography

Jeff Tremaine is an American director, producer and screenwriter. He co-created the MTV reality series *Jackass* with Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville, and has directed every main feature film in the franchise.

He previously edited the skate culture magazine *Big Brother* and worked as art director of *GO* magazine and as a professional BMX rider. Tremaine directed *Jackass: The Movie* (2002), *Jackass Number Two* (2006), *Jackass 3D* (2010), *Jackass Forever* (2022) and *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026); on the latter he also served as writer and producer and appeared as himself. He directed *The Dirt* (2019) and has executive produced several MTV series including *Ridiculousness*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/jackass-best-and-last.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), Director, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/jackass-best-and-last.md)
- *Robot Dracula* (2026), as Jeff
- *Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Bad Axe* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Jackass Shark Week 2.0* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Jackass 4.5* (2022), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Jackass Forever* (2022), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Jackass Shark Week* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Bad Trip* (2021), Producer
- *Heel* (2020), Associate Producer
- *Jasper and Errol's First Time* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *The Dirt* (2019), Director
- *Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles* (2016), Director
- *WWE Swerved* (2015), series, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Angry Sky* (2015), Director
- *Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5* (2014), Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa* (2013), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *The Eric Andre Show* (2012), series, Director
- *Loiter Squad* (2012), series, Executive Producer
- *A Tribute to Ryan Dunn* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Jackass: The Beginning* (2011), Director
- *Jackass 3.5* (2011), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Making of 'Jackass 3D'* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Jackass 3D* (2010), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Birth of Big Air* (2010), Director
- *Jackass: The Lost Tapes* (2009), Director, Writer
- *30 for 30* (2009), series, Director
- *Steve-O: Demise and Rise* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Nitro Circus* (2009), series, Producer, Creator
- *Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel* (2008), Producer
- *The Making of 'Jackass: The Game'* (2007), Director, Executive Producer
- *Jackass 2.5* (2007), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Jackass: Where Are They Now?* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Jackass Number Two* (2006), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Wildboyz: Over & Out* (2006), Director
- *Ultimate Predator* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Nitro Circus 4 Lock'n Load* (2006), Producer
- *Jackass Volume One* (2005), Director
- *Jackass Presents: Murderball* (2005), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Jackass Volume Two* (2004), Director
- *Jackass Backyard BBQ* (2003), Executive Producer, Creator
- *Jackass Volume Three* (2002), Director
- *Jackass: The Movie* (2002), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'* (2002), Creator, Executive Producer
- *Jackass: Too Hot For MTV* (2002), Director
- *Jackass: Gumball Rally 3000 Special* (2002), Director, Producer
- *Jackass* (2000), series, Director, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Making the Video* (1999), series, Director
- *Big Brother: Boob* (1999), Director, Creator
- *Big Brother: Number Two* (1998), Camera Operator, Creator, Director
- *Big Brother: Shit* (1996), Creative Consultant
- *Jackass Number Two: Too Hot for Theaters*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Jeff Tremaine](https://film.one/media/person/93495/gallery-64b471dab267.jpg) Jeff Tremaine — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Jeff_Tremaine_Bad_Grandpa_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeff Tremaine, Jackson Nicholl, and Johnny Knoxville at a showing for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/93495/gallery-0eb7a0ba5458.jpg) Jeff Tremaine, Jackson Nicholl, and Johnny Knoxville at a showing for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. (2014) — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Bad_Grandpa_cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![We met up with Jeff Tremaine and Patrick O'Dell before the NYC premiere of Hulu's "DUMB: The Story of Big Brother Magazine" and did a little interview. Original (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/93495/gallery-d7ab9821f67d.png) We met up with Jeff Tremaine and Patrick O'Dell before the NYC premiere of Hulu's "DUMB: The Story of Big Brother Magazine" and did a little interview. Original (2017) — NY Skateboarding, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Exclusive_Interview_Jeff_Tremaine_%26_Patrick_O%27Dell_%282017%29.png/1280px-Exclusive_Interview_Jeff_Tremaine_%26_Patrick_O%27Dell_%282017%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jeff Tremaine](https://film.one/media/person/93495/gallery-62834ed73b19.jpg) Jeff Tremaine — Image via TMDB

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