Jamie Hook

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Jamie Hook is a filmmaker and theatre director. He is also well known as the founding director of WigglyWorld Studios/The Northwest Film Forum, and sometimes film critic for such publications as the Stranger and Vogue Hommes.

Mr. Hook's film work includes a decade long stint as a producer, cinematographer, and editor, mostly for the films of Gregg Lachow. In 2004, Mr. Hook's debut feature film, The Naked Proof, played at festivals across the nation, earning awards at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. His stage work includes 2000's Scott & Zelda, a literary adaptation based on F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's correspondence, Beyond Belief, a philosophical proof of Santa Claus, and the coast-to-coast fringe-hit Point Break Live!. Mr. Hook has also worked extensively on stage with the poetry performance ensemble, The Typing Explosion, co-creating such works as Dear Diane, Merry Christmas, Anyway and Love, Exciting Love. Mr. Hook's writing has appeared in many magazines including the Stranger, Vogue, Harper's, Hustler, and The Rake.

Mr. Hook currently serves as co-president of The Film Company in New York. He has also served as the executive director of Grub Street, Inc in Boston, and Minnesota Film Arts, in Minneapolis, where he was fired for mismanagement after less than a year on the job^[1].