Jeffrey Tinnell
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Jeffrey Tinnell (born May 4, 1963), a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, is a motion picture producer and publisher of graphic novels. Following a series of stints as a freelance production manager and producer, Tinnell co-founded the award-winning, Los Angeles-based production company, Desert Music Pictures, in 1989. He left the company in 1995 to concentrate solely on feature film production.
Over the years, Tinnell has produced a wide range of projects, television specials, music videos, and commercials with Desert Music Pictures as well as other companies such as Propaganda Films. His list of credits and clients include Nike, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, The Rolling Stones, Don Henley, Metallica, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
On the feature film front, Tinnell has produced an assortment of projects over the years, including Young Goodman Brown, The Kid, Frankenstein & Me, and the popular French-Canadian hockey films Les Boys I & II amongst his credits. He also produced an elaborate title sequence for the Blake Edwards comedy Son of the Pink Panther. In 2008, through his production entity, Allegheny Image Factory, Tinnell will release "SHADES OF GRAY", a documentary film, detailing the life and exploits of UFO conspiracy writer, Gray Barker.
Tinnell is also the publisher of graphic novels through Allegheny Image Factory. The company's first release, Feast of the Seven Fishes written by Robert Tinnell and drawn by Ed Piskor and Alex Saviuk, was nominated for a 2006 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album -Reprint. Feast of the Seven Fishes was also a selection for the 2007 National Book Festival. A motion picture version of Feast of the Seven Fishes is scheduled to film in the fall of 2008.
A 1985 graduate of the College of William & Mary with a BA in history, Tinnell also played football under coach Jimmye Laycock and is active within the university community as a member of the Athletic Advisory Committee and Athletic Fund.
