Jeff Bowler

Jeff Bowler (born September 10, 1975 in Gardner, Massachusetts) is an American film and television producer best known for producing films such as The Grand and award-nominated programs such as Inked and Driven.

Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Bowler was born and raised in Winchendon and Gardner, Massachusetts. Jeff’s grandfather, Gordon Bowler, is well known as the founder of a fine boat and ship building business in New England in the 1920s.

When he was 9 years-old, Bowler worked as a print and live event model for the World Wrestling Federation in Boston.

Bowler attended University of Hawaii Maui College.

At the age of 21, Bowler was a business development executive at Bandai, the world’s third largest toy manufacturer and owner of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

After Bandai, Bowler went to work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was Vice President of Business Development.

Mr. Bowler founded Foglight Entertainment, based in Los Angeles and New York, in 2002. Bill MacDonald joined Foglight in 2003. Bowler and MacDonald produced and developed an MTV original movie about the founder of Napster, Shawn Fanning. They also developed and produced TV series with a number of networks and partners such as MTV, CMT, NBC, ESPN, E!, and others.

From 2004 until 2010, Bowler was an indie film producer for his own company, Jeff Bowler Productions. During this time, Bowler produced a thriller, “Across the Hall,” with Brittany Murphy and “The Grand” with Woody Harrelson. He also produced a 3-D animated film called Sky Force with Lionsgate Films.

Jeff Bowler founded Typhoon Entertainment with partner Bill MacDonald. In 2004, Fox TV Studies signed a first-look production deal with Typhoon. At Typhoon, Bowler was the executive producer of the bio series “Driven” for VH1. Also for VH1, Typhoon set up the reality TV series “I’m in the…”.

Bowler is one of the executive producers of the documentary “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross.” Josh Brolin narrates the film.

In March 2014, Bowler and The Exchange’s CEO, Brian O’Shea, announced a deal with former William Morris agent Graham Kaye and Lake Forest Entertainment’s Elliot Michael Smith to work on a biopic about Steve McQueen. The film will be partially based on the 2010 biography written by Marshall Terrill entitled, “Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon”. Bowler will serve as a producer and financier for the film.

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