Jeremy Osbern

Jeremy Osbern is an American director and director of photography.

Jeremy Osbern first entered the film business at the age of 17, working as director and director of photography for the documentary Evaporated, which chronicled the lives of four people who were dying of smoking-related illness. All four subjects died shortly after filming was complete. Musician Ben Folds was so moved by the project he contributed the music for the piece. Evaporated was accepted into numerous film festivals and then picked up by for distribution in schools by the American Lung Association, as well as for use in smoking cessation clinics by the drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline.

At the age of 19, Osbern shot and directed a spec commercial for MTV. The commercial was purchased by the network used in heavy rotation during the early 2000s.

His first feature film as director and cinematographer was Air: The Musical. That film went on to be distributed across North America by Cinema Epoch, Taiwan by AVJet, and South Africa by M-Net.

In 2009, a Western Osbern shot on 35mm film, The Only Good Indian premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In their review of the film, Variety specifically mentioned the film's "impressive 35mm lensing".

In 2010, Osbern was the director of photography for the Kansas City portion of the movie Red.

In 2011, Osbern collaborated with David Mamet when he directed the music video Disintegration Man for Mamet's wife, actress and musician Rebecca Pidgeon.

Osbern was the director of photography and executive producer of Jayhawkers, a feature-length period piece about Wilt Chamberlain and Phog Allen. The film debuted on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014, and had one of the highest per-screen average ticket sales of the year.

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