Jeremy Engle

Jeremy Engle is a writer/director from New York City. After working as a public high school teacher in East Harlem for 10 years, Jeremy broke onto the film scene with the success of his first short film, "Mosquito", a gritty coming of age story set in 1970's New York City. The short went on to screen at festivals around the globe, including Edinburgh, Oberhausen, Gijon and Seoul - and won the "Spirit of Slamdance" Award". Jeremy is in pre-production on his first feature film, The Teacher, about the struggles of an idealistic first-year public high school teacher.