Zack Jerome

Jerome attended the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts where he earned a B.F.A. in Writing for Screen and Television. He has written three independent films, two for director Justin Krook with whom he formed Dark Park Productions (The Human Experiment, Echoboom). Jerome played guitar and founded Fight From Above, an indie rock band formed with Dave Schechtman, Justin Krook and Justin Miner (now of the band Miner). Jerome left the band in 2010 to pursue his advertising career. He founded the popular Lost Angeles Blog in 2009 and has been a contributor to LAist. He won an LA Weekly Los Angeles Web Award in 2010. He hosted two football rallies at USC and his satire during USC's NCAA sanctions have made national headlines. He worked as Publicity Director for The Business of Amateurs, a documentary on student athletes' rights made by former Trojan football player Bob DeMars. Jerome lives in Portland, Oregon and works as a Strategy Director at Wieden+Kennedy for clients including Coca-Cola, Dodge, Chrysler and Verizon.