Jay Duplass

Birthday: 7 March 1973, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Birth Name: Lawrence John Duplass Jr.

Height: 175 cm

Jay Duplass, along with his brother, Mark Duplass, first made a name for himself writing and directing several award-winning short films. His first feature film was the Sundance 2005 breakout hit "The Puffy Chair," which went on to win the Audience Award at SXSW and receive two Independent Spirit Award nominations. The film was released theatrically by Roadside Attractions and Netflix in 2006. "Baghead," the brothers' second feature film, was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance 2008 for theatrical and DVD release. Fox Searchlight recently released the Duplass Brothers' first studio feature, "Cyrus," starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei, which has garnered rave reviews. Their latest project "Jeff, Who Lives at Home," stars Jason Segal, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon. Jay is also a father, husband, runner and documentarian. Show less «

I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

(On Raising Arizona) It really was the root of everything that Mark and I always hold ourselves to i...Show more »

(On Raising Arizona) It really was the root of everything that Mark and I always hold ourselves to in making movies. That is to say that Raising Arizona is the most inspired movie that I have ever seen. Show less «

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your b...Show more »

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist. Show less «

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what thos...Show more »

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it. Show less «

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, e...Show more »

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together. Show less «

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