JJ DeCeglie

JJ DeCeglie
Born Jeremy Joseph DeCeglie
1981 (age 36–37)
Fremantle, Western Australia
Occupation Writer/Film-maker
Language English
Website
jjdeceglie.com

Jeremy Joseph ("JJ") DeCeglie (born c. 1981) is a writer/film-maker from Fremantle, Western Australia.

Literary Work

DeCeglie's first work was an independent published novella the sea is not yet full in 2005. This was followed up by independent limited run of the short story collection In the Same Streets You'll Wander Endlessly in 2008.

In 2010, Fontaine Press published Damned Good, a philosophical poker novel.Damned Good was named Australia's first poker novel by Poker News.

A novella Ennui and Despair, was published in September 2010 by Olympia Press.

Drawing Dead, a neo-noir novel was independently published in 2011. It was re-issued by Fahrenheit Press in 2017. Reviews compared the novel to Bruen, Sallis and Ellroy.

Film career

In 2013, Jugular, DeCeglie's first feature film (writer/director/producer) premièred at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, where it won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Gregory Pakis). The film was shot with a one-man crew in Melbourne and had a budget of around $6000.

His second feature film (writer/director/producer), the comedy Can't Win. Do Try, premièred at CineFestOz in 2016. The film was awarded Best Director and Best Actor (Matt Furlani) at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2017.


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