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Jack Ruefli

Jack Ruefli

From Perth, Western Australia. Making films in Los Angeles.

Jack Ruefli is a writer, director and producer, an AFI Conservatory alumnus, and the founder of ReelRun, a production company for character-driven horror and thriller.

Before Los Angeles he made narrative shorts and music videos in Australia that played more than 50 international festivals. As a director his films include Sorrowing Man and The Runaway. As a producer he wrote and produced Tā (他) and produced Lucha, selected for the Oscar®-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival.

24
Festival awards
16
Nominations
50+
International festivals
AFI
Conservatory alumnus

Writer, Director, Producer

Directed by Jack

Director · Executive Producer

Sorrowing Man

Short film · 20 min · Australia

When his estranged father is found butchered in an empty Perth car park, Mark has one night in an interrogation room to convince a detective he's innocent, unless the truth convinces them both he had every reason to kill.

  • Audience Choice Award, WA Made Film Festival
  • Best Short & Best Director, Vesuvius International Film Fest
  • Best Actor, Calgary Independent Film Festival

Director · Producer

The Runaway

Short film · 13 min · Australia · 2020

A 16-year-old runaway from rural Australia accepts a ride from an older man, and learns that running away doesn't solve her problems.

  • Winner, Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
  • Winner, Accord Cine Fest
  • Best Director nominee, Falcon International Film Festival and London Shorts

Produced by Jack

Writer · Producer

Tā (他)

Neo-noir horror · Directed by Ler Jiyuan

When the boundaries between self and other begin to blur, terror takes root in the spaces between identity.

Producer

Lucha

Drama · Directed by Japhet E. Velazquez

Trapped in the monotony of his office job, a disillusioned accountant begins to imagine himself as a masked luchador locked in a brutal wrestling match.

  • Official Selection, HollyShorts Film Festival (Oscar®-qualifying)
Jack Ruefli on set with cast and crew
On set

Writing and directing Tensor

A desperate grocery store worker with an experimental neural implant is replaced by a sinister digital doppelgänger. Tensor is the proof of concept for Jack's feature .EXE, and it's raising the rest of its budget now.