Speaker Bio & Presentations

Jeff Reilly is an editor, producer and director with 20 years of professional experience. He has won two Emmy’s and been nominated four times. Jeff began his career at a post-production facility where he edited one hour shows for CBS, hundreds of promos for A&E and short films for various non-profits, including The Hole in the Wall Gang. He edited two films about Muhammad Ali for ESPN, ALI RAP and ALI’S 65, which garnered him his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing. Jeff was part of the team which morphed the company into a production house, writing, directing and editing, commercials, shorts films, a one-hour pilot for Discovery Channel, and a half hour pilot for History Channel. He continued editing and developing projects until he left to venture out on his own.

His first solo job was cutting THE OFFICIAL WORLD CUP DOCUMENTARY in 3D for Sony Pictures, followed by MCENROE/BORG: FIRE & ICE for HBO and an independent documentary which screened theatrically, TRIAL BY FIRE: LIVES RE-FORGED. Next he edited, co-produced, and co-wrote THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE for director Greg Williams. He won his second Emmy Award, Outstanding Documentary Series for RAND UNIVERSITY, a top-rated entry for ESPN Films 30 for 30. After editing and producing 30 for 30’s BELIEVELAND, ESPN Films BALTIMORE BOYS and BLACK HOOSIERS for Spike Lee, as well as several documentaries for Big Ten Network , Jeff continued his collaboration with Greg when they co-directed GENERATION FOUND a feature length documentary about recovery high schools in Houston, followed by THE CONCERT TO FACE ADDICTION for PBS. Currently they are in post-production on their third documentary film, TIPPING THE PAIN SCALE.