J.R. Curry(I)

J.R. was born in Stonybrook, New York and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He received his BFA in filmmaking from Arizona State University and his MFA from the New York Film Academy. He directed over 20 short films during the course of this training, including his award winning thesis film, "Butterfly," which premiered at The Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. After graduation, J.R. interned under Michael Bay at The Institute. J.R. went on to write and direct "M.A.G.", a Marvel comic book based fan film which was well received at the Action on Film Festival. When he's not writing or working on films, he spends his time in the gym training in Muay Tai.