Jeff Gibbs' film career began when his high school buddy Michael Moore invited him on a shoot for Bowling for Columbine. By night's end Jeff had discovered two of the main characters in the film and Michael and his crew asked him to stick around. Jeff faxed in his resignation from his "real job" in the middle of the night and went on to help produce many of the famous scenes in Bowling for Columbine -- including the opening sequence.
When contract problems left Michael with no original music for Bowling for Columbine (set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in a few weeks) he
… More remembered Jeff's musical background. With just 12 hours notice Jeff went to New York City in hopes that he could come up with something meaningful. He scored the entire film in four days including thirteen original compositions, two of which are featured on his solo piano CD, Reflections.
Jeff then directed, produced, and filmed most of the extras on Bowling's DVD.
He also served as a researcher/writer on the team that helped Michael create Stupid White Men, the best-selling non-fiction book of 2002, and Dude, Where's My Country? the first printing of which was 1 million copies, and which he also named. (See the dedication from Michael in Dude.)
When work began on Fahrenheit 9/11 Jeff joined the staff full time in New York City as co-producer. He was involved in every aspect of production, from plotting the story line to producing shoots. In addition he composed the highly-praised original score.
In his three-year film career Jeff's work has won an Oscar (Bowling for Columbine) and the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival (Fahrenheit 9/11) Bowling for Columbine broke the previous box office record for a documentary by 300%; then Fahrenheit 9/11 smashed Bowling's record by 600%.
