DIRECTING
Preston Lane Jeter is a freelance Director based in Los Angeles. He has over eight years of experience helming projects ranging from small indie films to large scale productions. His roots are in comedy and drama, and is a prevalent in the comedy scene in both LA and Chicago.
Preston is a graduate of the University Of North Carolina School Of The Arts: School Of Filmmaking where he was one of ten students selected to study in the highly competitive Directing Program.
In 2018 Preston graduated from the inaugural year of the Harold Ramis Film School at the Second City in Chicago where he furthered his education in Comedy Directing, Writing, and Producing.
Preston Lane Jeter's 2018 Directing Reel.
Trailer for Sitting Shiva. Co-Directed and Photographed by Preston Lane Jeter
North Carolina Film Tax Incentive Commercial (Screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival).
Behind The Scenes of the commercial for Film NC and the NC Film Tax Incentive. (Video provided by Kyle Frank)
PROJECTS
STRIKE QUEENS (2018/Short/Comedy)
During the 1960s a group of female employees at the Schlitz Brewery battle it out on the lanes against their enemy and competition, the Split Ends.
SITTING SHIVA (2018/Short/Comedy)
When best friends, cynical, blunt Heather and mystical, naïve Tori discover a dead body by the lake, they sit with him all night until the police arrive, and are forced to face their conflicted friendship.
Holier Than Vows (2018/Pilot/Comedy)
A slapstick comedy involving Lucy and her gang of friends as she persues her dream of becoming a female priest within the Catholic church.
WATCH THE SKY (2018/Short/Sci-Fi)
A proof of concept and prologue to the feature film currently in Development. Two high school teenagers mysteriuously get adbucted by aliens during the final weekend of summer in a coastal North Carolina town.
WEIGHTS WITH KATES (2015/Pilot/Web Series/Comedy)
Desperate for a job and completely broke, Kate accidently finds herself interviewing for a personal trainer job. She must convince her fitness clients and boss that she's perfect for the job, despite her zero experience.
THE LAST SUMMER OF MY YOUTH (2016/Short/Comedy)
In 1962, a teen's decision to runaway from a dying mining town may make all the difference to those he leaves behind. Or no difference at all.
BURNING FIELDS (2014/Short. Screened at the Directors Guild Of America in 2014)
After learning his Grandmother has been placed in hospice care, a grandson must rescue her from her nursing home imprisonment to fulfill her her last dying wish.
FilmNC PSA (2014/Commercial. Screened during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival)
A commercial advocating the North Carolina Film Tax Incentive and promoting motion pictures and telvision in the state.
FORTUNE (2013/Short/Horror Comedy)
The story of a bazaar cult in the rural appalachian mountains who sacrifice their own followers to prove little points. Inspired by the B-Horror films of the 1970s.
