Jay Joshua Hoffman
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Jay was born on June 27, 1986 in Stanford Hospital from Jewish parents
Tom and Linda. He grew up in Palo Alto and moved to Arizona for
college. Jay has always had a fascination with filmmaking and
storytelling. He got his first camera in middle school and at age
twelve, started making skits for his sketch comedy show titled, "Sunday
Morning Pre-Recorded." His passion only grew from there and in high
school he began taking video production and broadcast journalism
classes, making comedic segments and short films that aired to the
entire school. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media
Production from the University of Arizona in 2008. Since then he has
worked at New Line Cinema, crewed for 3 feature productions, and
written/directed over 30 short films. Jay has a love for animation and
has been working on an animated pilot that is based on his eccentric
Jewish family.