Eddie O'Keefe
Writing
Biography
Eddie O'Keefe is a writer/director from Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago before attending the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Most recently, Quibi released his series, "When The Streetlights Go On," starring Mark Duplass and Queen Latifah, which O'Keefe executive produced and co-wrote. In 2016, he directed his first feature, Shangri-La Suite, a nineteen-seventies-set deconstructionist lovers-on-the-run movie featuring Burt Reynolds, Emily Browning, and Ron Livingston as Elvis Presley. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Pitchfork, Short Of The Week, Rookie and NPR. He has published three books of photography and directed music videos for artists such as Springtime Carnivore, The Orwells, JJAMZ, and Jonathan Rice.
Known For
A double-homicide in a small midwestern suburb rattles the lives of a group of teenagers and sends investigators searching for answers in the fall of 1995. A meditation on growing up, the passing of time, and the insidious violence that lurks in the suburbs.
When the Streetlights Go On
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley.
Shangri-La Suite
A sheltered teenage girl's life is turned on it's head when a mysterious gang of greasers swarm into her sleepy suburb and she falls in love with their tough, handsome leader Frank.
The Ghosts
Short film by filmmaker Eddie O’Keefe about the American Folklore.
American Folklore
Coach Joe Newton has used the sport of Cross Country Running to teach simple but important lessons to high school boys for the last 50 years. "Always do your best", "be on time" and "it's nice to be great but far greater to be nice" are mantras, which have turned the Boys Cross Country team at the public York High School in Elmhurst Illinois into the most winning high school team in any sport in America. Along with mastery of their sport, Newton turns boys into men, who carry his teaching and his love for each of them throughout their lives. The Long Green Line documents the York Duke's 2005 Cross Country season as the runners seek their record 25th state title in 50 years.