
Jerry White Jr.
Directing
Biography
Jerry White Jr. has been making films since he was a teenager, getting his start with public access television in Metro Detroit during the early 90s. He is a lifelong student of DIY guerrilla filmmaking as well as a MFA graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts. As a director, actor, and producer, he has screened at over a hundred film festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards and securing international distribution for 20 Years of Madness, a film more than two decades in the making. In 2017, he founded the Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival to promote unconventional storytelling and bring together eclectic, unorthodox, and progressive filmmakers, musicians, and artists. Jerry is drawn to niche creative subcultures, outsider artists, and passionate amateurs and this is reflected in his work.
Known For

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
The Secret: Dare to Dream

After crossing into the U.S. with no family to speak of, young Cecilia finds herself in the charge of Francisco, a lonely Cuban immigrant long separated from his own family. Francisco operates a way station for border crossers on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles, a surreal, desiccated lakebed in the California desert. While he copes with the alienation of living alone in a foreign land and the impossibility of realizing the American dream, Cecilia aimlessly wanders the dusty landscape, accompanied only by her fantastical imagination and distant memories of motherly love.
Lake Los Angeles

A young woman goes on a cathartic journey through memory and imagination inspired by the performers at an open mic.
Heartstorm

An aspiring influencer documents her journey to booking her first horror film but receives a bloody surprise when a real-life killer begins murdering her cast mates on set.
My First Horror Film

When the eccentric cast of a mid-90s Public Access show in Detroit reunite after 20 years to make a new episode, they are forced to take a hard look at their lives and reconcile their teenage dreams with the realities of adulthood.
20 Years Of Madness

Alfonzo is having a restless evening. Home alone with only an Aleister Crowley book for company, he yearns for some excitement. As though in answer to this unspoken wish, an intruder invades Alfonzo's space—in more ways than one. Meanwhile, two of Alfonzo's friends are planning their own surprise visit.
A Southern Tragedy

Farah hits the road with her buddies to stump for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, hoping the trip will be her opportunity to finally shed her unwanted virginity. She soon finds her efforts on both political and sexual fronts continuously thwarted.
Farah Goes Bang

A man, in a deep state of psychosis, wanders through a series of disturbing vignettes uncovering a personal reality.
Hypnophrenia

A woman in a loveless marriage seeks to escape her mundane life through a bizarre ritual.
Birthday

A Chicago street performer pays a visit to the Detroit suburbs. He encounters two teenage girls and has an Icarus experience.
Window 13

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.
Five Minutes Ago

A tale about death, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
Suburban Legend

An elderly couple exchange gifts, words, and something deeper.
The Sword and the Sheath

Surreal, offbeat short film about a cockroach who falls in love with the woman whose apartment he infests.
Josephine and the Roach

Sometimes childhood dreams come true.
When I Grow Up

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Moin Moin

Quinn and Natasha lead a simple life until a strange man kidnaps Natasha and takes him to his mistress-someone Quinn had hoped was out of his life forever. Now Quinn must find Natasha, with the force of vengeance as his only guide.
Force of Vengeance

A black and white German existentialist sci-fi action film.
Der andere Drache

Lethal Finger is back—and this time he's got some friends.
Lethal Finger & Friends

Lenny is on a journey of some kind and it involves various kitchens for some reason.