Jack Vento
Directing
Biography
Jack Vento is a filmmaker from southeast Wisconsin, currently based in Los Angeles. He began making films in 2011 and has experience across writing, directing, editing, and acting in a variety of independent productions. Vento directed the feature films Expedition Conquest (2016) and Expedition Inquisition (2017), both self-produced projects in which he took on multiple creative and technical roles throughout development and post-production. In 2021, he wrote, directed, and edited the short film In the Clear, a narrative drama focused on themes of grief and reconciliation. Most recently, he produced the independent feature QLC (2025). He continues to work on original narrative projects while expanding his experience across all phases of independent filmmaking.
Known For
After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend to the city of their dreams - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What's supposed to be a light-hearted adventure soon transforms into a journey of profound redemption.
Small Town Wisconsin
The socially awkward black sheep of a group of friends throws himself a going-away party.
Steven's Last Night in Town
From the creators of Kenny Crackerman and its sequels comes Crackerman—an epic reimagining of Kenny’s original tale. When Kenny’s supernatural powers spiral out of control, his brother Alex and Grandpa Crackerman embark on a desperate quest to save him from himself.
Crackerman
After witnessing a harrowing murder, three strangers are forced to rely on each other as they navigate a chaotic nocturnal odyssey.
QLC
Prophecy has returned after centuries, and Mick is the first to receive it. In search of guidance, he’s drawn into old wounds—and something far bigger than he’s ready for.
In the Clear
Kenny Crackerman always gets bullied in school, and carries a pillow around with him 24/7. If he is without his—don't swing that around—if Kenny is without his little pillow, Patricia, he will get scared. This is scene 1: Billy's morning on his way to school.
Kenny Crackerman
After Expedition Conquest, Nick Finley is pulled back into the hunt when a black market trader reveals a new prize linked to the ancient Copper Scroll. Old allies return, new faces emerge, and the search takes them further than ever before.
Expedition Inquisition
Alex Crackerman is the second movie in the Crackerman series, following the original, Kenny Crackerman. Alex is Kenny’s brother. Unlike Kenny, Alex is smart. Kenny is... well, dumb and stupid. Alex is very nerdy and has no friends. Like his brother, he gets beat up—and, well, he’s sort of the teacher’s pet, but not really. Alex will get beaten up. He’ll be beaten up by his grandfather. He’ll go to places no kid has ever dared to venture—places where nothing should ever happen.
Alex Crackerman
In a struggle for survival, Hank does whatever it takes to protect his daughter Zel. When it goes beyond keeping them physically alive, they cope with the reality of what it means to survive the apocalypse.
Dragons
Years after a mission gone wrong, rogue explorer Nick Finley comes out of hiding to stop a powerful enemy from seizing a set of dangerous artifacts. With a team of misfits—including a former convict, a deranged war vet, and a rival Russian archaeologist—Nick embarks on Expedition Conquest: a race against time, enemies, and his own past.
Expedition Conquest
In the city of Novigrad, a gang member named Geralt along with his sidekick Triss hunt down notorious mob leader Stregabor. A mash-up of CD Project Red's Cyberpunk and Witcher Franchises!
CyberWitcher 2078
Upcoming desert-set project.