Jesse Peretz has just completed his fourth feature film, MY IDIOT BROTHER, featuring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, and Steve Coogan. It premiered at Sundance this January, and will be released by The Weinstein Company in August. Jesse’s other films include THE CHATEAU, with Paul Rudd and Romany Malco, THE EX, starring Jason Bateman, Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, and Charles Grodin, and FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES, with Giovanni Ribisi and Natasha Gregson Wagner, based on the Ian McEwan short story. He has directed music videos for the Foo Fighters, The Breeders, Jack Black, and Jimmy Fallon, among others. His video for the Foo Fighters song “Learn to Fly” earned him the Grammy for Video of the Year. He has directed scores of commercials and was also the co-creator of the Jimmy McBride MTV cabdriver (played by Donal Logue.) In high school, Jesse started the band The Lemonheads with classmate Evan Dando.