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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Jack McCoy

Biography:

Masterful surf film and video-maker from Australia; winner of the Surfer Magazine Video of the Year Award in 1996 and 1999, and widely regarded as the sport's premier cinematographer of the 1990s and early 2000s.

McCoy was born (1948) in Los Angeles, the son of a radio and TV show host, spent his early childhood in Hollywood, and moved with his family in 1954 to Hawaii, where he soon began surfing.

Known For

Acting

2016

Fish: The Surfboard Documentary as Self

2013

Isolated as Self - Ambassador for Peace

Directing

2011

A Deeper Shade of Blue as Director

2006

Free as a Dog as Director

2004

Blue Horizon as Director

2003

TO' day of days as Director

2001

TO' Day of Days: Laird Hamilton & Friends Epic Trip to Tahiti as Director

1999

Billabong Challenge: Nine 9 Lives as Director

1997

Billabong Challenge: Alley Oop & Wide Open as Director

1996

Billabong Challenge: Psychedelic Desert Groove as Director

1995

Billabong Challenge: Jeffrey's Bay as Director

Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left as Director

1993

Sons of Fun as Director

1992

The Green Iguana as Director

1990

Pump! as Director

Bunyip Dreaming as Director

1983

Kong's Island as Director

1980

Storm Riders as Director

1976

Tubular Swells as Director

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Solid: The Two Days That Teahupoo Blew Minds as Director

Trade Wind: The Wavesailing FIlm as Director

Writing

2011

A Deeper Shade of Blue as Writer

Production

2022

The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez as Producer