about
A graduate with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Film Program, Jeff Venditti has photographed hundreds of commercials with directors like Dave Laden of Hungry Man, Laurent Chanez of Identity, Paul Goldman, Brian Aldrich, Greg Popp, Scott Corbett, Ted Pauly, Agustin Alberdi and Randy Krallman of Smuggler. He has photographed everything from lifestyle, automobiles, and comedy to children & table top for clients such as Nike, Budweiser, Playstation, Eastpak, Altoids, L'Oreal, McDonalds, and Orbitz.
Launching his career, Jeff lensed music videos for such diverse artists as: Tupac, Janet Jackson, Keith Urban and Outkast receiving acclaim for videos like The Rembrandts "I'll Be There For You" (with the cast of the television show Friends) and Coolio's "Somethin' New." Jeff has photographed countless celebrities including Harrison Ford, Benecio Del Torro, Robin Williams, and Halle Berry.
Jeff won the award for "Best Cinematography" at the First Run Film Festival in NY for the short film "Devil Take the Hindmost." In addition, he won a Golden Eagle Award for his film "57th Street Serenade" directed by David Dobkin (The Wedding Crashers). Jeff’s commercial work has garnered several "Best Ad" awards from Adweek along with spots showcased by Archive and Shots magazine.
He continues to shoot in the narrative format having shot "Soccer Mom" with Emily Osment, "Trailer Park of Terror" with Lew Temple, "Two Weeks" starring Sally Field and Ben Chaplin and "Jam" starring William Forsythe, Jonathan Silverman, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.