Jack Venturo was born in Lima, Peru on January 9, 1981. Jack and his mother Maria escaped Peru and came to the United States in March of 1990, They spent two months in New York before settling in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Andrew struck on August 24, 1992 and Jack and his Mom moved to St. Petersburg, Florida.

Jack was accepted in the magnet program The Pinellas County Center for the Arts (P.C.C.A) at Gibbs High School in 1996 as a Visual Artist.

While in P.C.C.A. he pursued a wide range of visual arts including photography, oil painting, welding, rendering, sketching, design, sculpture art history and film history. Jack held an art exhibition in March of 2000, entitled "Fear", which dealt with horror and its portrayal in motion pictures.

An interest in puppeteering led him to create his puppet, Stanley who quickly became very popular with cult audiences, making cameo appearances in some short films. The success of these shorts inspired Jack to write a full three-part screenplay about Stanley and create his first feature length film, "Natural Born Stanley" which was released on December 19, 1997.

With the success of "Natural Born Stanley" and intent on maintaining creative control over his future films, Jack channeled all of his efforts into creating his own production company.

The foundation of the company was set with his first film. Moviegod Productions was formed and with it came the much-anticipated sequel "Stanley 2 - The Legacy", released on February 13, 1999. Along with the release of his second feature length film the "M" logo for Moviegod Productions was created.

After "Stanley 2 - The Legacy" he wrote and directed "Lost in the Wilderness - Quest For Episode I" which opened on June 22, 2000 at the Film Paradiso Beach Theatre in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The premiere was an undisputed success, with lines forming around the theatre. The premiere with young and old moviegoers alike was almost sold out opening night.

The premiere included a display of behind the scenes photos, complimentary gifts for pre-purchase ticket holders, autographed pictures of the cast, movie-based merchandise and a live performance by "Kill Theory", who played live music from the original motion picture soundtrack. "It was more than a premiere, it was a celebration," a fan later said.

With the "Lost in the Wilderness" release came the web-site www.moviegodproductions.com, which was bought on November 28, 1999.

Jack was a fulltime High School student at Gibbs and a part time cameraman at The Home Shopping Network while working there he wrote 4 projects including Movies and cartoon shows, he also saved up enough money to leave Florida, Jack graduated High School on June of 2000 and on December 24, 2000 Jack moved to Los Angeles, CA.

The 7 day road trip ended in Studio City, CA. between 2001 and 2003 life in L.A was tough with little money and no family in the city Jack worked all sorts of day jobs and production gigs ranging from Production Assistant & Casting Director to Telemarketing and Temp work.

In July of 2003, Jack started working on his 4th film, entitled "The Shortest Day". The film was released on Friday, September 5, 2003 to critical acclaim. It was the most nominated and most awarded movie at The 2003 Circle of Excellence Film Festival Archie Awards. The awards ceremony included both Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and was held at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. "The Shortest Day" was nominated for four Archie Awards, of which it won three:

• Best Screenplay - Jack Venturo
• Best Actor - Chris Pagano
• Best Director - Jack Venturo

"The Shortest Day" did not win Best Picture of the year but it was awarded a special Archie Award:

• 1st Runner-up Best Picture

On June of 2004 Jack created his own personal website, www.jackorama.com which is a portfolio of all his work.

In April of 2005 Jack met Eydie at a job they had together and they quickly became great friends, in March of 2006 Jack took a much needed year long sabbatical from filmmaking, writing and web building. He spent his personal time off hiking, mountain climbing, sight seeing, reading, soul searching, meditating, resting and learning about himself, life, people and what ever he could get his hand on.

Jack and Eydie started dating in October of 2006

On February 16, 2007 Jack was ordained by Rose Ministries and became a Reverend capable of performing Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals and other spiritual ceremonies.

In March of 2007 Jack became a Set Intern for Shadow Machine Films building miniature sets and props for "Robot Chicken" on Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. his work can be seen on www.Jackorama.com

On August 17, 2007 Jack became a Citizen of The United States of America, He was sworn in at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.

On Thursday, May 29th 2008 at 4:35 PM Eydie and Jack welcomed their daughter Athena Phoenix Venturo into the world, she weighed 8lbs 5oz and meassured 20 inches long, more pictures of Athena and her life are available on Athena's page HERE.

Athena is Eydie's 4th and Jack's 1st daughter.

On July 18, 2008 Jack Venturo started filming The next project for Moviegod Productions Entertainment starring David Haverty as Mike Freeman.

"The Death of Tempo" is a drama, which is very different from previous films by MPE, It was Released on DVD on January 1st 2010. The movie will be hitting the Film Festivals and is available for purchase on the Studio Store!

Jack is currently living in Los Angeles, California, he has started writting his 6th movie which is will be a pshycological thriller, he is also writting and working on several projects ranging from T.V. sitcoms, cartoon shows, short and feature length movies, art, sculptures, dioramas, graphic design, web design, headshot photography, working on updating the websites and creating videos for You Tube.

When Jack is not working on his projects he spends time with his beloved Wife Eydie (Pictured middle), Hali 16 (Left), Isabella 7 (Bottom Left) Xochitl 6 (Bottom Right) and Athena 2.

To be continued...................