Occupation Novelist Language English | Name JJ DeCeglie Role Novelist | |
Books Damned Good, Ennui and Despair, In the Same Streets Y, The Sea Is Not Yet Full | ||
Jugular - Influences - JJ DeCeglie
Jeremy Joseph ("JJ") DeCeglie (born c. 1981) is a writer/film-maker from Fremantle, Western Australia.
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Literary Work
DeCeglie's first work was an independent published novella the sea is not yet full in 2005.[1] This was followed up by independent limited run of the short story collection In the Same Streets You'll Wander Endlessly in 2008.[2]
In 2010, Fontaine Press published Damned Good, a philosophical poker novel.[3]Damned Good was named Australia's first poker novel by Poker News.[4] [5]
A novella Ennui and Despair, was published in September 2010 by Olympia Press. [6]
Drawing Dead, a neo-noir novel was independently published in 2011.[7] It will be re-issued by Fahrenheit Press in 2017.
Film career
In 2013, Jugular,[8] DeCeglie's first feature film premièred at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, where it won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. The film was shot with a one-man crew in Melbourne and had a budget of around $6000.[9][10][11]
His second feature film, the comedy Can't Win. Do Try premièred at CineFestOz in 2016.