J.P. Riley is a multifaceted professional, operating as a music video, commercial, and feature film director and producer based in both Los Angeles and Chicago.
His extensive work has garnered recognition at numerous prestigious film festivals and awards, including the SXSW, AFI Best of Fest, Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Independent Filmmakers Showcase, Sarasota International Film Festival, Telluride International Film Festival, HD Fest, Columbia's Pictional Festival, The Chicago Film Festival, Flicker Fest, Midwest Independent Film Festival, and more.
Notably, he has won multiple Audience and Jury Awards at The Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and London United Film Festivals.
J.P.'s impressive client roster includes notable music acts such as The Verve Pipe, The Barenaked Ladies, The Plain White T's, Rachael Yamagata, The Baldwin Brothers, Oh My God, Bayside, Company of Thieves, Mutts, and Queen Latifah.
He has also collaborated with prominent commercial clients like VH1, MTV New Media, Chipotle, Frontier Airlines, ESPN, The Chicago Sun-Times News Group, and Comcast, earning two Telly Awards and a W3 Award for his commercial work.
J.P.'s debut feature film, Act Naturally, was released in the spring of 2013 by Cinetic Rights Management/FilmBuff/Gunpowder & Sky. The film's theatrical clothing-optional screening tour garnered significant attention, landing him and co-producer Katie L. Hall on the cover of The Los Angeles Times and USA Today.
Act Naturally went on to spend three weeks atop Prescreen's VOD portal, as well as Best Buy's Cinema Now Most Viewed Releases and iTunes Must-See Summer Comedies List.
In addition to his work on Act Naturally, J.P. has produced several other indie films, including Hannah Rosner's Park City and Samantha Buck's short film, Depends, as well as her 2013 Peabody Award-winning documentary, Best Kept Secret.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, J.P. graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television, and Film. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to work in network television and produce the sequels to the Act Naturally franchise.
