Jeffrey Scott Basham

Jeffrey Scott Basham was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in metropolitan Detroit. Jeffrey Scott Basham went on to receive formal training at California Institute of the Arts, The Juilliard School, and The Groundlings School. His first film appearance was Gran Torino (2008), under the direction of Clint Eastwood. In 2011, he received recognition for his role in Haaris Baiig's lauded thriller Residual Imprint (2012) and has alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins in the television series doing performance capture WestWorld (2017). The Tonight Show with Jay Leno(2012), after a triumphant set at the world famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood, where he would present the same set at Caroline's on Broadway, in Times Square. In 2013, Basham played 'Max,' in Martin Sherman's BENT - which He also executive produced under the esteemed direction of Fran Bennett while at CalArts receiving the diversity Grant and all other applicable institutional awards at that time and went on to win the 2012 regional Tony award for Best Lead Actor in a play. In 2017, he appeared in several films, including Suburbicon, directed by George Clooney, with Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, and How to be a Latin Lover, directed by Ken Marino, with Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe, Kristin Bell, and Raquel Welch. However, Basham's most memorable film experience was working with movement choreographer and motion capture artists Terry Notary, Andy Sirkus and Director discuss transforming and capturing visual FX motion capture technology, and how one can be entirely transformed into chimps, orangutans or silver-back gorillas for War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Jeffrey Scott Basham is an accomplished producer as well, winning an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries for the Drama Don't Leave Me 2016. In 2019, Basham would go on to start his own production company, Alchemy Motion Pictures and works as a Producer/ film financier for Ridley Scott's Production Company Scottfree Productions and is currently packaging House of Gucci Biopic starring Lady Gaga.