Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Jeff Beesley is one of Canada’s most unique filmmakers. Hailing from Moose Jaw, Jeff was part of the Corner Gas team from Season 2-6. Since then, he has directed 14 episodes of the smash-hit comedy.

The rest of his career goes something like this: After graduating from film school he began shooting his first professional film called Percy, Me and Bobby McGee (1996). It won the best documentary award at the 1996 Saskatchewan Showcase Awards, as well as a Golden Sheaf Award at the 1997 Yorkton Film Festival, and three National Media Excellence Awards.

Other credits include the documentary The Last Word From Moose Jaw (1997) and his much-acclaimed feature Sparkle which debuted at the Montreal World Film Festival. Jeff was also the Associate Producer on Skipped Parts (1999), produced by Trimark Pictures. Jeff also directed Dolan’s Cadillac (2009), a feature film based on the Stephen King novel and starring Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier and Wes Bentley.

He also has worked as a director on “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” “Borderline Normal,” “Everybody’s Doing It,” “The Risen,” and “Try to Remember.” Jeff also has directed many episodes of the Gemini-award winning dramatic youth series “renegadepress.com.”