Jae's career began when he stepped into the fashion industry, session styling for celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Paula Abdul, M.I.A, Dannii Minogue (ironically), Helena Christensen and Cyndi Lauper. His love for fashion continued to grow and his stellar reputation took him to the fashion week runways of New York, Paris, London, Milan and finally landing him in New York.

Working alongside world-renowned photographers David LaChapelle and Patrick Demarchelier, Jae was inspired to explore photography and directing. Over ten years later, Jae has had a large range of commercial success shooting advertising for advertising greats including DDB, Clemenger BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi, AJF Partnership, McCann and BWM. His clients include Samsung, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Holden, Target, Sony, Rodd & Gunn and Myer.

 Jae’s festival debut short film ‘THE HUNTED' was selected as Best Short Film Finalist at the Academy Award qualifying Saint Kilda Film Festival 19 (Australia) and Maryland Film Festival 19 (US). Jae was also recently awarded Best Director (for the film) at the New Vision Film Festival 19 (Netherlands) and Around International Film Festival 19 (Paris, France and Berlin, Germany). His film was most recently selected for Chelsea Film Festival 19 (NYC, US), Lift-Off 20(Los Angeles, US), Hollywood Horror Festival 19 (Los Angeles, US). His feature film ‘PHEONIX’ is in the final stages of development with FireFly Films.

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