Jeffrey Tinnell a native of Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...

, is a motion picture producer and publisher of graphic novels. Following a stint as a freelance production manager and producer, Tinnell co-founded the award-winning Los Angeles-based production company, Desert Music Pictures in 1989. He left the company in 1995 to concentrate solely on feature film production.

Tinnell has produced a wide range of live event projects, television specials, music videos, and commercials with Desert Music Pictures as well as other companies such as Propaganda Films

Propaganda Films

Propaganda Films was a prolific and successful music video and film production company founded in 1983 by producers Steve Golin and Sigurjón Sighvatsson and directors David Fincher, Nigel Dick, Greg Gold and Dominic Sena...

. His list of credits and clients include Nike

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

, Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...

, McDonald's

McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

, The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

, Don Henley

Don Henley

Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...

, Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

, and Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

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On the feature film front, Tinnell has produced an assortment of projects over the years, including Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown

"Young Goodman Brown" is a short story by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story takes place in 17th century Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthorne's works, and addresses the Calvinist/Puritan belief that humanity exists in a state of depravity, exempting those who are born in...

, The Kid, Frankenstein & Me, and the popular French-Canadian hockey films Les Boys

Les Boys

Les Boys is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successful Canadian-made film series of all time.-Plot:The plot revolves around the players on a...

I & II amongst his credits. He also produced an elaborate title sequence for the Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures...

 comedy Son of the Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther is the ninth entry in the 30-year-old The Pink Panther film series. Directed by Blake Edwards, it stars Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son. Also in this film are Panther regulars Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark and a star of the original 1963...

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In 2009, through his production entity Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory is a multi faceted production company founded by brothers Robert Tinnell and Jeffrey Tinnell. Created in 2005, the company has produced films such as Shades of Gray, Romeo Must Hang, and Edgar Allen Poe's Requiem for the Damned. AIF also publishes graphic novels, including...

, Tinnell released Shades of Gray, a documentary film detailing the life and exploits of UFO conspiracy writer Gray Barker

Gray Barker

Gray Barker was an American writer best known for his books about UFOs and other paranormal phenomena. His 1956 book They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers introduced the notion of the Men in Black to UFO folklore. Recent evidence indicates that he was skeptical of most UFO claims, and mainly...

. Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory is a multi faceted production company founded by brothers Robert Tinnell and Jeffrey Tinnell. Created in 2005, the company has produced films such as Shades of Gray, Romeo Must Hang, and Edgar Allen Poe's Requiem for the Damned. AIF also publishes graphic novels, including...

 will release Romeo Must Hang, a film delving into the crimes of serial killer Harry Powers, the inspiration for the novel and film Night of the Hunter, written by Davis Grubb

Davis Grubb

Davis Grubb was an American novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, Grubb wanted to combine his creative skills as a painter with writing and as such attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

, in 2010. July of 2011 will see the release of Allegheny Image Factory's feature film, Edgar Allen Poe's Requiem for the Damned. The film, inspired by five Poe classic stories, includes updated versions of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Two works that share some similarities predate Poe's stories, including Das...

", "Tell-Tale Heart", "Fall of the House of Usher", "Pit and the Pendulum", and 'The Black Cat

The Black Cat (short story)

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"...

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Tinnell is also the publisher of graphic novels through Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory is a multi faceted production company founded by brothers Robert Tinnell and Jeffrey Tinnell. Created in 2005, the company has produced films such as Shades of Gray, Romeo Must Hang, and Edgar Allen Poe's Requiem for the Damned. AIF also publishes graphic novels, including...

. The company's first release, Feast of the Seven Fishes, written by Tinnell's brother Robert Tinnell

Robert Tinnell

Robert Tinnell is a motion picture screenwriter, director, and producer. He is also the author of several comic books and graphic novels, notably with a horror slant.-Biography:...

 and drawn by Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor is an alternative comics artist operating out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of The Kubert School and is best known for his artistic collaborations with underground comics pioneers Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame, and Jay Lynch who illustrates Garbage Pail Kids...

 and Alex Saviuk

Alex Saviuk

Alex Saviuk is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.-Biography:Saviuk was born on August 17, 1952 Alex Saviuk (born August 17, 1953) is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics character...

, was nominated for a 2006 Eisner Award

Eisner Award

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...

 for Best Graphic Album, Reprint. Feast of the Seven Fishes was also a selection for the 2007 National Book Festival

National Book Festival

The National Book Festival is an American event organized by the Library of Congress annually in Washington, D.C. Held in early autumn, the festival attracts tens of thousands of people each year . Over fifty nationally published authors, illustrators, and poets are invited for lectures,...

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A 1985 graduate of the College of William & Mary with a BA in history. Tinnell also played football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 under coach Jimmye Laycock

Jimmye Laycock

Jimmye Laycock has served as head football coach at the College of William & Mary since 1980. Laycock graduated from William & Mary in 1970 and played quarterback under legendary coaches Marv Levy and Lou Holtz...

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External links

• Jeffrey Tinnell at the Internet Movie Database
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• Feast of the Seven Fishes site
• Shades of Gray site
• Allegheny Image Factory site
• Romeo Must Hang site