Jack McCoy

Jack McCoy

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Masterful surf film and video-maker from Australia; winner of the Surfer Magazine Video of the Year Award in 1996 and 1999, and widely regarded as the sport's premier cinematographer of the 1990s and early 2000s.

McCoy was born (1948) in Los Angeles, the son of a radio and TV show host, spent his early childhood in Hollywood, and moved with his family in 1954 to Hawaii, where he soon began surfing.

Best known work

Isolated
Isolated
2013
A Deeper Shade of Blue
A Deeper Shade of Blue
2011
Storm Riders
Storm Riders
1980
Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon
2004
Tubular Swells
Tubular Swells
1976
TO' Day of Days: Laird Hamilton & Friends Epic Trip to Tahiti
TO' Day of Days: Laird Hamilton & Friends Epic Trip to Tahiti
2001
Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left
Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left
1995
Fish: The Surfboard Documentary
Fish: The Surfboard Documentary
2016
Free as a Dog
Free as a Dog
2006
The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez
The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez
2022

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Solid: The Two Days That Teahupoo Blew Minds

    Director

  2. TBA

  3. 2022

  4. 2016

  5. 2013

    Isolated

    as Self - Ambassador for Peace

  6. 2011

    A Deeper Shade of Blue

    Writer, Director

  7. 2006

  8. 2004

    Blue Horizon

    Director

  9. 2003

  10. 2001

  11. 1999

  12. 1997

  13. 1996

  14. 1995

  15. 1995

  16. 1993

    Sons of Fun

    Director

  17. 1992

  18. 1990

    Pump!

    Director

  19. 1990

  20. 1983

  21. 1980

    Storm Riders

    Director

  22. 1976

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