Jeff began his career in the Film Industry in Canada and moved to Australia in 1996. Jeff has had a number of roles in the Media Industry in Brisbane including Studio Manager at Bris31 and the curator of the Greenlight Film Festival for TAFE Qld. After a 20 year career in education including lecturing in Film History, Producing and Editing at multiple universities, Jeff and his partner Rachel founded This Story Australia in 2019 - a charity to preserve the personal stories of veterans in documentary interviews.
To date Jeff has produced over 60 documentaries for This Story Australia including stories across the conflicts of WWII, Malaya, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan from veterans aged 105 to 23. By aiming to create the largest collection of veteran’s personal stories in Australia, This Story hopes to foster connections between the general public and the Defence Force community thereby facilitating a more respectful society for us all.