Person
Jackie van Beek
Directing · Born 1976-01-01 · Wellington, New Zealand
Biography
Jackie is a New Zealand actress, writer and director best known for The Breaker Upperers, a buddy comedy that she co-wrote, directed and starred in with Madeleine Sami. Her first feature film, The Inland Road, premiered in competition at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. She played Jackie, the desperate familiar, in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's What We Do in the Shadows and now directs on two of the film's spin-offs: Wellington Paranormal and the Shadows FX series.
Known for
What We Do in the Shadows
Director
Time Bandits
Director
Wellington Paranormal
Director
Taskmaster NZ
Self
What We Do in the Shadows
Jackie
800 Words
Gloria
The Office
Executive Producer
Anika Moa Unleashed
Self
Educators
Robyn Duffy
Funny Girls
Pauline
Filmography
- 2026Mum, I'm Alien PregnantAnn
- 2025Zombucha!
- 2024AudreyRonnie Lipsick
- 2024The OfficeExecutive Producer
- 2024Time BanditsDirector
- 2022Nude TuesdayLaura
- 2020Taskmaster NZSelf
- 2019EducatorsRobyn Duffy
- 2019What We Do in the ShadowsDirector
- 2018Wellington ParanormalDirector
- 2018Anika Moa UnleashedSelf
- 2018The Breaker UpperersJen
- 2017The Inland RoadDirector
- 2015Funny GirlsPauline
- 2015800 WordsGloria
- 2014CoverbandStacey
- 2014What We Do in the ShadowsJackie
- 2012In Safe HandsDirector
- 2007Eagle vs SharkBurger Staff
- 2001Love MusselFiona Mathieson
- —HopeDirector
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