Directing
Jackie van Beek
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.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
14
Acting credits
8
Directing
5
Writing
2
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1
3,990 votesWhat We Do in the Shadows
2014 · movie
- 2
1,027 votesWhat We Do in the Shadows
2019 · tv
- 3
334 votesEagle vs Shark
2007 · movie
- 4
228 votesThe Breaker Upperers
2018 · movie
- 5
139 votesTime Bandits
2024 · tv
- 6
117 votesWellington Paranormal
2018 · tv
- 7
40 votesThe Office
2024 · tv
- 8
26 votes800 Words
2015 · tv
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
