Director · Actor · Writer

Jackie van Beek

14 credited titles on WatchWise

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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Strongest genre

Comedy

$1.1M · 50% hit rate

Biggest hit

What We Do in the Shadows

$6.3M

Standout efficiency

3.9x

What We Do in the Shadows · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$1.1M

Combined reported budget

$435K

Gross / budget

2.6x

Bankability Index

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