Biography
Jerry LaMothe is an award-winning writer/director/producer, born and raised in East Flatbush Brooklyn. The first generation Haitian-American filmmaker is the creator, executive producer, and director of the anthology series, Terror Lake Drive. Now in its third season, the psychological/horror/thriller currently streams on AMC+/Allblk.
In 2000, LaMothe wrote, produced, directed and starred in his directorial debut, Amour Infinity. With a single camera and a budget of $25,000, LaMothe shot the film in his hometown of Brooklyn. After garnering several awards in the film festival circuit, Amour Infinity is regarded as a cult classic.
2007, marks the year the filmmaker produced, wrote and directed, the independent feature film, Blackout. The festival fave boasted an impressive cast which includes: Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Saldana, Saul Rubinek, Jamie Hector, Susan Kelechi Watson, Melvin Van Peebles and Michael B. Jordan. Blackout premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Other top-tier festival selections would follow, including the Chicago International film festival, Zurich International Film Festival-where the film was nominated for the Golden Eye for Best New Fiction Film, and Urbanworld, where LaMothe received the "Director spotlight" award.
in 2008 Blackout was credited as the first Original BET movie.
In 2011, the multi-hyphenate wrote, produced and directed the critically acclaimed short film, The Tombs. Starring Rob Morgan and Nayshawn Kearse, the film highlights the injustices of the American prison system. The Tombs was an Official Selection at LA Shorts Fest, Pan African Film Festival, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, Raindance and the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, where The Tombs won the HBO Award for Best Short Film.
That year, the writer/director was also named a recipient of the NJ State Council of the Arts Fellowship/Grant and received a Black Reel nomination for Outstanding Independent Short Film for The Tombs.
LaMothe would go on to direct the pilot (and following two episodes) for Bounce TV's first-ever scripted series, Saints & Sinners, which became Bounce TV's flagship show and most watched series in the network's history.
The following year (2017), Jerry received an Artists Grant from the Will and Jada Pinkett Smith Family Foundation for his screenplay The Promise Keeper.
In 2020, the filmmaker made history by leading the first production in the U.S. (Terror Lake Drive S1)-greenlit by SAG-AFTRA to commence and complete production during the Covid-19 pandemic.
