Jeff Tremaine is a producer and director best known for co-creating the cultural phenomenon Jackass, an MTV television show that was born out of a skateboarding magazine and went on to four #1 box office movie hits.

Jeff's raw and self-taught style is also behind numerous other tv shows, documentaries, and national commercials. His influence and humor permeates through several decades of American youth.

Jeff is also host Laura's husband, which makes for a more casual and even more candid interview than any other in Smartest Person in the Room's Hollywood series.

In this interview, Jeff talks about:

• How skateboarding culture influences fashion and art more than any other sport.
• How Jackass was created out of Big Brother magazine.
• The most meaningful documentary he's ever directed.
• The differences between directing television vs. feature films vs. documentaries vs. commercials
• What it's like to work with "difficult" people (and what defines difficult)
• Stories about working with Johnny Knoxville, SteveO, Chris Pontius, Travis Pastrana, and more.
• The book that had the greatest influence on him.

You can read the full show notes here.