Born in New Jersey in 1973, Jeremy spent his formative years addicted to horror movies. In 1994, responding to an ad in Backstage magazine, he began work on the film The Atrocity Exhibition in New York. He worked as a motion picture electrician and resided in New York City from 1994 through 1998, at which point he moved to Los Angeles, California. He is an IATSE Local 728 Chief Lighting Technician.