The Cage Fighter
ABOUT
A blue-collar family man breaks the promise he’d made years ago to never fight again. Newly 40, with a family who needs him, Joe risks everything—his marriage, his family, his health—to go back into the cage and come to terms with his past. A true-life tale of resilience that unfolds with all the drama of fiction, The Cage Fighter is a riveting look at the demons that drive a man to push himself to the limit.
Jeff Unay is a director, cinematographer and visual artist. His driving passion is telling immersive stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Jeff’s independent directorial debut was the 2018 feature film THE CAGE FIGHTER. The film was released by IFC Films/Sundance Selects and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. The Independent magazine recognized Jeff as a 2017 Filmmaker To Watch. Jeff first cut his teeth helming the direct-to-fan feature documentary FREE TO PLAY. Co-shot and edited by Jeff, it was produced and distributed by Valve and received 5.5 million online views in its opening weekend release. Jeff also works as a cinematographer, most recently on the documentary film SATAN AND ADAM (2019). Jeff is a Concordia, Sundance, and Points North Fellow and a member of the Full Sail University Hall of Fame. Based in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and children, Jeff is developing a slate of films that unleash the size of the fight in the underdog.
CREDITS
James Orara