Jeff Macpherson

Who is Jeff Macpherson?

Jeff Macpherson is a filmmaker and video game developer. He is the creator of the web series Tiki Bar TV and co-founder of the gaming company RocketChicken Interactive, Inc. which produces the game CodeRunner.

On October 14, 2005, during the Macworld 2005 Keynote presentation Steve Jobs showcased Tiki Bar TV to the audience as an example of a "Video Podcast" as something that could be loaded on to the new video iPod using Apple's proprietary iTunes software for no charge. The next day, Tiki Bar TV moved to the #1 slot in the iTunes Podcast charts, and as such Tiki Bar TV was one of the first user generated programs to gain worldwide popularity via the iTunes distribution model.

Prior to Tiki Bar TV, Macpherson was a producer of music videos and television commercials. He was also a writer on two feature films for First Look Home Entertainment and directed the feature, Come Together

In 2006 Macpherson spoke at the annual conference of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association on the subject of video podcasts and webseries. He has been featured in Wired magazine, The National Post, CPU Magazine, Times.com, Businessweek, G4’s Attack of the Show!, CBC’s The National, and CBS News. In July 2006, Macpherson was profiled in Forbes Magazine Celebrity100 Issue as “one of the first breakout stars in the world of Internet television”.