Via Zoom: Jer Sklar on His First Feature Film ‘Tom of Your Life’

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CHICAGO – Jer Sklar has created a one-of-a-kind feature film debut – “Tom of His Life” – the story of a boy who ages four years every hour, living his entire life in one day. The film has a week-long run at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, with Sklar making an appearance on May 8th, 2021, with a Q&A moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com (click here for tickets).

Jer Sklar wrote, directed, provided the soundtrack (through a band he’s in, Blackstrap Molasses) and edited the film, in addition to portraying Tom from age 32-104. The story is about the birth of the boy that ages four years every hour (portrayed by different actors up to age 32), and a nurse named Jess (Baize Busan) who recognizes Tom’s fate and kidnaps him from the hospital to provide a semblance of a life cycle in one day. The events of this time period – like life – are not very well planned, and the pair on the run must improvise before Tom gets any older.

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Photo credit: TomOfYourLife.com

Jer Sklar is a Highland Park (Illinois) native, who moved to Los Angeles to study acting and music. While in L.A., he also worked as a Development Executive and helped to launch the Chris Rock-produced series “Totally Biased.” He co-created “Tom of His Life” with producing partner James Sharpe (who portrays Carl in the film).

In PART ONE of an interview Via Zoom with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Jer Sklar of “Tom of Your Life” on writing, directing and acting in his first feature film …

In PART TWO, Jer talks about cinematography and the lessons learned from completing his first feature film …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor, Film Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com