The Jeffery Dahmer Files

(Documentary Feature, 2012, Premiere SXSW)

In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. Through the use of archival footage and interviews with the local medical examiner, police detective, and Dahmer’s neighbors, this documentary explores the ordinary man behind the horrifying acts.

Directed & Edited by Chris James Thompson

Produced by: Chris James Thompson & Jack Turner

Written by: Chris James Thompson, Andrew Swant & Joe Riepenhoff

Cinematography: Michael Vollmann

Executive Producers: Barry Poltermann & Chris Smith