{{Short description|American artist, filmmaker and ufologist}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup|reason=includes unnecessary language that reads as promotional|date=January 2024}} {{Primary sources|date=April 2025}} {{Self-published|date=April 2025}} {{Unreliable sources|date=April 2025}} }} {{Infobox artist | name = Jeremy Corbell | image = | caption = Corbell in 2009 | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- Per WP:DOB a reliable source is required. This source must also indicate that this is public knowledge --> | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | spouse = Katrina Bea | field = <!-- Refers to a specific field of art, not just general activities --> | movement = Contemporary artist | website = {{URL|ExtraordinaryBeliefs.com}} }} '''Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell''' (born February 3, 1977) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker and ufologist based in Los Angeles, California. Initially gaining prominence as a visual artist, by the late 2010s Corbell became a well known figure in the UFO community, producing documentary films and podcasts on the subject.
==Martial arts career== Corbell is a black belt in traditional ju jitsu, and is the creator of "quantum ju jitsu."<ref name="Usadojo.com">{{cite web |title=Martial Arts Biography - Jeremy Corbell |url=http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/jeremy-corbell.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114080815/http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/jeremy-corbell.htm |archivedate=2011-01-14 |accessdate=2011-11-11 |publisher=Usadojo.com}}</ref> In 2001, he self-published his first book, ''Radiant Source - Cultivating Warrior Consciousness'', about his philosophy of martial arts.<ref>{{cite book|title=Radiant Source: Cultivating Warrior Consciousness (9781434802217): Jeremy Corbell: Books |date= 13 July 2007|isbn=978-1434802217 |last1=Corbell |first1=Jeremy |publisher= CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2023}}
Corbell taught ju jitsu and yoga at the University of California Santa Cruz,<ref name="Santa Cruz County Office of Education">{{cite web |url=http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/alt_ed/warrior_yoga.html |title=Santa Cruz County Office of Education: Student & Personnel Services Division - Alternative Education Programs |publisher=Santacruz.k12.ca.us |date= |accessdate=2014-02-13 |archive-date=2012-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420053125/http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/alt_ed/warrior_yoga.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has appeared in ''Black Belt Magazine''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtsDAAAAMBAJ&q=october+2004+black+belt+magazine&pg=PA135 |title=WARRIOR YOGA |publisher=Black Belt Magazine |date=October 2004 |accessdate=2011-12-14}}</ref>
Corbell developed a martial arts and yoga curriculum to provide training for at-risk youth, including a juvenile hall yoga program.<ref name="Usadojo.com" /> Following discharge from juvenile hall, students continue instruction during and after their probation period.<ref name="Santa Cruz County Office of Education" />
Although there is no record of Corbell ever competing as a martial artist, Corbell has consulted on the films ''I Am Number Four'' and ''Bunraku'', and the video game ''UFC Undisputed 2010''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roman |first=Caroline M. |url=http://thedailytruffle.com/blog/2011/09/new-josh-hartnett-demi-moore-film-tries-an-artistic-approach-to-publicity-bunraku-also-stars-woody-harrelson-directed-by-guy-moshe/ |title=New Josh Hartnett / Demi Moore film 'BUNRAKU' tries an artistic approach to publicity at Chateau Marmont |publisher=The Daily Truffle |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11 |archive-date=2015-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013714/http://thedailytruffle.com/blog/2011/09/new-josh-hartnett-demi-moore-film-tries-an-artistic-approach-to-publicity-bunraku-also-stars-woody-harrelson-directed-by-guy-moshe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of his ju jitsu demonstrations has received over 6 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjRpTNWv7dY |title=Quantum Jujitsu demo with Sensei Jeremy Corbell |website=YouTube |date=2 August 2006 |accessdate=2011-11-16}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2023}}
==Art career== While traveling in Nepal and India in 2004 Corbell contracted Valley fever. He lost more than {{convert|40|lb|kg}}, experienced daily fevers, hallucinations, and distorted vision. He made it home to be treated by doctors at UCLA. Unable to practice martial arts for over a year due to medical complications, he began creating art.<ref name="Huffingtonpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/flavia-colgan/icon-the-life-and-love-of_b_497675.html |title=Flavia Colgan: ICON: The life and Love of an Accidental Artist |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= 12 May 2010|accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref>
In 2004, Corbell began secretly harvesting local building demolitions for early-century windows and doors in the Los Angeles area. He began recycling them into art installations. Over the years Corbell has exhibited his work in private settings and galleries.<ref name="bunkerhillmagazine1">{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/bunkerhillmagazine/docs/2011_film_issue_web/8 |title=Stripping Away the Las Vegas Strip |work=Issuu |publisher=Bunker Hill Magazine |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeremycorbell.com/jeremycorbell.com/Press.html |title=Press |publisher=Jeremycorbell.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11 |archive-date=2011-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102081126/http://www.jeremycorbell.com/jeremycorbell.com/Press.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Exhibitions=== Some of the exhibitions by Corbell include: * ''Death to Life'': Corbell disassembled computers and embedded them into vintage doors and windows harvested from local Los Angeles demolitions. The pieces were distributed throughout the Los Angeles area and showed rotating imagery and sounds from his travels in Nepal and India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeremycorbell.com/jeremycorbell.com/Artwork/Pages/DEATH_TO_LIFE.html |title=Death To Life |website=Jeremycorbell.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425160506/http://www.jeremycorbell.com/jeremycorbell.com/Artwork/Pages/DEATH_TO_LIFE.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=C2C>{{cite web|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2015/01/25 |title=Coast to Coast AM |publisher=CoasttoCoastam.com |date= |accessdate=2015-01-25}}</ref> * ''Factory Girl Exhibition'': In coordination with a pre-premiere of ''Factory Girl'', Corbell exhibited an original body of work as part of a comparative exhibition with a series of privately owned Andy Warhol paintings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Los_Angeles_Entertainment_109/Factory_Girl_Screening_and_Party.php |title=Factory Girl Screening and Party | Splash Magazines | Los Angeles |publisher=Lasplash.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> * ''ICON: Life Love & Style of Sharon Tate'': In honor of the 40th anniversary of Sharon Tate's passing, with the blessing of the Tate family<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thpfashion.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/icon-life-style-love-sharon-tate/ |title=Corbell |website=Thpfashion.wordpress.com |date=2010-08-04 |accessdate=2014-02-13}}</ref> he created a 350-piece historic art exhibition celebrating Sharon Tate's style and life. The art and fashion based exhibition showcases images of her wardrobe by designers such as Christian Dior, Thea Porter, Ossie Clark and Yves Saint Laurent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-ig-tate9-2009aug09,0,1169930.story |title=Restoring Sharon Tate |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2009-08-09 |accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> * ''Strange Love'': An artistic collaboration between Corbell and Katrina Bea held in historic downtown Los Angeles. The body of work included assemblage works, paintings, photography, film and fashion.<ref name="bunkerhillmagazine2">{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/bunkerhillmagazine/docs/2011_film_issue_web/14 |title=Strange Love |website=Bunker Hill Magazine |date= 6 December 2011|accessdate=2012-05-07}}</ref> * ''Bunraku Art Experience: Chateau Marmont'': Held at the Chateau Marmont (Penthouse 64) in Hollywood California, Corbell hosted a one-night-only art installation for the cast of ''Bukraku'' by director Guy Moshe. In lieu of a premiere, Corbell's art exhibition revealed images and art pieces of Demi Moore, Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman and Kevin McKidd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/4916-check-out-trippy-images-from-the-bunraku-art-event.html |title=Check Out Some Images From the 'Bunraku' Art Experience |publisher=iamROGUE.com |accessdate=2011-11-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120906170638/http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/4916-check-out-trippy-images-from-the-bunraku-art-event.html |archivedate=2012-09-06 }}</ref>
==Filmmaking and UFOlogy== Corbell has been described as a "ufologist celebrity"<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Rodrick |first=Stephen |date=2020-08-20 |title=Loving the Alien |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/aliens-real-ufo-area-51-nevada-pentagon-history-1046067/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and a "UFO enthusiast".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Dustin |title=UFO filmmaker releases 46-second video allegedly showing swarm of objects hovering near Navy ship |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/28/ufo-radar-video-shows-objects-swarming-navy-ship/7487390002/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:US congressional hearing on UAPs on 26 July 2023 with Grusch Graves and Fravor.png|350px|thumb|Corbell in July 2023 while sitting behind David Grusch.]] Corbell has made a number of documentary films relating to the subject. His films include ''Hunt for the Skinwalker'', based on a book by George Knapp and Colm Kelleher, and distributed by The Orchard, focusing on Skinwalker Ranch, a location associated with paranormal and UFO-related claims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/orchard-picks-up-2-ufo-docs-1097715|title=The Orchard Picks Up 2 UFO Docs (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en}}</ref>
Corbell has released several UFO-related videos and still images. These have included leaked footage from U.S. Navy aircraft associated with the USS ''Omaha''<ref name=":1" /> and video of what appeared to be triangular objects in the sky, filmed by U.S. Navy personnel<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jankowicz|first=Mia|title=The Pentagon confirmed that a video showing a triangular UFO is real and taken by the US Navy|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-confirms-ufo-video-real-taken-by-us-navy-cnn-2021-4|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> consistent with visual artifacts due to a triangular lens aperture.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-01 |title=Those Amazing Navy UFO Videos May Have Down-to-Earth Explanations, Skeptics Contend |url=https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/defense/news/21225042/those-amazing-navy-ufo-videos-may-have-down-to-earth-explanations-skeptics-contend |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Aviation Pros}}</ref>
In 2018 Corbell directed the documentary ''Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers''. The documentary, which premiered on Netflix in 2019, provides a sympathetic account of Bob Lazar, who claims without evidence to have worked on UFOs near Area 51 in the 1980s. The documentary brought Lazar back into public attention, and inspired the Storm Area 51 meme.<ref name=":0" /> His work in the UFO community with the documentary attracted a mix of curiosity and scrutiny, with some in the community labelling Corbell as a "dupe" of Lazar.<ref name=":0" />
Corbell co-hosts the UFO-focused "Weaponized" podcast<ref>https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/</ref> alongside fellow UFOlogist and journalist George Knapp.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Vinay |date=2023-05-23 |title=New research, and startling footage, shows why it's time for academics to let UFOs buzz the Ivory Tower |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/new-research-and-startling-footage-shows-why-it-s-time-for-academics-to-let-ufos/article_b9f188fb-704d-5939-8fee-b9f9a9d43883.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> Corbell has also appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss UFOs.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name|5071788}}
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