Jeff Adachi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Adachi
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1959(1959-08-29)
Age	65
Date Of Death	February 22, 2019, San Francisco, CA
Birthplace	Sacramento
Country	United States
Birth City	Sacramento
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jeff Adachi Biography

Jeff Adachi is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on August 29, 1959 in Sacramento, Sacramento, United States. Jeffrey Gordon Adachi (August 29, 1959 – February 22, 2019) was an American attorney, pension reform advocate, and politician who served as the Public Defender of San Francisco.

Adachi was featured in the 2002 PBS documentary Presumed Guilty, a film about the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, its difficult cases, and complex defense strategies.

In 2009, he also directed You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story, about Jack Soo, a Japanese American actor (known for his role in Barney Miller) who took a Chinese name. The film won the best documentary film at the Accolade Film Festival, and was chosen to air on Comcast’s on demand following its national PBS broadcast.

In 2010, Adachi placed “Proposition B” on the ballot, which would have required employees to increase the level of their contribution to defray the cost of both their pension and health care benefits. Proposition B was defeated, having faced significant opposition from unions and elected officials.

In 2001, Kimiko Burton-Cruz, the daughter of then State Senator John Burton, was appointed Public Defender by Mayor Willie Brown. On her first day after taking office, Burton-Cruz forced Adachi out, believed to be for political reasons. The following year, Adachi ran against Burton-Cruz for her position and defeated her by a 55%–45% margin. Afterward, Adachi was re-elected twice, both times running unopposed.

Jeff Adachi Net Worth

Jeff Adachi is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Adachi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Adachi was the son of a Sacramento auto mechanic and a laboratory assistant. His parents and grandparents spent part of World War II in the Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas. Adachi was a notably poor student at C. K. McClatchy High School accruing numerous absences due to the many hours he spent working at his part-time jobs. He attended Sacramento City College before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where, in 1981, he received his Bachelor’s Degree. Adachi received his Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of the Law in 1985.

In 1995, he founded the Asian American Arts Foundation to help emerging artists. The foundation and produced one of the first Asian American awards programs, the Golden Ring Awards, which honored artists such as Chow Yun-Fat, Joan Chen, Oliver Stone and John Woo. The foundation awarded over $100,000 in grants.

Adachi wrote, produced, and directed The Slanted Screen, a 2006 documentary film about stereotypical depictions of Asian males in American cinema. The Slanted Screen won top awards at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and at the Berkeley Film Festival.

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Who is Jeff Adachi Dating?

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In 2016, he made the film America Needs a Racial Facial (initially entitled Racial Facial), an eight-minute history of racism in the U.S. Racial Facial won the best short documentary at the Hollywood Independent Documentary Film Festival awards in 2016 and earned a distribution deal by the Films for the Humanities and Sciences later that year.

Facts & Trivia

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Adachi was previously the president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and the San Francisco Japanese American Citizen’s League, in addition to serving as a board member of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the San Francisco Bar Association. At the national level, Adachi was a member of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigents. Adachi served on the board of California Humanities until 2018 and currently serves as a board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association for Public Defense.

Top Facts about Jeff Adachi

1. Jeff Adachi was a civil rights lawyer and public defender.
2. He served as San Francisco’s elected Public Defender from 2003-2019.
3. Adachi was a vocal advocate for police accountability and criminal justice reform.
4. He won numerous awards for his work, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Champion of Justice Award.
5. Adachi authored two books on criminal justice issues.
6. He passed away in February 2019 at the age of 59.
7. Adachi’s death sparked controversy over the release of police body camera footage related to his death.
8. He was known for taking on high-profile cases, such as defending Barry Bonds in his perjury trial.
9. Adachi worked to reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system through programs like Clean Slate SF and the Reentry Division.
10. His legacy continues through the Jeff Adachi Legacy Fund, which supports public defense initiatives and community outreach efforts in San Francisco.