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Jimmy Jack

Daniel Houghton

Jimmy Jack, born 1978 (age 44–45), also credited as Jimmy the Exploder, is the nom de plume of screenwriter Daniel Houghton,[1] known for his work as co-writer of the 2008 film The Black Balloon.[2]

Jack (as Jimmy The Exploder) co-produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the Australian feature film The Black Balloon with director Elissa Down. The pair recruited Strictly Ballroom producer Tristram Miall to produce the film. The narrative is semi-autobiographical, mostly drawn from Downs childhood experiences, but she asked Jack to join her in writing the screenplay.[3][4]

Jack and Down won Best Original Screenplay for the script at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards.[5] Jack caused a minor controversy when accepting his award he read out a negative review of the film and declared "Fuck You" to the critic, for which he received a standing ovation.[6][7]

Jack also shared with Down the 2007 Western Australian Premiers Book Award[8] and the 2008 Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award[9] for the screenplay.

In 2009 it was reported that international model Gemma Ward (who acted in The Black Balloon) would be starring in Jacks next feature film Sex, Brains & Rock n Roll.[10] Jack described it as a zombie rockumentary and told reporters that he was looking at Macaulay Culkin to play the other lead role.[10]

In 2010 Jack uploaded material onto a YouTube channel EXPLODERVISION. The channel featured obscure videos starring himself performing mundane tasks.[11]

Jack (as Jimmy The Exploder) has contributed to publications including The Guardian. His more notable publications have been social commentary on his hometown of Perth,[12] and an obituary for his friend artist Matt Doust.[13]

In 2010 Jack curated the John Hughes Retrospective at the Northbridge Piazza, funded by the City of Perth.[14]

In 2013 Jack founded the film sales and distribution company Video Archives. The company was named after the video store Quentin Tarantino worked at in Los Angeles before his career took off.[15]

Jack was one of the founders of the Perth Underground Film Festival (PUFF) which was part of the Perth Fringe Festival in 2015.[16]

In 2015 Jack worked together with a group of prominent Western Australians to found the Museum of Perth. Jack owned Henry Saw cafe which was neighbours with the museum and named after the grocer who first roasted coffee beans in Perth.[17]

Jack owned Babooshka cafe in Northbridge, Western Australia. In 2015 the cafe launched a series of freakshakes that went viral and received international press.[18][19]

In December 2018 Houghton appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on five charges including two counts of breaching protective bail conditions, disorderly behaviour in public, obstructing public officers and common assault in circumstances of aggravation or racial aggravation. Houghton was convicted.[20][21]

Houghton was also convicted in a District Court on one count of deprivation of liberty. In March 2019, Judge Ronald Birmingham sentenced Houghton to 18 months in jail, fully suspended. Birminghma found that Houghton, then 39, had violently and forcefully detained a vulnerable young woman - his then 21-year-old girlfriend - who was terrified by his "frightening and irrational" behaviour.[21][22] The judge found that after the victim confronted Houghton about text messages from other women and said she wanted to leave the relationship, Houghton thwarted the victims repeated attempts to leave the house, slamming her against the wall twice and pushing her against the bed.[23][24]

During the trial, Houghton "attempted to cast the victim in a bad light" including making "humiliating accusations" against her.[23] Judge Birmingham said Houghton terrified his victim, who in a victim impact statement said she felt "incredibly sad" she allowed someone to manipulate her, and that her former boyfriend took away her happiness and youth.[23]

Houghton was issued with a lifetime violence restraining order preventing him from contacting the woman in any way. He was also fined a total of $5000 of which $3000 was to be paid to his former girlfriend as compensation.[25][2]

Judge Birmingham also described Houghton as "a very capable and successful person".[26]

Jack was spoofed by Australian filmmakers Henry and Aaron in Henry & Aarons 7 Steps to Superstardom[27], The Ballad of Danny Danielson[28] and Henry & Aaron’s ABC2 Xmas Quickie. Their main character Danny "The Dynamite" Danielson was based on Jacks pseudonym Jimmy The Exploder, and their experiences working with him. Perth actor James Helm plays Danny Danielson.[29]