Jeff is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment
Michael Krell
3 Arts Entertainment
Office of Ari Lubet
9460 Wilshire Blvd, 7th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 888-2109
Feature Scripts:
The Tiger & the Protected: (sports drama)
A moving drama about a high-school basketball star who jeopardizes his future after assaulting another student and the endless lengths his mother goes to protect him.
* Grand Prize Winner 2017 Seattle International Film Festival
* Catalyst Screenplay Competition Winner Live Read
* Top 100 Semi-Finalists for Table Read My Screenplay Park City (International Screenwriter Association)
* 2016 Academy Nicholl Quarter-finalist
* 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition - Second Rounder
* 2016 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition
The Miraculous Ministries of Marvin Greene: (drama)
An Unscrupulous Preacher uses his fiery Ministries for personal gains in the 1930’s south but soon realizes he must now attempt to undo all his falsehoods to save a thriving community on the verge of racial upheaval.
* Second Rounder - 2017 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Bull Rush: (sports drama)
After becoming an unexpected media sensation for foiling a bank robbery an aging and combative football player struggles with the limelight, chronic injuries, family struggles and his place on the team as they push for a championship.
* Second Rounder - 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Best Ball: (sports drama)
A fired Bronx High School Basketball Coach frustrated with the game finds the most unlikely champions when he decides to coach a team of hopeful players, miles away in Haiti.
* Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Competition 2016 - Quarterfinalist
* Top 100 Finalist in 2015 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
One Shot: (coming-of-age sports drama)
A troubled teen struggles to pursue his basketball dreams by playing for his High School team against the will of his traditional father and the trappings of his rough New Jersey neighborhood.
* Second Rounder - 2015 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
* 2013 Jack Nicholson Prize in Screenwriting
* 2013 Final Draft's Big Break Screenplay Competition (titled at time - 19 & A Life)
Adapted One Shot into short script and produced short film:
* Official Selection of 2017 Peekskill Film Festival
* Official Selection 2018 Haiti International Film Festival
One Shot Official Trailer
Turnback: (coming-of-age sports drama)
Set in 1994, a determined, black teen seeks to find the truth about his birth mother while maintaining secrecy about his adoptive, gay white parents as he pursues his basketball dreams in a tough military academy.
* 2017 - Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist
* 2018 Semifinalist WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest
* 2018 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest!
Reverend Thunder and the Exorcism of Tucker Ave.: (supernatural action)
A special Exorcism Unit led by its best solider must train new recruits to do battle with a demonic invasion.
If I Can't Have Her... (rom-com)
A video gaming slacker gets dumped by his hot model girlfriend and attempts to keep her single in order to win her heart back.
TV Pilots
Port of Authority: (TV Crime-Drama)
A former Narcotics Officer plagued by demons of his brother’s murder returns to his small home town in upstate NY to get closure but gains a major crack in his brother’s cold case when he discovers the quiet town is a hub for a major drug transportation ring that is ran by an unassuming woman in her 20's.
The Bench Squad: (TV Comedy Pilot)
A Tough Coach from the Bronx and a wisecracking Star Player from a New Jersey Private School learn to understand each other and win together with a team of social misfits.
* 2017 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition - Semifinalist
Friendly Skies: (TV Comedy Pilot)
A motley crew of TSA Agents navigate life, love, their dreams, eccentric passengers and most importantly each other while on the clock at a busy airport.
World One: (TV One Hour-Drama pilot)
World Economic collapse has caused the U.S. to plunge into chaos. The country has splintered into separate republics. Bio-weapons were used to gain power and disease spread as a result. Many people only now seek survival, and a few are in search of a cure for a world-wide plague.
Michael Krell
3 Arts Entertainment
Office of Ari Lubet
9460 Wilshire Blvd, 7th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 888-2109
Feature Scripts:
The Tiger & the Protected: (sports drama)
A moving drama about a high-school basketball star who jeopardizes his future after assaulting another student and the endless lengths his mother goes to protect him.
* Grand Prize Winner 2017 Seattle International Film Festival
* Catalyst Screenplay Competition Winner Live Read
* Top 100 Semi-Finalists for Table Read My Screenplay Park City (International Screenwriter Association)
* 2016 Academy Nicholl Quarter-finalist
* 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition - Second Rounder
* 2016 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition
The Miraculous Ministries of Marvin Greene: (drama)
An Unscrupulous Preacher uses his fiery Ministries for personal gains in the 1930’s south but soon realizes he must now attempt to undo all his falsehoods to save a thriving community on the verge of racial upheaval.
* Second Rounder - 2017 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Bull Rush: (sports drama)
After becoming an unexpected media sensation for foiling a bank robbery an aging and combative football player struggles with the limelight, chronic injuries, family struggles and his place on the team as they push for a championship.
* Second Rounder - 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Best Ball: (sports drama)
A fired Bronx High School Basketball Coach frustrated with the game finds the most unlikely champions when he decides to coach a team of hopeful players, miles away in Haiti.
* Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Competition 2016 - Quarterfinalist
* Top 100 Finalist in 2015 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
One Shot: (coming-of-age sports drama)
A troubled teen struggles to pursue his basketball dreams by playing for his High School team against the will of his traditional father and the trappings of his rough New Jersey neighborhood.
* Second Rounder - 2015 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
* 2013 Jack Nicholson Prize in Screenwriting
* 2013 Final Draft's Big Break Screenplay Competition (titled at time - 19 & A Life)
Adapted One Shot into short script and produced short film:
* Official Selection of 2017 Peekskill Film Festival
* Official Selection 2018 Haiti International Film Festival
One Shot Official Trailer
Turnback: (coming-of-age sports drama)
Set in 1994, a determined, black teen seeks to find the truth about his birth mother while maintaining secrecy about his adoptive, gay white parents as he pursues his basketball dreams in a tough military academy.
* 2017 - Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist
* 2018 Semifinalist WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest
* 2018 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest!
Reverend Thunder and the Exorcism of Tucker Ave.: (supernatural action)
A special Exorcism Unit led by its best solider must train new recruits to do battle with a demonic invasion.
If I Can't Have Her... (rom-com)
A video gaming slacker gets dumped by his hot model girlfriend and attempts to keep her single in order to win her heart back.
TV Pilots
Port of Authority: (TV Crime-Drama)
A former Narcotics Officer plagued by demons of his brother’s murder returns to his small home town in upstate NY to get closure but gains a major crack in his brother’s cold case when he discovers the quiet town is a hub for a major drug transportation ring that is ran by an unassuming woman in her 20's.
The Bench Squad: (TV Comedy Pilot)
A Tough Coach from the Bronx and a wisecracking Star Player from a New Jersey Private School learn to understand each other and win together with a team of social misfits.
* 2017 Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition - Semifinalist
Friendly Skies: (TV Comedy Pilot)
A motley crew of TSA Agents navigate life, love, their dreams, eccentric passengers and most importantly each other while on the clock at a busy airport.
World One: (TV One Hour-Drama pilot)
World Economic collapse has caused the U.S. to plunge into chaos. The country has splintered into separate republics. Bio-weapons were used to gain power and disease spread as a result. Many people only now seek survival, and a few are in search of a cure for a world-wide plague.