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Jeff York

(He/Him/His)

Screenwriter

Website: http://www.theestablishingshot.org

Biography

 Jeff York was named one of the International Screenwriters Association’s 25 top screenwriters for 2018. He’s figured in the finals of over 70 screenwriting contests and counting thus far and has won several of them too.

He took the Grand Prize for his western “The Scoundrels Club” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s "Table Read My Screenplay." His horror tale “Incurable” was named the best spec script by Script magazine in 2009. And his romantic comedy “The Love Seat” was named by Final Draft as one of the four best spec scripts of 2012.

Jeff's dark comedy “Play Dirty” was a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist. His script “Fiend” has been a Top 10 Finalist in a dozen contests. He has been a ScreenCraft fellowship finalist twice and a Script Pipeline finalist five times. He even was a double finalist in the summer of 2016 with his pilot script for kid's talk show "History/Herstory" and his television adaptation of "The Scoundrels Club."

Jeff hosted the podcast "Page 2 Screen for three years for the ISA, and he's been a working film critic since 2011, having written for Creative Screenwriting magazine, the Examiner online, and Pipeline Artists, among others. His film blog “The Establishing Shot" is read in 27 countries, and not surprisingly, Jeff is one of the original charter members of the Chicago Indie Critics.

In the summer of 2020, he worked with two Netflix producers developing four different series, and he has consulted all kinds of business and worked in advertising for many decades too. He's a SAG/AFTRA member, and even a famed caricature artist whose works hang in the homes of Spike Lee, Bryan Cranston, John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon, and Antonio Banderas, among others. 
 
 

 Jeff York was named one of the International Screenwriters Association’s 25 top screenwriters for 2018. He’s figured in the finals of over 70 screenwriting contests and counting thus far and has won several of them too.

He took the Grand Prize for his western “The Scoundrels Club” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s "Table Read My Screenplay." His horror tale “Incurable” was named the best spec script by Script magazine in 2009. And his romantic comedy “The Love Seat” was named by Final Draft as one of the four best spec scripts of 2012.

Jeff's dark comedy “Play Dirty” was a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist. His script “Fiend” has been a Top 10 Finalist in a dozen contests. He has been a ScreenCraft fellowship finalist twice and a Script Pipeline finalist five times. He even was a double finalist in the summer of 2016 with his pilot script for kid's talk show "History/Herstory" and his television adaptation of "The Scoundrels Club."

Jeff hosted the podcast "Page 2 Screen for three years for the ISA, and he's been a working film critic since 2011, having written for Creative Screenwriting magazine, the Examiner online, and Pipeline Artists, among others. His film blog “The Establishing Shot" is read in 27 countries, and not surprisingly, Jeff is one of the original charter members of the Chicago Indie Critics.

In the summer of 2020, he worked with two Netflix producers developing four different series, and he has consulted all kinds of business and worked in advertising for many decades too. He's a SAG/AFTRA member, and even a famed caricature artist whose works hang in the homes of Spike Lee, Bryan Cranston, John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon, and Antonio Banderas, among others. 
 
 

Projects (10)

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CEMETERY GIRL
Feature
  • Horror
0 Recommendation
1 Award
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FIEND
Feature
  • Action .
  • Comedy .
  • Family .
  • Fantasy .
  • Historical .
  • Romance
0 Recommendation
4 Awards
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Available
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HISTORY/HERSTORY (TV SERIES)
TV Pilot
  • Children .
  • Comedy .
  • Family .
  • Historical
0 Recommendation
2 Awards
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INCURABLE
Feature
  • Drama .
  • Horror .
  • Thriller
0 Recommendation
4 Awards
Watch Video
Available

Education

Michelle Paquette
Marilyn Horowitz
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Jeff York

Screenwriter

Website: http://www.theestablishingshot.org

Biography

 Jeff York was named one of the International Screenwriters Association’s 25 top screenwriters for 2018. He’s figured in the finals of over 70 screenwriting contests and counting thus far and has won several of them too. He took the Grand Prize for his western “The Scoundrels Club” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s "Table Read My Screenplay." His horror tale “Incurable” was named the best spec script by Script magazine in 2009. And his romantic comedy “The Love Seat” was named by Final Draft as one of the four best spec scripts of 2012. Jeff's dark comedy “Play Dirty” was a Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist. His script “Fiend” has been a Top 10 Finalist in a dozen contests. He has been a ScreenCraft fellowship finalist twice and a Script Pipeline finalist five times. He even was a double finalist in the summer of 2016 with his pilot script for kid's talk show "History/Herstory" and his television adaptation of "The Scoundrels Club." Jeff hosted the podcast "Page 2 Screen for three years for the ISA, and he's been a working film critic since 2011, having written for Creative Screenwriting magazine, the Examiner online, and Pipeline Artists, among others. His film blog “The Establishing Shot" is read in 27 countries, and not surprisingly, Jeff is one of the original charter members of the Chicago Indie Critics. In the summer of 2020, he worked with two Netflix producers developing four different series, and he has consulted all kinds of business and worked in advertising for many decades too. He's a SAG/AFTRA member, and even a famed caricature artist whose works hang in the homes of Spike Lee, Bryan Cranston, John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon, and Antonio Banderas, among others.   

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Awards & Accolades

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Success Stories

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Jeff York helps a production company develop four different TV series
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Hired as Film Critic by Rotten Tomatoes and Creative Screenwriting
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Jeff York is named one of the ISA's top 25 screenwriters of 2017
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Jeff York's dark comedy 'Play Dirty is a 2017 Script Pipeline semi-finalist
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Jeff York's dark comedy 'Play Dirty' named Script Pipeline quarterfinalist
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Jeff York starts second year of "Page 2 Screen" podcast for the ISA
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Jeff York's "Incurable" wins the Festival for Horror screenplay contest
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Two of Jeff York's TV pilots make Screencraft's Pilot Launch Semifinals
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Jeff York's horror script "Incurable" makes Screencraft semifinals
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Jeff York's TV pilot of "The Scoundrels Club" is a WeTV quarterfinalist
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Jeff York's "Incurable" takes 3rd prize in Table Read - London
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Jeff York's "Incurable" makes Screencraft Horror Quarterfinals
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Jeff York's "Play Dirty" script named ScreenCraft comedy semifinalist
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Jeff York's "Incurable" named as 2016 Table Read My Screenplay semifinalist
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Jeff York's "The Scoundrels Club" in top finals of Screencraft Fellowship
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Jeff York's "Incurable" script makes Screencraft Fellowship top finals
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Jeff York's dark comedy "Play Dirty" makes Screencraft's 2016 quarterfinals
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Jeff York's "The Scoundrels Club" in 2016 Screencraft Fellowship semifinals
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Jeff Yorks' "Incurable" is named 2016 Screencraft Fellowship semifinalist
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ISA podcast host Jeff York joins Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle
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Jeff York's "Incurable" named 2016 Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinalist
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Jeff York's "Play Dirty" named 2016 Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinalist
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"The Scoundrels Club" named 2016 Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinalist
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Jeff York's "Incurable" a finalist in 2015 Emerging Screenwriters contest
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Jeff York starts hosting ISA's new movie review podcast PAGE 2 SCREEN
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Jeff York's INCURABLE named semifinalist in 2015 Screencraft Horror contest
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY advances to 2015 Script Pipeline semifinals
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY Is A 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY takes 3rd place in Emerging Screenwriters contest!
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Two Jeff York Scripts Make Emerging Screenwriters Competition Final 100
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY is named a Final Draft Big Break semifinalist
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Jeff York's FIEND is Named a Stage 32 New Blood Semifinalist
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Jeff York Places Two Scripts at Stage 32 New Blood Contest Quarterfinals
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY, A 2014 Final Draft Big Break Quarterfinalist
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Jeff York Places Two Projects At Table Read My Screenplay Semifinals
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Jeff York's THE SCOUNDRELS CLUB Advances At Austin Film Fest
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Jeff York's THE CONFESSION OF LIZZIE BORDEN named a CWA Semifinalist
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Jeff York Two-Time Finalist at the 2014 Creative World Awards
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Jeff York's PLAY DIRTY is Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Comedy Contest
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Two of Jeff York Scripts Score in the 2014 Script Pipeline Finals
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Jeff York's script PLAY DIRTY is a Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist
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Jeff York's FIEND a quarterfinalist in 2014 ScreamFest screenplay contest
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Jeff York's The Scoundrels Club named a Script Pipeline top 20 script -2014
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FIEND is a semi-finalist in the ScreenCraft thriller screenplay contest
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HITCHCOCK BLONDE by Jeff York makes Austin Table Read My Screenplay finals
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FIEND by Jeff York is a Screencraft screenwriting contest quarterfinalist!
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THE LOVE SEAT by Jeff York figures in Table Read\'s Sundance contest
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Jeff York\'s thriller FIEND was a finalist in the Big Break contest
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Jeff York\'s FIEND a semi-finalist in the Final Draft Big Break contest
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THE CONFESSION OF LIZZIE BORDEN by Jeff York makes Austin Table Read finals
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Jeff York\'s thriller FIEND makes finals @ Creative World Awards contest
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INCURABLE by Jeff York named a Screencraft horror contest quarter-finalist
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Jeff York interviewed by International Screenwriters Association
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THE SCOUNDRELS CLUB by Jeff York wins Table Read\'s Grand Prize @ Sundance

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