Jeff Hammer

Jeff Hammer has more than a decade of teaching experience at the college and high school level. As a freelance filmmaker, he currently has several projects in various stages of production and development.

There are two mantras that I tend to preach above all else. Learn by doing, and to write is to rewrite.

Credentials

• Projects as a writer/director/producer have screened at 30+ film festivals around the world
• Formerly taught in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and in the School of Motion Pictures & Television at Academy of Art University

Career Highlights

• Producer/Co-Writer of the upcoming feature "Iké Boys"
• Producer of the upcoming documentary feature "American Gadfly"
• Producer/Writer/Director of the feature "Live or Die in La Honda"
• Producer of the Amazon web series "Personal Space"
• Script Consultant for the upcoming feature "Skylin3s"

Awards, Recognitions and Honors

• Associate Producer of "Curtiz," nominated for 12 Hungarian Film Awards (winner of 3) and Grand Prix des Amériques (Best Film) of Montreal World Film Festival
• Producer of short film "Iago," winner of Best Drama at the Oscar-qualifying L.A. Shorts International Film Festival
• DMG Entertainment Screenwriting Fellow and finalist for the Walt Disney Studios/ABC TV Screenwriting Fellowship