Jeff Oppen Screenwriter

Welcome

Welcome to my site. I'm a very versatile screenwriter, and I have written feature film scripts, tv series scripts and animated series scripts.

 

I enjoy writing for television, especially sitcoms, as much as shorts and features. I love to create on any level, and I am open to the opportunity to write for any movie or tv show.

 

I'm a creator. I'm an idea guy. I'm a brainstormer.

 

Writer's block? Never heard of it!

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NEWS

 

- 1st place Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition!!!!

 

- Now head writer for Rollin' On Detroit reality show

 

- Recently received an Honorable Mention from the Scripped.com "Write For A Cause" contest, for my short, entitled "Human Resources"

 

- Screenwriting Expo's CS Open judge's comments, for my short, "Like The Wind"
      - This airport sequence has       good sense of tension...
      - The ending provides a nice,       ominous twist...
      - ...it's an exciting, lively       scene with good pacing.       Good work!

 

- Submitted a Sci-Fi short for Alex Albrecht's (Diggnation) Scripped.com competition (I've been wanting to tap into this genre, to show my versatility)

 

- Writing a "kick ass" script for Heroes actress Dawn Olivieri, for another Scripped.com competition.

 

- Entered Scriptapalooza TV Sept. 2009

 

- Pitched "Snips Big Top" original TV series to Michigan film company Sept. 2009

 

About Me

I've always had a creative mind which has allowed me to enjoy various artistic endevours, such as writing, drawing, singing and playing music, professionally, for a number of years (I have a few commercially released CD's, in which I have written all the material).

Some time ago I was faced with a layoff from the auto industry. In this time off I decided to write a fiction novel. It led to another and then to me adapting them to screenplays. I had interviewed various actors and screenwriters for a podcast I produce and attended a scriptwriter's seminar in Michigan, given by a Hollywood professional. From then on I had the bug. I have always enjoyed writing, and now writing in a manner that could lead to seeing my work on television or the silver screen is an incredible realization.

Aside from adapting my first fiction novel to a screenplay, and currently working on the 2nd, I have written scripts for 3 animated series pilots. Two are for children and one is a prime time series in the vein of The Simpson's or Family Guy. Although this particular script was originally intended for animation, I wrote it in a way that it could also be a live action sitcom instead. This offers the buyer a choice of what better suits their needs.

I have written sitcom specs for currently running shows, Two And A Half Men and The Office (U.S. version). I am a versatile writer and I am comfortable creating scripts for any genre. I currently have loglines for a number of my own sitcoms and television dramas, as well as loglines for many feature length film scripts I plan to write. All my scripts are WGA registered.

If you are interested in my current works or would like to consider me for a production you have in mind, I hope to hear from you. And I would certainly like to be contacted by agents / management. Visit the Contact Me link above.

Animated Series Scripts