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Jeff was pronounced a finalist in the Writer�s Place Teleplay Competition for his pilot script Newsweakly and named a quarterfinalist in the International Screenwriting Awards with his feature script The Cleaning Man. His screenplay Trick of Disaster scored in the top 15% of the Nicholl Fellowships. Jeff�s web series Two Peas in Your Pod was cited in Forbes magazine as among the Top 15 most viewed independent shows on Michael Eisner�s video portal Veoh.com. His most recent scripted comedy series, Whorified! The Search for America�s Next Top Whore, has received over one million discreet hits internationally.
Formerly frontman of the NYC trio The Regressives, Venables won First Prize in the Modern/Alternative category of The Songwriters' Association of Washington Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, in which he was one of 1,330 applicants. The band�s record The Miracle Vending Machine received airplay at 286 college radio stations nationally, including several number 1 chart positions.
Now based in Los Angeles, Jeff has written and performed musical scores for documentaries, plays, and broadcast television, including an episode of MTV's Choose or Lose that was inducted into the CTAM Hall of Fame.
An avid runner, Jeff also freelances as a health and fitness journalist. He is the editor of Running & FitNews, the bi-monthly publication of the American Running Association. His profile pieces, which have appeared in the AMAA Journal and in NY Runner�the oldest running publication in the U.S.�include ultra-distance running legend Ted Corbitt, Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, masters marathon champion Imme Dyson, former New York City Marathon race director Allan Steinfeld, Sports Illustrated writer and author Frank Deford, Oklahoma Sooners team physician Randy Eichner, Boston Marathon medical director Christopher Troyanos, and Nike�s third-ever employee Geoff Hollister.
Reviews
Parkland Rising (2019)
A deeply moving document and inspiring call to action
This film is a powerful look at an incredibly important movement at an incredibly important moment. The interview segments are chock full of dedicated people from all walks of life who are tirelessly-and rightly-keeping our country's gun violence problem in the fore of public consciousness; they offer by example numerous actionable steps every one of us can take to effect real change. The film's riveting footage of these advocates calmly holding open discussions with anti-gun control protesters is nothing short of riveting, and may be seen as a roadmap for engaging in difficult, but necessary, conversations.
In light of the recent disappointing, Democratic-majority VA state senate vote on bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, etc., it's clear we've got a long way to go, and this work is more vital than ever. Parkland Rising is not just a sleekly presented and deeply moving document of this effort, but an inspiring call to action for anyone who still feels a civic duty in these fractured, trying times.