School
University Of Oregon, Eastern Washington University
Expertise
Film History, Horror And Monster Movies, DC Comics
- Jeff is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic and a member of the Critics Choice Association.
- He's an experienced after-show host and interviewer, having interviewed Oscar-winners like Bong Joon-ho and Aaron Sorkin, talented genre filmmakers like Takashi Miike, Barbara Crampton, and David Bruckner, and award-winning comic creators like Brian Michael Bendis.
- Jeff is the founder/host/producer of the monster podcast Humanoids from the Deep Dive that covers films, TV, and folklore, and has had a number of talented filmmakers on as guests.
Experience
Jeff has been a writer on pop culture topics for around 14 years, starting with contributions in various Pop Culture and Philosophy books (Terminator, Jurassic Park, Frankenstein, etc.) before co-editing Alien and Philosophy and Stranger Things and Philosophy. He currently writes for Looper and /Film, with prior writings in Forbes, Shudder's THE BITE, and in university press texts and textbooks. Jeff is also a story expert and screenwriter with a background in script coverage for festivals like the Austin Film Festival.
Education
Jeff has a Master's in Sociology from the University of Oregon, with a focus on theory; he has a Bachelor's in Philosophy from Eastern Washington University.
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