Jeff Collins

were dreams become reel

<p>Jeff Collins grew up in upstate New York. Jeff's love for filmmaking began as a young child when he created short films&nbsp;in his free time. He carried his strong passion for filmmaking into cinematography classes in high school, where several&nbsp;of his short films were selected to various New York State film festivals. In addition, Jeff created a commercial for a&nbsp;Michael Jordan Brand contest to promote the brand, and the premise of his commercial was utilized for a Jordan Brand&nbsp;TV commercial the following year. After high school, Jeff attended the University of Arizona and Boston College where he&nbsp;majored in accounting. During this time, Jeff created several films for various classes (two short narratives for a spanish&nbsp;class and documentaries for english and marketing classes). He received A+'s on all of the projects and was advised by&nbsp;all of the professors to go into film. He also wrote a feature length script in college entitled,"In The End", which he hopes&nbsp;to translate on the big screen one day. Following college, Jeff worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers were he audited Time&nbsp;Warner, CBS TV Stations, and the YES Network. Jeff then went on to work at the MLB Network as a Financial Analyst and a<br />volunteer Final Cut Editor for a year, before he finally transitioned to the finance group at HBO. After learning the business&nbsp;side of the industry, Jeff started his own production company, This Seems Reel Entertainment, LLC. Under this company,&nbsp;Jeff completed his first short film in eight years, "Let It Bleed", in the beginning of 2011. Jeff wrote, produced, directed,&nbsp;shot, and edited the film, which was subsequently selected to the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival and named one&nbsp;of 2011's "Best Internet Videos" by Internet Video Magazine. After this success, Jeff transitioned to the Creative Production&nbsp;group at HBO where he was a producer and editor. In early 2012, Jeff completed his next short film, "10 Years Later",&nbsp;which stars up and coming actress Katerina Mikailenko. The film premiered at HBO in early April and Jeff has since been&nbsp;contacted by many producers and studios interested in the feature film version, including Scott Free Productions, HBO,<br />Millenium Films, ImageMovers, FilmEngine, Frank Darabont, and Edward Burns. Jeff and his writing partner and good&nbsp;friend, Kevin Connor, completed the first draft of the feature length version of &ldquo;10 Years Later&rdquo; in early September 2012,&nbsp;and have submitted the script to all interested parties.</p> <p>In the meantime, Jeff just finished wrapping as Assistant Director and Nikelodeon star Daniella Monet. In addition, he was recently hired by AFI to direct their&nbsp;video coverage of the AFI Festival, including the screenings, post-conferences, galas, and after parties. He also works in&nbsp;development for Robert Zemeckis&rsquo; company, ImageMovers, on the Universal lot in Los Angeles where he reads and writes&nbsp;coverage on film and TV scripts. Jeff is also in the development stages of a feature length film entitled, "Have a Nice Day",&nbsp;which is based off of the New York Times #1 best seller "Have a Nice Day", which was written by the WWE superstar Mick&nbsp;Foley. Jeff will be the Director's Assistant on the project which will be directed and written by Christopher J. Scott. Jeff&rsquo;s&nbsp;other strong passion includes running his foundation, Another Level of Living (A.L.L), which hosts annual events that aim to&nbsp;raise awareness and money for various causes, and to promote a positive and healthy way of living.</p>

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