Author Profile: Jeff Parkin

Jeff Parkin received a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Production from the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California in 1990. He also received a BA in English/Humanities from USC at that time. In 1991, he received a Master of Fine Arts from USC in screenwriting, with additional emphasis in directing. Before coming to Brigham Young University, he worked in Los Angeles for 15 years as a producer, director and/or writer with companies such as: Miramax Pictures, CBS Television, Orion Pictures, David E. Kelley Productions, EMI/Capitol Records, Fox Television, Dallas Museum of Art, Franklin/Covey, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Times, Lilly & Brandon Tartikoff, McGraw-Hill Companies and United Artists. He has written, directed and/or produced two full-length feature films, a number-one-rated movie of the week for CBS Television, a feature-length web series and transmedia story which includes an alternate reality game and additional New Media elements, as well as numerous short films, commercials, documentaries, music videos and industrial films. His work has been seen in film festivals around the world, and has won numerous awards. He has worked with such actors as Maureen O’Hara, David Ogden Stiers, Julia Duffy, Kirby Heyborne, Joey Laurence, Larisa Oleynik and Haley Joel Osment.

     Recently, much of his creative work has been focused on New Media and the creation of transmedia stories. His Internet TV series, The Book of Jer3miah was praised as a “tight, suspenseful series,” by the New York Times, and the Webby Awards recognized it with a 2010 Honoree award.