Jeff McMahon(X)
- Writer
- Actor
Jeff, a former teacher of Media Studies and History, began his writing career scripting pre-school children's TV, then copywriting for advertising & marketing, and training videos. He found he had a penchant for comedy after taking a course by the late Barry Took, comedy writing partner of the late Marty Feldman.
He has several screenplays on the market, one of which, 'New Deli' (a romantic-comedy set in Brooklyn), was awarded second place in the 2017 New York Metropolitan Screenplay Competition, and semi-finalist in a number of others including the 2017 The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and 2019/20 Chicago Screenplay Comp.
Other scripts include the Rom-com 'Once Bitten', semi-finalist in the 2016 Creative World Awards, the dramedy, 'Positive Aging in Happy Valley', awarded semi-finalist in the 2019-20 Miami Screenplay Comp, and the comedy-western, 'The Legend of Willie Telberg and Son', (a comedic nod to the legendary Swiss hero, William Tell), semi-finalist in both the 2020 Chicago Screenplay Awards, and 2021 Screencraft Feature Screenplay Competition.
Three other screenplays, the drama 'Legacies', the rural-noir 'Good Country', and the thriller-horror 'Grave Danger', are all set in Australia.
As a writer benefiting from several years' experience performing in live theatre, and in film, television and TVCs, Jeff has developed an appreciation of the intricacies involved in character development in all writing platforms.
He has several screenplays on the market, one of which, 'New Deli' (a romantic-comedy set in Brooklyn), was awarded second place in the 2017 New York Metropolitan Screenplay Competition, and semi-finalist in a number of others including the 2017 The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and 2019/20 Chicago Screenplay Comp.
Other scripts include the Rom-com 'Once Bitten', semi-finalist in the 2016 Creative World Awards, the dramedy, 'Positive Aging in Happy Valley', awarded semi-finalist in the 2019-20 Miami Screenplay Comp, and the comedy-western, 'The Legend of Willie Telberg and Son', (a comedic nod to the legendary Swiss hero, William Tell), semi-finalist in both the 2020 Chicago Screenplay Awards, and 2021 Screencraft Feature Screenplay Competition.
Three other screenplays, the drama 'Legacies', the rural-noir 'Good Country', and the thriller-horror 'Grave Danger', are all set in Australia.
As a writer benefiting from several years' experience performing in live theatre, and in film, television and TVCs, Jeff has developed an appreciation of the intricacies involved in character development in all writing platforms.