Levy, Jefery 1958- (Jef Levy)

PERSONAL

Full name, Jefery L. Levy; born May 21, 1958, in New York, NY; married Pamela Skaist, 1986; children: one. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1982; University of California, Los Angeles, M.F.A., 1985; Loyola Law School Los Angeles, law degree.

Addresses:

Office—9031 Hollywood Hills Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90046-1416. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2427. Contact—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, associate professor, 1991-96; American Film Institute, faculty member, including instructor of master directing classes, 1995-96.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards, Honors:

FIPRESCI Award, Venice International Film Festival, 1991, for Drive; Grand Jury Prize nomination, Sundance Film Festival, 1993, for Inside Monkey Zetterland.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Drive, MEI Releasing, 1991.

Inside Monkey Zetterland (also known as Monkey Zetterland), IRS Media, 1992.

S.F.W. (also known as Sfw and So Fucking What?), Gramercy Pictures, 1994.

Et tu Babe, 1998.

Man of God (also known as Rabbi), Catchlight Films, 2005.

Film Producer:

Ghoulies, Empire Pictures, 1985.

Rockula, Cannon Film Distributors, c. 1989.

Drive, MEI Releasing, 1991.

Inside Monkey Zetterland (also known as Monkey Zetterland), IRS Media, 1992.

Et tu Babe, 1998.

Man of God (also known as Rabbi), Catchlight Films, 2005.

Film Character Creator; with Luca Bercovici:

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (also known as Ghoulies Go to College and Ghoulies III), Taurus Entertainment Company, 1991.

Ghoulies IV (also known as Skritci), Cinetel Films, 1994.

Television Producer; Series:

Consulting producer, Roar, Fox, 1997.

Supervising producer, Secret Agent Man (also known as Salaagent), UPN, 2000.

Television Director; Movies:

Invincible (also known as The Invincibles), TBS, 2001.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Dream Masters," Sliders, Fox, 1996.

"The Fire Within," Sliders, Fox, 1996.

Lawless, Fox, c. 1996.

"The Exodus: Part 2," Sliders, Fox, 1997.

"Lorne and Max Drop the Ball," Spy Game, ABC, 1997.

"The Spear of Destiny," Roar, Fox, 1997.

"Cravings," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

"Dying to Live," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

"Home for the Homicide," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

"Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

"Shoot to Kill," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

"Spree of Love," Profiler, NBC, 1999.

"Absolution," Get Real (also known as Asuntos de familia, Helt aerligt!, Irti arjesta, La famille Green, Realitatile vietii, and Sechs unter einem Dach), Fox, 2000.

"Back to School," Secret Agent Man (also known as Salaagent), UPN, 2000.

"Camera Obscura," Harsh Realm, Fox, 2000.

"Cold Comfort," Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's "Dark Angel"), Fox, 2000.

"Guilt," Get Real (also known as Asuntos de familia, Helt aerligt!, Irti arjesta, La famille Green, Realitatile vietii, and Sechs unter einem Dach), Fox, 2000.

(As Jef Levy) "Subject: Coelacanth This!," FreakyLinks (also known as Fearsum, Freaky Links, and Friikkilinkit), Fox, 2000.

"Subject: Live Fast, Die Young," FreakyLinks (also known as Fearsum, Freaky Links, and Friikkilinkit), Fox, 2000.

"Supernaked," Secret Agent Man (also known as Salaagent), UPN, 2000.

"Waiting," Get Real (also known as Asuntos de familia, Helt aerligt!, Irti arjesta, La famille Green, Realitatile vietii, and Sechs unter einem Dach), Fox, 2000.

"Afterlife," Night Visions, Fox, 2001.

"Dead Air," Night Visions, Fox, 2001.

"Nobody Rides for Free (a.k.a. Blowback)," UC: Undercover (also known as Undercover), NBC, 2001.

"Scuba Doobie-Doo," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2001.

"To Serve and Protect," Roswell (also known as Roswell High), The WB, 2001.

"Switch," Night Visions, Fox, 2002.

"Precipitate," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2003.

"Sucker Punch," Keen Eddie, Fox, 2003.

Queens Supreme, CBS, 2003.

"Brains," Rescue Me (also known as Rescue Me: FDNY), fX Channel, 2005.

"Rebirth," Rescue Me (also known as Rescue Me: FDNY), fX Channel, 2005.

"Toxin," Numb3rs (also known as Numbers and Num3ers), CBS, 2005.

"Whatever Happened to Seymour Magoon?," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2005.

"Blink," Eureka (also known as A Town Called Eureka), Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

"History of Violins," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2006.

"Many Happy Returns," Eureka (also known as A Town Called Eureka), Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

"Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist," Monk, USA Network, 2006.

"The Burning Bedouin," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2007.

Directed episodes of other series, including Players, NBC. Directed "Tested," an unaired episode of Get Real (also known as Asuntos de familia, Helt aerligt!, Irti arjesta, La famille Green, Realitatile vietii, and Sechs unter einem Dach), Fox; and directed "Sweet Brigit," an unaired episode of Roar, Fox.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Iggy Vile, M.D., MTV, 1999.

Television Director; Pilots:

Hollyweird, Fox, 1998.

The Expendables, USA Network, 1999.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Luca Bercovici) Ghoulies, Empire Pictures, 1985.

(With Bercovici and Chris Ver Wiel) Rockula, Cannon Film Distributors, c. 1989.

Drive, MEI Releasing, 1991.

(With Danny Rubin) S.F.W. (also known as Sfw and So Fucking What?; based on a novel by Andrew Wellman), Gramercy Pictures, 1994.

Et tu Babe, 1998.

Man of God (also known as Rabbi), Catchlight Films, 2005.

Author of the screenplay for DJ.

Teleplays; Movies:

(Author of story) The Chain, HBO, 1996.

(With Michael Brandt and Derek Haas) Invincible (also known as The Invincibles), TBS, 2001.

Teleplays; Pilots:

(With Dan Bell and Ted Raimi) Iggy Vile, M.D., MTV, 1999.

Film Music; Songs:

"He's Rockula" and "United State of Beat," Rockula, Cannon Film Distributors, c. 1989.