Jeff Locker (he/him)
Writer/Director/Actor
Jeff Locker is an award-winning writer, actor, and host based in Los Angeles. A Yale East Asian Studies major fluent in Mandarin, he was a well-known entertainer in Taiwan and China. Screenwriter credits include Sony’s FIVE AGAINST A BULLET (for Jackie Chan), THE NIGHT DRIVER for Friday the 13th creator Sean S. Cunningham, and Oscar-qualifying THE FORGOTTEN PLACE. American acting credits include INTERIOR CHINATOWN (Hulu), MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (ABC), JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC). Produced stage works include PEACE OF MIND, THE FORGOTTEN PLACE (published by Samuel French), STRINGS, THREADS, and THE TIES THAT BIND. In 2022, Jeff’s pilot SPESH won the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and made The Black List’s GLAAD List, and his adaptation of THE FORGOTTEN PLACE was a finalist for the ATX Television Festival. He was also the winner of the NBC Universal Emerging Writer Mentorship. He is an alum of The Second City and iO West.
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