February 2023
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About Jay
A Brooklyn boy whose been lost in Tibet
I grew up in Brooklyn. It was Friday Night Lights in Flatbush. Football was life until a spinal injury ended my college career. A blow to my identity.
I started my career living Law and Order as a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. I became a partner in a National law firm . Was a corporate litigator who also represented professional athletes and helped build The Florida Marlins Baseball Team. I was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation only trial lawyer honorary society whose membership is limited to 1/2 of 1% of American Lawyers . To balance life as a lawyer I joined One Heart World Wide , an infant and maternal health charity in the third world , created at the request of the Dalai Lama. I was Chairman of the Board of One Heart for 16 years . One Heart took me all over the world . Tibet , the Belgian Congo (where a Congolese soldier pointed an AK 47 at my heart) , the Jungle of Equador , where I was adopted by the Achuar Tribe. The elders believed I had the heart of a warrior . Some warrior. I cried at the ceremony. I have no bucket list. I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro , jumped out of a plane . Stood in the middle of a herd of wild mustangs and partied with Elton John at the Oscars. I have written speeches for political candidates. There is more but I will stop here. I have difficulty believing how incredibly blessed and diverse my life has been . Until recently screenwriting was a hobby. Now I am writing screenplays full time and have had a wealth of experiences to write about .
Unique traits: Read my bio !
Badges
2024-11-05
Writers' Room Member
Certifications
Loglines
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Hollywood Gospel Budget: $30M+ | Drama Queen of Heaven prosecuted on morals charges. Will her good deeds as a Hollywood Evangelist who saves souls and heals the sick save her own soul?
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The Earl of Show Business Budget: $30M+ | Drama Earl Carroll, the troubadour of the nude and the most notorious connoisseur of female flesh in the history of show business, is the great Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld’s only real competition on The Great White Way until he suffers a nervous breakdown and goes bankrupt, only to reinvent himself in the burgeoning Hollywood.
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Blue Devil Budget: $10M - $30M | Drama Prestigious prep school covers up sexual abuse of football players by their coach over a 25 year period because the coach and his football program raise $ millions for the School. Based on a true story.
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Shangri La La La Budget: $5M - $10M | Music A rock group’s private plane crashes in the Himalayas ; monks from the Shangri -La Monastery rescue the group . The High Lama . who is 200 years old and dying , chooses the group’s frontman as his successor because the lyrics of his songs embody the spirit of Shangri -La and the new world that will arise after a global catastrophe.
Awards
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Litigation Counsel of America Public Service Award
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I have won or placed in numerous screenplay competitions for multiple scripts.
Education
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New York University
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Vermont Law School
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University of Vermont
(1968-1973)
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