Jay Woelfel Bio - Biography

Name Jay Woelfel
Height
Naionality American
Date of Birth 24-July-1962
Place of Birth Columbus, Ohio, United States
Famous for Acting
Jay Woelfel is a writer/director of independent films, and with producer Johnnie J. Young, a partner in Young Wolf Productions. Jay Woelfel has spent his career working in all phases of production and post production in film, video, and interactive productions. Jay won the Interactive Academy Award for Best Documentary for TITANIC, a project he wrote and directed which was narrated by Patrick Stewart. It is one of five awards Titanic has won since its release in 1994. In 1993 he won an OBIE and TWO EMMY awards for his production of NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S THE BIRTHMARK. (THE BIRTHMARK has aired Nationally on PBS since the award) He edited the Academy Award nominated short film BRONX CHEERS. On the strength of his body of work Jay Woelfel was selected by The United States Information Agency as one of the six best film students in the United States to represent it at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

In his spare time he has lectured about filmmaking at UCLA, IFP West, Cal State Northridge, and University of Bowling Green. He also served as on the screening selection committee for the Science Fiction and Horror Academy in 1991 and 1992. As a published writer he was recommended for the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for best short horror fiction of the year.