Klieg Light

Martin Klieg, a rich but washed-up Hollywood star, is forced by his manager to live with a poor Mexican family to prepare for the role of a lifetime.

Comps: Tootsie, The Bucket List, The Fisher King

Multiple competition awards and recognitions.

  • Jeffrey Gold
    Writer
    IMDb
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Romantic Comedy
  • Number of Pages:
    113
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer Biography - Jeffrey Gold

Jeffrey Gold is an award-winning writer, producer, and film composer living in Los Angeles.

Jeffrey has pitched to Barrie M. Osborne (Lord of the Rings), Jordan Horowitz at Original Headquarters (La La Land, Counterpart), Mark Johnson at Gran Via Productions (Breaking Bad), Janet Wu (Moana) at Netflix, Chris Kuser at Dreamworks Animation (MegaMind), Beth Swofford (CAA), Rob Kenneally (CAA), and Christopher Lockhart (William Morris Endeavor).

He has had playwriting and screenwriting masterclasses with Robert McKee (Story), Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men), David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross), Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Meg LeFauve (Pixar's Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur), Lindsey Doran (Sense & Sensibility, The Firm), Gerald DiPego (Phenomenon), Ben Ripley (Source Code), Jack Epps, Jr. (Top Gun), Keith Gordon (Homeland, Mother Night), and Jon Jory (Actors Theatre of Louisville), among others.

More information can be found at www.jeffreygold.com and jeffreygoldmusic.com.

Screenwriting Awards & Recognitions:

Semi-Finalist - 2019 Imagine Impact 3 [Ron Howard and Brian Grazer]
Semi-Finalist - 2019 Imagine Impact 2 [Ron Howard and Brian Grazer]
Semi-Finalist (Top 25) - 2020 Table Read My Screenplay Competition (Short)
Semi-Finalist - 2019 WeMakeMovies Film Challenge (LA)
Finalist - 2017 Oaxaca Filmfest Screenplay Competition
Finalist - 2017 Napa Valley Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Finalist - 2017 WeMakeMovies Film Challenge (LA)
Semi-Finalist (Top 100) - 2017 Table Read My Screenplay Contest (New Orleans)
Finalist - 2017 Writers Guild (WGAw) Foundation Festival Pitch Competition (Feature Animation)
Finalist (Top 3) - 2017 Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition (TV Pilot)
Official Selection - 2020 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Sydney (incl. production)
Shortlist - 2020 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Sydney
Shortlist - 2020 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Dubai
Official Selection - 2019 ALAP Annual Play Reading Festival (Los Angeles)
Shortlist - 2019 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Manila
Shortlist - 2019 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Hollywood
Official Selection - 2017 Short+Sweet Hollywood (Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles)
Official Selection - 2017 Big Apple Theater Festival (NYC)
Official Selection - 2017 Strawberry One-Act Festival (NYC)
Official Selection - 2017 Take Ten Festival (NYC)
Double Semi-Finalist - 2016 Shore Scripts [UK] Screenwriting Competition (TV Pilot)
Finalist - 2016 Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competition
Top 5 - 2016 ScreenCraft Screenwriting FastTrack III Fellowship Competition (1000+ scripts)
Top 40 - 2015 CineQuest Top 40 Teleplay (30 Minutes) Screenplay Competition
Top 100 - 2015 CineQuest Top 100 Feature Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist - 2015 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition
Quarter-Finalist - 2015 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
Quarter-Finalist - 2015 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Competition
Semi-Finalist - 2015 Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competition
Semi-Finalist - 2015 We Make Movies Short Film Challenge
Official Selection - 2015 Woods Hole Film Festival TV Writers Symposium
Winner - February 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Instrumental / Acoustic Song
Top 40 Finalist - 2014 Collective 10! playwriting competition (NYC) (~1000 blind submissions)
Second Rounder - 2014 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Winner - 2014 Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competition (Competition Judge: David Glasser, CEO of Weinstein Co.)
Top 20% - Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Competition
Finalist - 2013 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competition
Finalist - 2013 World Series of Screenwriting competition (Top 10 Historical/Biographical)
Quarter-Finalist - 2013 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Semi-Finalist (Top 30) - 2013 Screenwriting Goldmine Awards/International Scriptwriting Contest (UK)
Finalist - 2013 Woods Hole Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Winner - Best Screenplay based on a True Story, 2013 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Winner - 2013 Best of State Gold Medal - Screenwriting
Finalist - 2013 Write Brothers Screenplay Competition
Finalist - 2013 Canada International Film Festival Screenplay Competition (Vancouver)
Winner - 2013 Gold Remi Award, 46th Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival (Producer)
Winner - 2013 Best of State Gold Medal - Original Music Composition (Composer)
Official Selection - The Voltare Project, Revolution Theatre Company (Chicago)
Official Selection - Hit and Run VII, Stage Left (Spokane)
Official Selection - 2013 The Puzzle New Play Festival (NYC)
Official Selection - 2013 Kauai Shorts
Winner - 2013 Best of State Gold Medal - Playwriting
Official Selection - Smith & Kraus Anthology - THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2013
Official Selection - 2013 American Globe Theatre 19th Annual Fifteen Minute Play Festival (NYC)
Winner - 2013 Geneva Theatre Guild Playwright's Play Reading Contest (NY)
Winner - 2013 Northport One-Act Play Festival (NY)
Official Selection - 2013 Manhattan Repertory Theatre Winter One Act Competition (NYC)
Winner - 2012 SLFS/USP Fellowship (sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Winner (2nd Place) - 2012 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
Top 10 Semi-Finalist - 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Semi-Finalist - 2012 New York Screenplay Contest
Quarter-Finalist - 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Second Rounder - 2012 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Second Round - 2012 Cinequest Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Winner - 2012 Best of State Gold Medal - Screenwriting
Winner - 2012 Best of State Gold Medal - Original Music Composition (Composer)
Winner - 2012 Asphalt Jungle Shorts (Canada)
Winner - 2012 Best of State Gold Medal - Playwriting
Winner - 2012 Northport One-Act Play Festival (NY)
Winner - 2012 Northport One-Act Play Festival (NY) (Double Winner)
Semi-Finalist - 2012 Moondance International Film Festival Stageplay Competition
Official Selection - 2012 Between Us Productions 10 Minute Play Festival (NYC)
Official Selection - John Chatterton 2012/2013 Short Play Lab (NYC)
Winner - Silver Medal for Excellence - 2011 Park City Film Music Festival (Composer)
Winner - 2011 8 Tens Playwriting Competition - Eight Tens @ Eight Festival (California)
Semi-Finalist - 2011 Strawberry One-Act Festival Performance Competition (NYC)
Winner - 2011 Strawberry One-Act Festival Playwriting Competition (NYC)
Winner - 2011 Fenton Village Players Playwriting Competition
Winner - Feature Documentary (International) - 2009 Toronto Independent Film Festival (Executive Producer)
Winner - 2009 Moab Film Festival (Executive Producer)
Winner - Feature Documentary (International) - 2009 London Independent Film Festival (Executive Producer)
Winner - Director's Choice: Gold Medal for Excellence - 2009 Park City Film Music Festival (Executive Producer)
Winner - Feature Documentary (International) - 2009 Toronto Independent Film Festival (Music Supervisor)
Winner - 2007 Best of State - Playwriting
Finalist - 2006 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competition
Winner - 2006 Best of State - Original Music Composition (Composer)
Winner - 2006 Best of State - Playwriting
Winner - 2006 Silver Spring One-Act Festival
Winner - 2005 Best of State - Screenwriting
Winner - Independent Spirit Award - 2005 MassBay Film Festival (Associate Producer)
Winner - 2005 Best of State - Playwriting
Finalist - 2005 Theatre Publicus Prize for Dramatic Literature
Winner - 2005 Moondance International Film Festival Seahorse Award
Winner - Jury Choice: Gold Medal for Excellence - 2004 Park City Film Music Festival (Associate Producer, Composer)
Finalist - 2004 Moondance International Film Festival Stageplay Competition
Winner - 2004 New Voices/New Words Playwriting Contest
Winner - 2004 Women in Theatre Play Reading Series
Winner - Fleur de Lis - Best Feature Film - 2003 New Orleans Media Experience (Associate Producer)
Winner - Fleur de Lis - Best Independent Film - 2003 New Orleans Media Experience (Associate Producer)
Winner - 2003 Experiments In Ink V Playwriting Competition
Winner - 2003 Shorts in Winter Playwriting Festival
Finalist - 2003 Ten by Ten in the Triangle
Winner - 2003 Boca Raton Theatre Guild Short Play Reading Festival
Winner - 2002 CrossCurrents Cultural Five and Dime Playwriting Competition

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I am fond of stories about underdogs who stick to their guns despite being outclassed...who hold out even though they know they are doomed, or characters who embody fairness and justice even if it violates their pragmatic sensibilities. I also like it when a metaphorical family forms in front of our eyes...when characters create forgiving universes by embracing those in their orbit who have been abandoned or who just can't be shoehorned into normal society.