Jeff Katz is an American film producer and comic book author, best known for genre movies such as The Pope's Exorcist, Snakes On A Plane and Freddy vs Jason.
17 Facts About Jeff Katz
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Jeff Katz started a pen-pal relationship with New Line Cinema founder and future boss Bob Shaye after meeting Shaye's father at a dinner party as an eight year old boy.
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Jeff Katz briefly attended Michigan State before dropping out after accepting an internship at New Line in Los Angeles.
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Jeff Katz, arriving in Los Angeles on his 20th birthday, first worked as an unpaid intern for New Line Cinema where he eventually became a studio executive and film producer, producing Freddy vs Jason at 24 years old, followed by Snakes on a Plane, Shoot 'Em Up and Normal Adolescent Behavior.
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Jeff Katz subsequently moved to 20th Century Fox, finally bringing the Ryan Reynolds deal over to the studio, where he worked on productions such as Deadpool, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class and The A-Team while there.
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Jeff Katz appears as an interview subject in several documentaries including Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, Halloween: 25 Years of Terror, His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday The 13th and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th.
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Jeff Katz began his career in sports entertainment at World Championship Wrestling in 1996, when he was hired by Eric Bischoff at the age of 17.
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Jeff Katz would spend his late teens alternating between high school and traveling for WCW during the Monday Night War.
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Jeff Katz primarily handled play-by-play on PPV events for online streaming alongside color commentator Mark Madden and wrote columns for WCW's print and online outlets.
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Jeff Katz briefly took over for Gene Okerlund on the WCW hotline during Okerlund's absence, ultimately shifting to his own segment on the hotline following Okerlund's eventual return.
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The roster of wrestling talent all played entirely new characters created by Jeff Katz, who workshopped the new characters with each performer during pre-production.
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Jeff Katz returned to play-by-play for the first time since WCW for the tapings, being joined by Nigel McGuinness on color commentary.
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In 2005, Jeff Katz began writing for Image Comics, making his comics debut in a short story for The Wicked West.
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Jeff Katz wrote Freddy vs Jason vs Ash and the sequel Freddy vs Jason vs Ash: The Nightmare Warriors based on his experience with the Freddy vs Jason film for DC imprint WildStorm, which was preceded by a successful run at DC Comics proper, on titles such as Booster Gold with co-writer Geoff Johns and artist Dan Jurgens.
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Jeff Katz created the action-adventure comic Crosshair for Top Cow, which was optioned to Lionsgate for film.
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Jeff Katz is the co-creator of the DC Comics villain Black Beetle.
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Jeff Katz began his own comic book production company, American Original.