- Jeff Schimmel is a Writer/Producer for both Television and Film. He was born in Pennsylvania, raised in New York, and relocated to Los Angeles to attend law school. Just before graduating, Jeff sold an original movie idea, which led to many feature script assignments and sales, plus numerous jobs in TV. Over the years, Jeff has written and/or produced for nearly every major network and studio.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jeff Schimmel
- SpouseGloria Fabro-Schimmel(July 7, 1991 - present) (1 child)
- Earned a Juris Doctor degree from the SCALE accelerated program at Southwestern University School of Law and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Arizona State University.
- In 2008, volunteered with the Israel Defense Forces and served in logistics, first stationed on a 101st Battalion Paratrooper combat outpost on the Lebanon border, then on a Home Front Command base in Central Israel. In 2010, re-upped with the IDF, first stationed on an Armored/Tank Division base on the West Bank, then on a Medical base near Tel Aviv.
- Upon graduation from law school, was offered a Field Agent position in Central America by the CIA's Directorate of Operations.
- Spent several years studying Boxing, Shotokan Karate, Shorin-Ryu Okinawan Karate, Chang Moo Kwan Taekwondo, and traditional Wing Chun Gung Fu. At 17, was offered a scholarship to the Kukkiwon Taekwondo University in Seoul, Korea, but passed on it in order to attend the University of Washington. Was accepted as a student of a revolutionary, hybrid fighting style known as Jun Fan Gung Fu, later renamed as Jeet Kune Do, in Bruce Lee's "underground" school located in the basement of a grocery store in Seattle's Chinatown/International District. His instructor was Bruce Lee's most senior student, Taky Kimura. Fought in full-contact, pre-MMA kickboxing tournaments and taught martial arts until being seriously injured by a drunk driver.
- In 1989, co-wrote the original feature film screenplay for The Scout (1994), a baseball comedy movie set to star Rodney Dangerfield. When Rodney Dangerfield left the project, the script was shelved, but was eventually rewritten by and for Albert Brooks.
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