Jeff Slaven
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Origionally from Upstate New York, Jeff Slaven relocated to New Zealand
in 1985. Having an already established back ground in commercial radio
announcing, he went to work doing voice overs for radio and television.
He acquired an agent and began working as an extra for various
commercials and ads on television and film. In the late 80s, he became
a reasonably regular extra for Gibson Group's comedy show Skitz. In the
early to mid 90's, he hosted a radio show on Wellington's Pirate FM and
gained a cult following until the death of station owner Derek Archer
forced the sale of the frequency. Jeff also began writing film scripts
and eventually caught the attention of several Producers and Directors
including Wellington Film maker Ross Bevan who commissioned Jeff to
write a total of three feature length film scripts under Ross's company
Cult Classic Pictures. After the death of Ross in '2010, Jeff continued
to write and act. In '2012, he wrote, directed, produced and acted in
his short film 'Moon Over Mercedes' which was intended as an ongoing
web series. Also to his credit is a semi satirical musical web series
called jeffguitar.avi of which there were 12 episodes. Jeff Slaven
still resides in Wellington New Zealand and works in film and Internet
projects.