Jeff Prahl

Director, Filmmaker and Documentary Filmmaker

Los Angeles, California

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January 2023

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About Jeff

I hate 555 numbers. I hate characters not saying ‘bye’ when they hang up. I hate characters saying ‘as you know,’ and referring to someone by their full name when they would clearly just use their first.

I love realism.

I love stories of people forced to choose between two options: bad, and worse. Idealism is a luxury that most people in human history haven’t had, no matter how hard they strove for it. That tension - between a person’s beliefs and the choices they make to accomplish their goals - drives my passion for story.

I love characters that are shaped by deep-seated resentment and pain that fundamentally defines their behavior and their personhood.

I love exploring characters in obscure industries and underrepresented cultures. Every culture or industry has been ‘unsellable’ until someone does it well. There’s a shared humanity to be found in everything - through the human experience.

I want to be the one who does it well. And believe it or not - I’m an optimist.

I'm a writer/director, with years of experience directing documentaries across five continents. My narrative short La Deuda recently concluded a multi-year run on HBO Latino and HBO Max.

Gender:
Male

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The Niihau Terror Budget: $5M - $10M | War ⋄ Drama The true story of a naïve rookie Japanese fighter pilot, whose Macbethean journey into darkness begins when, on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he crash lands on a remote Hawaiian island - where the native residents have no idea the attack has occurred.

Credits

La Deuda (2020)
Film (short) Director / Co-Writer A young Mexican boy tries to save his beloved pet goat from a debt collector in this short film on HBO Max.
Heart of This Place (2019)
Film (short) Director / Co-Writer The threads of a rural English family are torn apart when the youngest brother undercuts the family for his own gain, forcing them to discover the limits of their faith in one another.

Awards

Semifinalist - The Titan Awards - "The Niihau Terror"
(2023)
Semifinalist - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition - "The Niihau Terror"
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - ScreenCraft Feature Competition - "The Niihau Terror"
(2023)
Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay Feature Lab - "The Niihau Terror"
(2023)
Nominee - HBO Ibero-American Short Film Award, Miami Film Festival - "La Deuda"
(2020)