Jeff Keilholtz
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Jeff Keilholtz is an American actor based out of New York City
. He trained under Lily Lodge at the Actor's Conservatory and mentored by Sergei Dreiden, star of Russian Ark
. In 2005 Keilholtz made his feature film debut in Heads or Tails
and starred with Anna Chlumsky
in the Barefoot Theatre Company
's Off-Broadway
revival of Lanford Wilson
's Balm in Gilead
.
Keilholtz has been profiled in The Flow
and on Art Works: This Week. Keilholtz was also interviewed and profiled for the award-winning television show CineMaryland, along with artists such as Edward Norton
and John Waters
.
Keilholtz pens sociopolitical commentary under a pseudonym
. He is published by a variety of publications. Keilholtz is also author of the play Nightswimming
, which is currently in Off-Broadway development. It is also a screenplay in major motion picture development.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He trained under Lily Lodge at the Actor's Conservatory and mentored by Sergei Dreiden, star of Russian Ark
Russian Ark
Russian Ark is a 2002 Russian historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum using a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot...
. In 2005 Keilholtz made his feature film debut in Heads or Tails
Heads or tails (film)
Heads or Tails is a 2005 feature film written and directed by Joey McAdams and Clark Kline. Produced by Fool Martyr Productions, the film stars Jeff Keilholtz, Douglas Cathro and Jon Liddiard.The screenplay was adapted from a short story Kline wrote in 1994...
and starred with Anna Chlumsky
Anna Chlumsky
Anna Chlumsky is an American actress best known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl and the 1994 sequel My Girl 2. Her father, Frank Chlumsky, is an instructor in the culinary program at Kendall College in Chicago...
in the Barefoot Theatre Company
Barefoot Theatre Company
The Barefoot Theatre Company is a theatre company in New York City.It has been described as a "scrappy, young Off-Off Broadway company." Past productions have included the first stage adaptation of Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon in 2008, and a revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead in 2005....
's Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
revival of Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
's Balm in Gilead
Balm in Gilead
Balm in Gilead is a 1965 play written by American playwright Lanford Wilson.-Dramatic structure:Wilson's first full-length effort, Balm in Gilead centers on a cafe frequented by heroin addicts, prostitutes and thieves...
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Keilholtz has been profiled in The Flow
The Flow
The Flow is an album by Chris Leslie released in 1997This album is mostly instrumental. Although Chris Leslie is best known for his fiddle playing in Fairport Convention, these cuts sound nothing like Fairport. Some of it sounds like music of Thailand or Tibet, and other parts sound jazzy or new...
and on Art Works: This Week. Keilholtz was also interviewed and profiled for the award-winning television show CineMaryland, along with artists such as Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...
and John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
.
Keilholtz pens sociopolitical commentary under a pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
. He is published by a variety of publications. Keilholtz is also author of the play Nightswimming
Nightswimming
"Nightswimming" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released in 1993 as the fifth single off the group's eighth album Automatic for the People...
, which is currently in Off-Broadway development. It is also a screenplay in major motion picture development.