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The 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe welcomes Academy Award Nominee Jeff Arch
The Screenwriting Conference of Santa Fe, May 27-June 1, welcomes Academy Award nominee Jeff Arch. He will be speaking at the "Ask the Mentors" panel, and will run one of the Academy Labs.
Jeff earned an Oscar nomination for Sleepless in Seattle which also took nominations for best original screenplay at the Writers Guild and British Academy in 1994.
His rewrite of Iron Will was an adventure film in the old-time Disney tradition.
His original romantic comedy Sealed With a Kiss was an unqualified success for CBS in 1999. Jeff moved into directing with his 2004 screenplay adaptation of Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys.
He is now adapting the book Saving Milly for CBS, and his novel, The Bell Tower, is set for publication this year.
Updated: 03/07/2008
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
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A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
