Jeff Pollack

Jeffrey Ian Pollack (November 15, 1959 – December 23, 2013) was an American film director, screenwriter, television producer and writer.

As a film director he made the films Above the Rim (1994), He was an alumnus of University of Southern California film school.

In 1995, Pollack and Medina renamed their company Handprint Entertainment, which has grown into one of Hollywood's most successful full-service management and production companies. Since that time Pollack took a production role on the Fox sitcom Getting Personal and remained behind the camera as director of the 1997 film Booty Call.

His spec screenplay, Gifted was one of Spec Scout's top 2013 submitted scripts, scoring above 90% of the scripts circulating by A-list agents and managers.

Death Pollack was found dead after jogging on the Greenbelt in Hermosa Beach, California, on December 23, 2013. It was assumed he died of natural causes; he was 54.