Jeffrey Frentzen

Jeffrey Frentzen (born September 7, 1956), sometimes credited as Jeff Frentzen, is an American movie director, screenwriter, producer, novelist, journalist, and actor.

Early life Frentzen was born in Oakland, California, and was raised in Orinda, California. His father was an insurance adjuster and his mother a housewife. He graduated from the University of California.

Journalism, nonfiction books, and novels He began his career in print journalism, and was the first managing editor of Cinefantastique, a movie special effects journal where he also published movie reviews. He has written for Video Watchdog and Fangoria. His lengthy career in computer high-tech trade press magazines began at IDG and then moved to Ziff-Davis, and included PC Week (later eWeek). Eventually, he worked for CNET, leaving that firm in 1997 in an executive role. and the Aesthetic Insights newsletter.

Frentzen co-wrote (with David J. Schow) The Outer Limits Companion (Ace Books, 1986), and in 1998 published Javascript Annotated Archives (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley), co-written with Henry Sobotka and Dewayne McNair. He is the pseudonymous author of three novels, The Bayou Brigade (1981) and Star of Egypt (1981), part of the "Ben Slayton, T-Man" series from Warner Books, writing as "Buck Sanders"; and a self-published novel, My Summer With the Family (1992), authored by "Joe Hudson."

Film Frentzen moved into film production in 1997 when he partnered with German expatriate director Ulli Lommel, with whom he worked on several productions. The film premiered in Europe in competition at the Monaco Charity Film Festival in May 2012.

In 2014, Frentzen wrote the documentary, Ode To My Mother, and has also produced or directed a series of music videos for folk rock performer Janine Ferguson. Frentzen is credited as screenwriter of Georges Chamchoum's feature film, 9 Women, which is still in development.

In 2019, Frentzen launched a movie production company, North 40 Films.

Works Novels The Bayou Brigade (1981) Star of Egypt (1981)

Nonfiction The Outer Limits: The Official Companion (with David J. Schow) (1986) Javascript Annotated Archives (with Henry Sobotka and Dewayne McNair) (1998)

Film Bloodsuckers (1997) (a.k.a. I Want to Be a Vampire / Boogeyman Vampire Club 4) Producer Hitchghost.com (2000) Producer September Song (2000) Associate producer Danny and Max (2000) (a.k.a. Monkey Rap) Screenwriter, assistant director Killer Pickton (2006) Co-writer, co-producer, actor (as Curtis Graan) The Raven (2006) Co-executive producer, co-director, actor (as Curtis Graan) Black Dahlia (2006) Producer, story by, actor (as Curtis Graan) The Tomb (2007) Executive producer Diary of a Cannibal (2007) Executive producer House on the Hill (2012) Director, co-writer, co-producer, editor Ode to My Mother (2014) Writer, co-producer One Pulse (2026) Co-writer, Producer Out of Time (2026) Writer, Executive Producer