Jeff Stetson

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Los Angeles, California

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Jeff Stetson is an internationally acclaimed award-winning playwright and screenwriter for film and television. His stage plays include: Keep the Faith: A musical on the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; Fathers and Other Strangers; Fraternity; And the Men Shall Also Gather; To Play a Black Man; Love You Better; The Apology; and The Meeting, which has been produced in all fifty-states and more than a dozen countries including South Africa, the Netherlands, Canada, the Virgin Islands, Nigeria, Scotland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Jordan and Austria. He adapted it for American Playhouse.
He adapted his play, “Fraternity,” for HBO. He served as co-producer for the series “Containment” which was broadcast on the CW in 2016 and Netflix and is co-producer of the series “Shots Fired,” that will be broadcast on the FOX Network in the Spring of 2017. His episode, “The Fire This Time,” was directed by Oscar winner Jonathan Demme and starred Oscar winners Helen Hunt and Ricard Dreyfuss.

His additional television credits include the one-hour drama First Time for Nickelodeon’s Sports Theater hosted by Shaquille O’Neill. It was a finalist for the prestigious Humanitas Prize and was also nominated for a Writers Guild Award. He wrote and produced a half-hour special One Day produced by the Children’s Television Network in association with the Disney Channel directed by Debbie Allen. He created and wrote the pilot and first nine episodes of: My Parents, My Sister & Me, a half-hour sitcom which had it national premiere on N.B.C. syndication in 2010 and starred Robin Givens. He also wrote and co-executive produced the half-hour pilot Sunday in Paris which starred Debbie Allen and Diahann Carroll for N.B.C. network.

His work has generated 24 N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards and been awarded 18, most recently for a four-hour documentary which he co-wrote: For Love of Liberty, broadcast nationally on P.B.S. In addition to winning the 2011 N.A.A.C.P Image Award for best documentary it also received the 2010 Public Broadcasting Award in Excellence. It explored the role of African American soldiers from the pre-Revolutionary War through the Iraq War. It was hosted by Halle Berry, narrated by Avery Brooks and presented by General Colin Powell. It featured more than thirty major celebrities.

He has written and developed more than two-dozen films and television movies for the major studios as well as H.B.O, Showtime and Lifetime Network. Mr. Stetson’s novel: Blood on the Leaves was published by Warner Books. He adapted it for Paramount Pictures to star Jamie Foxx and is currently adapting it as a one-hour series in partnership with Morgan Freeman and his production company.

Mr. Stetson was the formal Dean of Faculty and Staff Affairs and Director of Public Affairs and University Relations for the California State University. He served as a writing mentor at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and Professor at the Theater Arts and Dance Department at California State University, Los Angeles where he taught creative writing for stage, film, and television. He also taught the first Professional Workshop for African-American Screenwriters established by Bill and Camille Cosby at the USC School of Cinema-Television and served as visiting Professor, Writing for Theater, Film & Television Workshop for the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College.

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Shots Fired (2017)
Television (Crime and Drama) Producer Examining the dangerous aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small Southern town, SHOTS FIRED is a dramatic new event series that is a "why done it?" and a "who done it?" From Gina Prince-Bythewood ("Beyond the Lights," "The Secret Life of Bees," "Love and Basketball") and Reggie Rock Bythewood ("Beyond the Lights," "Notorious"), the 10-hour event series is an explosive look at the criminal justice system. When an African-American police officer kills an unarmed white college student, a small town in North Carolina is turned upside-down. Before the town has a chance to grapple with this tragedy, the neglected murder of an African-American teen is brought to light, re-opening wounds that threaten to tear the town apart.
Containment (2016)
Television (Drama) Producer The series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. The drama tells the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the cordon reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes. Written by Patricia Peña Hdez.
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)
TV Movie (Documentary) Writer This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earliest days of the republic. The story spans the Revolution to Iraq and examines why, despite enormous injustice, these heroic men and women fought so valiantly for freedoms they themselves did not enjoy. Written by Eleventh Day Staff
My Parents, My Sister & Me (2009 - 2010)
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Accidental Hero: Room 408 (2001)
Film (Documentary) Soundtrack The filmmakers follow San Francisco-area forensics teacher Tommie Lindsey and his students for two years.
Martin Luther King Special One Day (1998)
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Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1998)
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Sunday in Paris (1991)
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American Playhouse (1989)
Television (Comedy, Drama, Romance and Sci-Fi) Writer Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.