Biography

Jeff Most is a veteran feature film and TV writer, producer, director, and financier with more than two dozen feature films and hundreds of hours of TV under his belt.

Recently, Most was the co-creator, co-showrunner, and co-financier of Viaplay & The CW's action-adventure TV series "Professionals," starring Brendan Fraser, Tom Welling, Elena Anaya, Ken Duken, Lisa Loven Kongsli, August Wittgenstein, and Saïd Taghmaoui. The 10-episode first season premiered on The CW in the fall of 2022. Season two is in development with Jeff and his series co-creator and co-showrunner, Michael Colleary ("Face/Off", "Lara Croft: Tom Raider").

Most's latest feature, "Irena Sendler", which he co-wrote and will produce, is a WWII thriller to be directed by Peter Webber ("Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Hannibal Rising").

Amongst his latest ventures, Most is co-CEO and chief content officer of Level Field Media Finance, a hedge fund-backed, European, N. American and Oceania co-production-focused, film and TV financing company based in Munich, Los Angeles, New York, and Riga.

Most, who is an Emmy-nominated executive producer, began his career on the critically acclaimed independent film "Liquid Sky" before segueing to the film unit at "Saturday Night Live." Most then moved to Los Angeles and wrote and produced five seasons of the syndicated series "Top 40 Videos", while also serving as writer, producer, and director of the comedy skit series "My TV"; music series, "Hitmakers"; and network Grammy specials.

As a feature film producer through his Jeff Most Productions banner, Most's first film to be set up was Warner Bros., "The Specialist," starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone, which opened at #1 at the box office and set a box office record for its opening weekend. He went on to produce "The Crow," starring Brandon Lee, which opened at #1 and set a box office record for its opening weekend, and its sequels, "The Crow: City of Angels," starring Vincent Perez, which also opened at #1 and set a box office record for its opening weekend, "The Crow: Salvation," starring Kirsten Dunst, and "The Crow: Wicked Prayer," starring Dennis Hopper and David Boreanaz, which Most also co-wrote, and 2nd-unit directed. Most developed and executive produced the series "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven", starring Mark Dacascos. He oversaw the music for "The Crow" franchise, breaking new ground with "The Crow" original soundtrack, which he executive music produced. The franchise's soundtrack and score albums sold 20 million copies worldwide.

Most's many other films include the Emmy Award-winning TV movie "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler", starring Oscar winners, Anna Pacquin and Marcia Gay Harden, along with Michelle Dockery, for which he was Emmy nominated as its executive producer; and the independent feature films "London Fields," starring Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and Billy Bob Thornton; "Maladies," starring James Franco and Catherine Keener; "Pawn," starring Forest Whitaker, and Ray Liotta; "Officer Down," starring Stephen Dorff and Walton Goggins; "The Broken Tower," starring Michael Shannon and James Franco; "Soldiers of Fortune," starring Christian Slater and Sean Bean; "On the Doll," starring Brittany Snow; "Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia," starring Wes Bentley; "Ghost Image," starring Elisabeth Rohm; "Venice Underground," starring Eric Mabius; "Slightly Single in L.A.," starring Jenna Dewan; and the award-winning coming-of-age comedy "Girl." starring Selma Blair.

The son of Revlon and Norton Simon's former general counsel, and an acclaimed author/art gallery owner, Most grew up in New York City and graduated from United Nations International High School before majoring in screenwriting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department, while co-majoring in production and direction, and graduating from NYU's Gallatin School.

Jeff has a number of feature writing and directing projects, and TV series moving to production. Most, a father of five, lives with his wife, and producing partner, Katy Most, and their toddler son. Together, Jeff and Katy oversee an active feature film and TV series financing, development, and production slate at their companies, Level Field Media Finance; Most Media SIA in Riga, Latvia; and Most Films in Beverly Hills, CA.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Written by Steve Elzer