32nd Annual Silver Telly Award Winner. A Quarter Finalist in The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting competition, he was also a Quarter Finalist in the Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition. Eig sold the treatment, “Safe Haven,” to Kamin-Howell Entertainment and wrote the treatment “Pastime” for Jericho Entertainment. He worked as a segment editor for the 66th Annual Academy Awards, before moving to Jacobs & Gerber, Inc. He freelanced at Playboy Entertainment as a writer/producer for on-air promos at the Playboy Channel, produced and Directed a short film for the Getty Museum, and an episode of a new Adult Swim/Cartoon Network live action show.
Eig’s Award Winning comedy “A Family X-mas” has played around the country in more than seventeen film festivals, most notably the Florida Film Festival. Eig Won Best Comedy Short at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was Best of the Fest at the Newport Beach International Film Festival, Best of the Fest at the Wine Country International Film Festival, and Top Ten nominated films at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (an Academy Award© qualifier). Eig was also a Finalist in the USA Film Festival.
“Knit Wits,” premiered at the Newport Beach International Film Festival. It has also played at Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, Marcos Island International Film Festival, Pacific Palisades Film Festival, the Palm Beach International Film Festival, in London at the Northern Heights International Short Film Festival and most recently was the first American film ever invited to the Sukagawa International Film Festival in Japan.
Eig has worked on such films as The Mask (with Jim Carrey), Sam Rami’s Army of Darkness and Spiderman; in television on WB’s Angel, and HBO’s Tales From the Crypt to name a few.
He has edited projects for Disney, Universal; the pilot Gideon Falls, The Homeless Joe Show as well as the feature films Buried Alive and Showstopper, Presumed Guilty, Footballs Valhalla: The Bob Ufer Story.
Gold Remi Winner
Warren Eig (Writer, Producer, Director and Editor) is an Award-Winning Director working in feature films and television. A native of New Jersey, Eig graduated Boston University’s College of Communications, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Broadcasting and Film.
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