Jeffrey N. Hirschberg, M.A.
Associate Professor Savage Theater and Communication Building 112Phone: (716) 878-3180
Email: hirschjn@buffalostate.edu
Courses Taught
TFA 201: Introduction to Television and Film Arts
TFA 301: TV and Film Criticism
TFA 304: Writing For Television
ENG 305 and 402: Feature Screenplay Sequence
About Jeffrey Hirschberg
A graduate of Cornell University with a master’s from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, Jeffrey spent a decade on Wall Street as a financial writer and VP of marketing. After teaching at Cornell, Syracuse University, and RIT, he joined SUNY Buffalo State University as the founding director of the Television and Film Arts program in 2006. He is the author of REFLECTIONS OF THE SHADOW: CREATING MEMORABLE HEROES AND VILLAINS FOR FILM AND TV and directed short films and a half-hour pilot that screened at major festivals.
A WGA member, Jeffrey sold a series to Showtime, was a winner of the WGA Screenplay Reading Series, directed the WGA's TV Pilots Resurrected program at Lincoln Center, and participated in the ABC Daytime Writer Development Program. His debut novel, COMPLETELY INCOMPLETE, arrives next year.
He lives with his wife, three boys, and two poorly-trained dogs — Stanley (after Stan Lee) and Kirby (after Jack Kirby).