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Jeff Dellinger was born on September 3, 1974. He grew up in Indianapolis, the oldest of five boys. As a kid, Jeff wanted to be an actor and stuntman -- a dream he abandoned in middle school after realizing he was a) unathletic and b) an "easy bleeder".
Jeff attended Brebeuf Preparatory School (now Brebeuf Jesuit), where he distinguished himself in speech and debate, Model United Nations, and as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. Needless to say, this made him an absolute chick magnet...
After the academic rigors of high school, Jeff decided to give his brain a rest and go to Indiana University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications with a virtual second major in Madden '95 and Mortal Kombat.
Jeff put his degree to work right away, landing a job as a copywriter for WTTS-FM and WGCL-AM in Bloomington, IN. Over time, Jeff wound up doing a little bit of everything -- promotions, production, web design -- and was named Creative Services Director. He also did some on-air work, first as entertainment know-it-all "Mister Hollywood" and later (as himself) as co-host and executive producer of WGCL's "Afternoon Edition".
After a successful two year run on "The Afternoon Edition", Jeff left Bloomington to take a job as co-host of a news-talk morning drive program on WXNT-AM in Indianapolis. The program was called "The Morning Line," with Jeff once again doubling as co-host and producer. The job was a good one, but Jeff decided to leave the show after nine months to move to California and pursue his dream of becoming a screenwriter.
Old habits die hard, though; within a month of moving to Los Angeles, Jeff was back in radio. He spent three years in the promotions department of KBIG-FM and KOST-FM, eventually becoming Promotions Manager for KBIG.
Jeff also finished two screenplays in that time: Ghosts of the Desert was a semi-finalist in the Winter 2005 WriteMovies.com screenwriting competition. He completed his second feature script, the action-comedy Identity Crisis, in May 2006. Jeff also won third place in the CS Open scene writing competition at the 2005 L.A. Screenwriting Expo.
Since then, basically nothing.
Jeff left KBIG in August, 2006. He is now the Entertainment Marketing Manager for the Los Angeles Times Media Group. He lives in Sherman Oaks, and he is hard at work occasionally noodles around on a third feature-length screenplay.
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