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Geoff Geib

Screenwriting Faculty
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Education

M.F.A., University of California Los Angeles 2010
B.A., Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1998

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Biography

Geoff Geib received his MFA in 2009 from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where he won the Michael Minor and Robert Green award in screenwriting. After graduating, he worked as a staff writer on the final two seasons of the television show Medium and later sold an original drama pilot entitled Happy Accidents to CBS Paramount. He has written/developed numerous television and feature scripts since, including an adaptation of the New York Times bestseller The Art Forger. He has taught screenwriting at Cal State University Long Beach, in the graduate school at Hollins University and in the Professional Program at UCLA. Geoff’s IMDb page proudly lists the PA work he did on Gilda Radner’s Greatest Moments from 2002 and his dramatic turn as the ‘Lightswitch Guy’ in the hopefully never seen independent film Ante Up.

How did you discover Western?

What are some of the highlights of your career? Writing for the Patricia Arquette show Medium. Co-writing a television pilot with Duncan Kennedy, the screenwriter of Deep Blue Sea. Writing and developing multiple original pilots with Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of Moonlighting, one of my all-time favorite shows. Playing a serial killer victim in Criminal Minds.

What excites you most about your field?

Telling stories.

What is your favorite thing about the Gunnison Valley?

The wildlife.

Courses Taught

  • Feature Screenplay Structure – CRWR 665
  • Polish Lab – CRWR 697

External Professional Affiliations

  • Hollins University UCLA Professional Program California State University Long Beach

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