{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} '''Jeffrey Alan Schechter''' (usually credited as '''Jeff Schechter''') is a screenwriter whose work has been nominated for two Emmy awards, a Writers Guild of America award, and a Writers Guild of Canada award. His writing credits include ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'', ''Overruled!'', the Disney Channel original film ''Brink!'', ''Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite'' and ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.writersstore.com/authors/jeffrey-alan-schechter/|title=Jeffrey Alan Schechter|work=writersstore.com|access-date=2015-09-13|archive-date=2015-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421235819/http://www.writersstore.com/authors/jeffrey-alan-schechter/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, he created the ABC Family science fiction crime drama ''Stitchers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2015/07/31/slice-of-scifi-728/|title=Jeffrey Alan Schechter: Creating and Crafting "Stitchers" – Slice of SciFi|work=sliceofscifi.com|date=31 July 2015 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Schechter was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School and is a graduate from the film program at SUNY Purchase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://donedealpro.com/members/details.aspx?object_id=212&content_type=1&section_id=11|title=Jeffrey Alan Schechter|work=donedealpro.com}}</ref>

==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan=2 | Year ! rowspan=2 | Title ! colspan=3 | Credited as ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! width=65 | Director ! width=65 | Producer ! width=65 | Writer |- | 1996 ! scope="row"|''Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 1998 ! scope="row"| ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|story}} | |- | 2000 ! scope="row"|''Beethoven's 3rd'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2004 ! scope="row"| ''Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| ''The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2011 ! scope="row"| ''Breakaway'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2017 ! scope="row"| ''Undercover Grandpa'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |}

===Television=== The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan=2 | Year ! rowspan=2 | Title ! colspan=4 | Credited as ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! width=65 | Creator ! width=65 | Director ! width=65 | Executive<br/>producer ! width=65 | Writer |- | 1998 ! scope="row"|''Brink!'' | {{n/a}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Television film |- | 1999 ! scope="row"| ''Animorphs'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | |- | 1999 ! scope="row"| ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | |- | 2000 ! scope="row"| ''The Other Me'' | {{n/a}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Television film |- | 2001 ! scope="row"| ''The Tracker'' | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Television film |- | 2003–05 ! scope="row"| ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | {{no}} | {{yes}} (9) | |- | 2004–06 ! scope="row"| ''Martin Mystery'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (6) | |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| ''Out of the Woods'' | {{n/a}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Television film |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| ''Get Ed'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (2) | |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| ''Totally Spies!'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (2) | |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| ''Jane and the Dragon'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| ''Erky Perky'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (unknown episodes) | |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| ''Team Galaxy'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (unknown episodes) | |- | 2007 ! scope="row"| ''Di-Gata Defenders'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (2) | |- | 2008–09 ! scope="row"| ''Freefonix'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (5) | |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| ''Overruled!'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (14) | |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| ''Exploding Sun'' | {{n/a}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Television film |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| ''The Hunters'' | {{n/a}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|screenplay}} | Television film |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| ''Transporter: The Series'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (2) | |- | 2015 ! scope="row"| ''Stitchers'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (9) | |}

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