NARRATIVE | Jay Zellman

Lake Life - Short Comedy

Larry buys a lake house in the burbs to escape the noisy city only to find out that his gun-wielding neighbor has a crowing rooster, clucking chickens and a barking dog. What is Larry to do?

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman
Cinematographer: Felix Phillips

Associate Producer: Carrie Berger, Brent Katz

Executive Producers: Jason Saltzman,

Jonathon Ende, David Galanter

Starring: Jerry Topitzer, Frank DiNapoli

All Inclusive - Short Comedy

In a satirical look at modern societal shifts, All Inclusive follows Clifford, a mild-mannered teacher who discovers his school restroom has been transformed into an “all-inclusive” space—leading to a series of surprising encounters and a moment of unexpected acceptance.

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman
Cinematographer: David Dessel

Associate Producer: Michael Schmidt

Starring: Jerry Topitzer, Bruce Gluckman

Walking and Talking - Short Comedy

Filmed on an Iphone in New York City during the height of COVID, Walking and Talking is a micro-short comedy about two guys, Jay and Brent, catching up while practicing the strictest adherence to social distancing.

Directors: Jay Zellman, Brent Katz

Film Projects

In a satirical look at modern societal shifts, All Inclusive follows Clifford, a mild-mannered teacher who discovers his school restroom has been transformed into an “all-inclusive” space—leading to a series of surprising encounters and a moment of unexpected acceptance.

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman
Cinematographer: David Dessel

Associate Producer: Michael Schmidt

Starring: Jerry Topitzer, Bruce Gluckman

All Inclusive • Short Comedy

Filmed on an Iphone in New York City during the height of COVID, Walking and Talking is a micro-short comedy about two friends, Jay and Brent, catching up while practicing the strictest adherence to social distancing.

Directors: Jay Zellman, Brent Katz

Walking and Talking • Short Comedy

Ranting & Raving • Sitcom Plot

Everything Cliff touches turns to shit. His job sucks, his marriage is failing and all he wants is to write the Great American Novel, but he's stuck in a rabbit hole writing How-To books. Now, his life just got worse when he and his wife get stuck with a problem child they didn't bargain for.

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman

Cinematographer: Robert Gregson

Associate Producer: Paul Wang

Executive Producers: Jonathan Bernstein, Michael Leib, Ann Leib, Daniel Schoenberg, Sela and Steven Zellman

Starring: Patrick Avella, Call Elizabeth Moore, David Perez-Ribada, Jessica Howell, Pun Bandhu, Erik Zellman

Larry buys a lake house in the burbs to escape the noisy city only to find out that his gun-wielding neighbor has a crowing rooster, clucking chickens and a barking dog. What is Larry to do?

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman
Cinematographer: Felix Phillips

Associate Producer: Carrie Berger, Brent Katz

Executive Producers: Jason Saltzman, Jonathon Ende, David Galanter

Starring: Jerry Topitzer, Frank DiNapoli

Lake Life • Short Comedy

Peas and Carrots • Feature Film
(Trailer)

Joey Wethersby is a typical 16 year-old girl - if your typical teenager had parents who were in a one-hit-wonder band in the ‘90s. Following in her parents’ footsteps, she decides to start a band with them and her siblings. Making things more complicated, Joey is transported every night to a bizarre alternate reality leaving her to try and figure out what it all means.

Producer:Jay Zellman, Ed Schmidt

Writer and Director: Evan Oppenheimer

Starring: Kirrilee Berger, Amy Carlson, Jordan Bridges, Andrew Polk
Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment

Blind but unbroken, Ellie discovers her professor husband’s affair with a student.
Betrayal ignites her fury—armed with intuition, technology and a friend’s help, she turns her vulnerability into strength as she exposes his arrogance to the world. Love turns to vengeance in this gripping drama.

Producer: Jay Zellman;

Director: Azumi Hasegawa

Writer: Brent Katz;

Starring: Mia Grinchendle, Alexander Pennecke, Bella Mraz, Carson Thomas,

Ben Yahr
Distributor: BUMPiNT App

Now You See Him • Microdrama Series (Trailer)

Peas and Carrots - Feature Film (Trailer)

Joey Wethersby is a typical 16 year-old girl - if your typical teenager had parents who were in a one-hit-wonder band in the ‘90s. Following in her parents’ footsteps, she decides to start a band with them and her siblings. Making things more complicated, Joey is transported every night to a bizarre alternate reality leaving her to try and figure out what it all means.

Producer:Jay Zellman, Ed Schmidt

Writer and Director: Evan Oppenheimer

Starring: Kirrilee Berger, Amy Carlson, Jordan Bridges, Andrew Polk
Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment

Now You See Him - Microdrama Series (Trailer)

Blind but unbroken, Ellie discovers her professor husband’s affair with a student.
Betrayal ignites her fury—armed with intuition, technology and a friend’s help, she turns her vulnerability into strength as she exposes his arrogance to the world. Love turns to vengeance in this gripping drama.

Producers: Jay Zellman, Brent Katz

Director: Azumi Hasegawa

Writer: Brent Katz

Starring: Mia Grinchendle, Alexander Pennecke, Bella Mraz, Carson Thomas, Ben Yahr
Distributor: BUMPiNT App

Ranting & Raving - Comedy Pilot

Everything Cliff touches turns to shit. His job sucks, his marriage is failing and all he wants is to write the Great American Novel, but he's stuck in a rabbit hole writing How-To books. Now, his life just got worse when he and his wife get stuck with a problem child they didn't bargain for.

Written and Directed by: Jay Zellman