John Kloepfer
- Assistant Director of the MFA in Screenwriting
John Kloepfer is an LA-based author, editor and screenwriter. He grew up in Buffalo, NY, where he attended the Nichols School before graduating from Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts. He studied literature and film at Amherst College, graduated cum laude from University at Buffalo’s Media Studies department and recently earned his MFA in Screenwriting from the David Lynch School of Cinematic Arts at Maharishi International University.
He has published twelve middle grade novels with HarperCollins and developed book properties with Alloy Entertainment, now a subsidiary of Warner Bros. His novels have sold over half a million copies worldwide. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2015, he has worked closely with his wife, TV writer and executive producer Jenny Lee, editing the nationally best-selling YA novels Anna K and Anna K Away, pitching to major studios including Disney+ and Universal, and assisting with the development of multiple television and feature projects for MAX, Netflix, Paramount+ and Apple International.
When he’s not writing and editing, you can probably find him shooting baskets at Rustic Canyon Park while his Newfoundland dogs look on with great curiosity, throwing darts in the West LA dart league, catching a movie at Century City or renting one (yes, he still rents physical media) at CineFile Video.