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Jeffrey Scott Edell is an entrepreneur in the entertainment, media and tech industries.
Jeffrey Edell is best known as serving as a top executive at numerous entertainment organizations such as: CEO and president of Soundelux Entertainment Group, Chairman of Intermix Media (former parent company of MySpace) and eLabor.com (formerly jeTECH Data Systems) CEO of Inferno, CFO of Cinedigm, president and COO of DIC Entertainment, co-founder of IndieU along with his daughter Natalie Edell. As of 2020, Edell serves as the president of WTG Enterprises.
Edell is also known for overseeing and managing the development of brands such as Inspector Gadget and Strawberry Shortcake as well as partnering with Stan Lee and POW! Entertainment on a game titled Stan Lee’s Superhero Ball Wars.
Edell serves as co-executive producer of the 2020 animated series the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers based on the comic book series of the same name. In addition, he was a producer and actor on the 2013 Lifetime movie Taken for Ransom (originally named Life Saver) with his wife Elaine Hastings Edell, a producer for various other films and an actor in National Lampoon's Movie Madness (formerly National Lampoon's Goes to the Movies). In addition, his companies have produced films such as The Kids Are All Right, Just Friends, Killer Elite, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, and The Grey.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America and the Young Presidents Organization. Edell served as Associate Professor at Florida State Universityand was Entrepreneur in Residence for the Motion Pictures Arts College from 2014 to 2016.
