EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winner Jeff Blitz (The Office, Review) is set to direct and executive produce Stumble, a single-camera comedy pilot from writers/executive producers Liz Astrof (Pivoting) and Jeff Astrof (Shining Vale) and executive producers Monica Aldama and Dana Honor.
Written by the Astrof siblings, Stumble is a mockumentary about the ridiculously high stakes and competitive world of junior college cheer.
Liz Astrof and Jeff Astrof executive produce alongside cheerleading coach Monica Aldama, known for her appearance on the Netflix docuseries Cheer, and producer Dana Honor through her Defining Eve Productions. In addition to directing, Blitz will executive produce the pilot only. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Blitz is an Emmy-winning director of a dozen episodes of NBC’s The Office as well as co-creator/showrunner of Comedy Central series Review for which he directed the entire run. He recently served as an executive producer and director on two seasons of Upload for Amazon and was an executive producer on NBC’s American Auto, for which he directed the pilot as well as multiple episodes. Blitz also executive produced the Netflix series Living With Yourself and NBC’s Trial & Error. Blitz has produced and directed five original comedy pilots, all of which were picked up to series.
On the film side, Blitz received an Oscar nomination for directing the documentary Spellbound and won the Dramatic Directing Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his film Rocket Science. He’s repped by UTA, Anonymous Content, 42 and David Colden.
