Biography

Keegan is a writer-director with two multi-award-winning short films that both received international video and TV distribution through 'Ouat Media'-- both films were broadcast via television on 'The Independent Film Network'. 'Has Been', a short film Keegan wrote, directed and produced, won 'Best Dramatic Film' at 'The L.A. Intl. Short Film Festival' ('L.A. Shorts Fest'), as well as numerous other festivals. His short film 'Verboten' was honored opening night by the 'Hollyshorts Fest' at the 'Egyptian Theater' in Hollywood alongside co-honorees, Josh Brolin and Jessica Biel. Keegan has produced, written and directed numerous commercials and specialty comedy videos that include 'Score', a 'PG' tongue-in-cheek tutorial on how to get a date with a woman-- co-starring Vanessa Williams and a variety of beautiful product-spokesmodels featuring 'Penthouse Pet Of The Year', Julie Smith and comedians popular during the era. 'Score' received national video and pay-per-view distribution.

As a stand-up comedian-- Keegan has opened for such acts as George Lopez, Jeff Foxworthy, Rosie O'Donnell, Jeff Dunham, Bill Hicks, Andy Kindler, Greg Proops, as well as the legendary Mickey Rooney and Steve Allen. Keegan has played the MGM Grand Las Vegas opening for 'The Amazing Jonathan'. Keegan hosted the 'L.A. Daily News' sponsored pop-culture talk show, 'Hollywood Babble-On'- broadcast from the former social media site, 'NowLive.com'. Keegan interviewed such guests as Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, David Lynch, Guillermo Del Toro, Selma Blair, Ron Perlman, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, James McAvoy, Michael Madsen, Michael Shannon, Joe Mantegna, and more than 22 Academy Award nominated artists and writers such as Terence Winter ('Soprano's', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Tulsa King', 'Wolf of Wall Street'), Shane Black ('Lethal Weapon', 'Predator', 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang') and writer/director Larry Charles ('Seinfeld', 'Borat', 'Religilous', 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'). Regular guests included the top entertainment reporters from across the country (Time magazine, The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Vanity Fair).

Keegan served as executive vice-president of development for Michael Douglas's literary management firm, 'American Entertainment Holding Company' (AEHC), where he worked alongside Academy Award nominated director Peter Bogdanovich ('The Last Picture Show', 'Paper Moon', 'What's Up Doc', 'Mask') and the executive producer for 'Young Frankenstein' and 'My Favorite Year', Michael Gruskoff. The Shirley Jackson estate contracted Keegan to write the feature film adaptation of the Ms. Jackson's iconic short story, 'The Lottery'. Keegan was also an integral part of the AEHC team that packaged and optioned the rights to Damon Runyon's 'Guys & Dolls' to The Weinstein Company.

Served as a script consultant for numerous feature film projects.

Worked with NY Times Washington D.C. political reporter, Carl Hulse, developing their feature film script, 'Secret Service'.

Won 'Best Villain' acting award at the 'Dragon-Con Film Festival' in Atlanta, Georgia (voted on by audience-- 70,000 people attend).

Partial list of additional film festivals Keegan has participated in: 'Toronto Rendezvous With Madness', Spain's 'Bilbao Film Festival', 'Rainier Film Festival', 'Hawaii's Big Island Film Festival', 'Chicago International Film Festival', 'Shockerfest International Film Festival', 'Anchorage International Film Festival', 'Lake Arrowhead Film Festival', Puerto Rico's 'Cine Fiesta', Germany-- 'Amberg Horror Festival', Hollywood's Chinese Theater 'Screamfest', 'Newport Beach Independent Film Festival'.

- IMDb mini biography by: Martin Keegan