About Jack Lugar

Jack Lugar spent more than a decade working as a television writer and producer in Los Angeles prior to relocating back to his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. 

He is credited for the sitcom Wanda at Large from Warner Bros./FOX; From the Top for Family Theater Productions; Several projects under comedian Louie Anderson’s company, Louzell Productions, the Katz Pajamas Book Series, the Sessi Nilsson Book Series, and most recently the feature film Hellcat which is an Indiana Spotlight Film in the Heartland International Film Festival.  

Professionals in the industry widely recognize Jack’s skillful writing. He holds a distinction for being a writer for the Warner Bros. Comedy Workshop and has received recognitions from the Disney/ABC Writer’s Program, Slamdance, Scriptapalooza, and the PAGE Awards. Jack has also been a panelist and jury member for the Heartland International Film Festival, Indy Shorts, and International Mobile Film Festival. 

He joined the full-time faculty at Anderson in the fall of 2016 and teaches screenwriting, storytelling, cinema studies, directing, and producing for film and television. 

Jack’s is working on the 4th book in  the chaptered children’s mystery book series Katz Pajamas, a story about the adventures of a cat detective. Penned under JR Lugar is the young adult fantasy Sesssi Nilsson series with a female protagonist who has a family connection to the world of Norse mythology: Sessi and the Gates to Hel, Sessi and the Race to Odin, and Sessi and the Path to Lyra.

Jack also wrote the humor book The Starving Artist’s Diet and co-authored Hollywood Break-In: Launch Your Entertainment Career.