Probst made his directorial debut on Finder's Fee, a feature film from his own original screenplay, which won the prestigious Golden Space Needle Award for best picture at the Seattle International Film Festival. The psychological thriller, starring James Earl Jones, Oscar nominee Robert Forster, Erik Palladino (ER), Matthew Lillard (Scream, She's All That), Ryan Reynolds (Two Guys And A Girl), Dash Mihok (Thin Red Line, Perfect Storm) and Carly Pope (Popular), is about a well-intentioned street artist who finds a wallet that contains a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million and ends up trapped inside a New York City apartment with the wallet's rightful owner. Finder's Fee was the closing night film entry at the Seattle International Film Festival, as well as the MethodFest Festival in Pasadena, where James Earl Jones was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in conjunction with his performance in Probst's feature film. Jeff Probst, a native of Wichita, Kansas, currently lives in Los Angeles when not traveling the world for SURVIVOR.
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