---
name: "Jeff Arch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-arch"
fi1m_id: "jeff-arch"
imdb_id: "nm0033578"
tmdb_id: 12921
wikidata_id: "Q1686251"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 December 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:57:26.764055+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeff Arch

## Identity

Jeff Arch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-arch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-arch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033578
- **TMDB ID:** 12921
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1686251
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12921

Writer. Born 1 December 1954 in Harrisburg.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 December 1954, Harrisburg
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12921

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Sleepless in Seattle*](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jeff Arch is an American screenwriter. Born in December 1954 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the Harrisburg Academy in 1972 and studied theatre and film production at Emerson College in Boston from 1972 to 1976.

Arch wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The film earned him nominations for an Academy Award, Writers Guild of America Award and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. His other screen credits include the Disney adventure *Iron Will* (1994).

Arch has also written for television and stage, including work on a musical adaptation of *Sleepless in Seattle*, and published his first novel, *Attachments*, in 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, jeffarch.com, latimes.com, simonandschuster.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Saving Milly* (2005), Teleplay
- *Complete Guide to Guys* (2005), Director, Screenplay
- *Sealed with a Kiss* (1999), Writer, Producer
- *Iron Will* (1994), Writer
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Sleepless in Seattle*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jeff-arch