He is President and CEO of Anima Sola Productions, which he founded with Olsen in 1992 to create television and film content.
His writing credits include Big Love: In the Beginning, Ellis Island,[citation needed] Duck Town, Easter, In the Gloaming, The Pact, Citizen Baines, and Getting On.
[1] Scheffer's father, Ben, was a Holocaust survivor,[2] who emigrated from the Netherlands through Ellis Island in 1941.
[3] Scheffer attended State University of New York at Purchase where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Theater.
[citation needed] In 1997, Scheffer received the Variety magazine "One of the Rising Writers to Watch" award.