Directing/Producing Resume
FILM/TELEVISION
Last Fairy Tale, Producer, 23-minute Comedy Pilot
Birds of a Feather, Director/Producer, 26-minute 16mm, color Comedic Short (Crystal Award of Excellence)
Lexi Stone, Director, Sit-com Pilot
Clazion Catches Light, Director/Producer/Editor, (Afi National Video Festival Finalist;
3 Hometown Usa Awards; W.A.V.E. Award; 1 Hometown Usa Nomination)
Maxfield Rabbit Musical Special, Director/Producer/Editor, one-hour Music Video Album (Diamond Award Finalist; Hometown Usa Finalist)
Casting Corner Series, Co-producer/Host, Careers in front of and behind the camera (National Educational Film & Television Award; 3 W.A.V.E. Nominations)
One Way Cafe, Director/Producer/Editor, Comedic Teleplay (2 Hometown Usa Nominations)
Life and Encounters with Michael Chekhov-Producer/Director- documentary series narrated by Gregory Peck with episodes featuring Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Bridges, Beatrice Straight, Leslie Caron, Patricia Neal, Mala Powers, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Colvin, Oleg Yefremov, shot in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris, Brussells, London, Zurich, NY and LA. Currently in post production.
Slam: Doubled, Redouble and Vulnerable!, Associate Producer/Star, Feature-length Teleplay
The Yellow Wallpaper, Director/Producer, Live taping of Performance
Inside the Yellow Wallpaper, Director/Producer, Interviews with the Director and Star
Art of Dentistry, Director/Producer, Industrial Video
After the Break, First A.D., 35mm dramatic Short Film
Bad Brad, Producer, Sit-com
Making of Bad Brad, Director/Producer, Documentary
The Reluctant Feminist, Associate Producer/Star, Feature-length Teleplay
Health Watch with guest Jerry Goldsmith, Director, Talk Show
Health Watch with guest Ashley Montague, Director, Talk Show
Nocturnal Emissions, Director/Producer/Editor, Comedic Play
Nantucket Sleigh Ride, Director/Producer/Editor, Comedic Play
Beverly Hills Backdoors, Director, Music Videos
Deuces, Director/Producer/Editor, Dramatic Play
A Note from a Girl Who’s Been Date Raped!, Director, Docu-drama
Health Watch, Director, Meditation and Talk Video Series
Eddie & the Sarge, Director/Producer/Editor, Dramatic Short
Medical Briefs, Director/Producer/Editor, Comedic Short
Shakespeare’s Villians, Clowns & Fools, Director/Producer/Editor, One-man Show with live audience
Here’s a Song with Jacki Breger, A.D./Co-producer/Editor, Live Audience Sing-along with children
Theatre 40 On-Camera, Director/Co-producer, Series of Chat Shows
Fashions of the Rich and Famous, Director, Canine Couture, Comedy
Halloween on the Rock Scene, Director/Producer/Editor, On-location Video with Riki Rachtmann
The Luxury Marathon, Director/Producer/Editor, Five-minute News Report on marathon
Anynight, Producer/Editor, 30-minute, three-camera Variety/Sketch Comedy Talk Show
Halloween 1990, Co-producer/On-camera Host/Talent Coordinator, live five-hour , four-camera shoot
Isn’t it Just a Question of Style?, Producer/Star, 30-minute Avante Garde Drama
THEATER
1988 - Present - Director/Producer, Michael Chekhov Studio - USA West (MCS)
Spinnin’ Fever, Director/Producer, Moscow, 2nd MCIW, International Cast
Prologue, Director/Producer, Michael Hall, Sussex, England
Reunion, Director/Producer, Stage 7, San Diego
Playtime in Oldtown, Director/Producer, Pasadena
Hit or Myth, Director/Producer, MCS, Pasadena
Damocles, Director/Producer, SDCC, San Diego
Clazion Catches Light, by Broken Gopher, INK (Drama), MCS
Magnetism, by Steve Pesce, MCS
Tits and Tombstones - to Harlow with Love, by Barbara Eaton (Drama), MCS
Enroute, by Steve Pesce, MCS
Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters (Drama), MCS
The Cosmetologist, from "Pretzels," (MCS)
The DiningRoom, by A. R.Gurney, Chekhov Theatre Institute, Maine
Magical Journeys of Russell Lewis, Director/Co-producer, Full-stage Magic Show - major illusions & dance
The Imp and the Crust, Director, Martin Alley Players, Pasadena
Mozart and the Grey Steward, Director, Martin Alley Players, Pasadena
La Brea Tarpits, Director, Lionstar Theatre, LA
Graceland, Director, Lionstar Theatre, J.D.I. Productions, LA
Little Miss Fresno, Director, Lionstar Theatre, J.D.I. Productions,LA
Junctions and Journies, at Matrix Theatre (Drama)WIT, LA
I Told You So, by Sue Vega, "Twelve WIT Works" at Theatre Exchange
Rita Louise, by Judy Edelman, "Six WIT Works" at Mark Taper Annex
The Fifth Season, at The Palisadium Dinner Theatre, Ft. Lee, NJ
Skin of Our Teeth, at Parkdale Playhouse, Greenbelt, NJ
Arsenic and Old Lace, at Parkdale Playhouse, Greenbelt, NJ
The Long Christmas Dinner, at St. Bernard’s Drama Group, MD
DIRECTORIAL OBSERVER
David Madden, Separate Lives, Feature Ken Topolsky, Party of Five, Episodic
John Bowab, The Parent ‘Hood, Sit-com Paul Lazarus, Melrose Place, Episodic
Michael Engler, Party of Five, Episodic
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT: 1979-87
Artistic Director/Producer/Co-founder of Pocket of Marvels Entertainment, which provided customized industrial productions for various outlets on the east coast, creating musical revues, sketch comedies, fashion shows, mime/clown and variety productions for corporations, clubs, benefits, malls, etc. (see comedy resume).
SPECIAL EVENTS
Producer/Host, SAG 100th Birthday Salute to Michael Chekhov at the AFI - November 19, 1991
1990 - PRESENT: Producer/Host, Screen Actors Guild Conservatory Actor’s Evenings at AFI, Bi-weekly events presenting casting directors, agents, producers and other industry guests; various other events.
EDUCATION
B.F.A., University of Maryland (Directing major); Grad studies - American University (Directing)
Numerous professional directing classes and seminars at AFI, UCLA, DGA;
Professional Affiliations: IFP, WIT, International Michael Chekhov Association, AEA, SAG, AFTRA, AGVA
Michael Chekhov Studio, USA West , President.
1997 Dramalogue Award Winner for Performance