Co-author of the best-selling screenwriting book by the late writer / filmmaker behind ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL and THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
Summary
I am an award-winning screenwriter, a longtime music and arts journalist, a prolific film and writing lecturer and essayist, and the co-author of the best-selling book DAN O'BANNON'S GUIDE TO SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE.
Credits
8/11 – 2/15
Writer – Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure
Film (Feature-length) — Michael Wiese Productions Details
8/11 – 2/15
8/13 – 8/13
Writer – Creative Screenwriting Magazine
A&E Details
8/13 – 8/13
Contributing writer on the "comic book beat" for the newly relaunched website for CREATIVE SCREENWRITING Magazine.
6/13 – 8/13
Screenwriter – Heathcliff
Film (Feature-length) — Waterman Entertainment Details
6/13 – 8/13
Work on the rewrite of a screenplay based on the popular long-running comic strip HEATHCLIFF; ongoing project
3/11 – 3/12
Writer – Madavor Media
JazzTimes Magazine — Advertising — Michael Wiese Productions Details
3/11 – 3/12
Writing book and CD reviews and covering Los Angeles-based jazz events for "America's Jazz Magazine"
3/10 – 3/11
Writer – 'SHINERS
Film (Feature-length) — Michael Wiese Productions Details
3/10 – 3/11
Spec screenplay awaiting production; received Platinum REMI Award as best action / adventure screenplay at the 2014 Worldfest-Houston International Film and Video Festival
2/07 – 8/08
Screenwriter – John Henry
Film (Feature-length) — Black Bay Entertainment LLC Details
2/07 – 8/08
Original screenplay under option to Black Bay Entertainment; late Oscar-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan was attached to star
10/04 – 8/06
Screenwriter – Blade of the King
Film (Feature-length) — From the Flames Productions Details
10/04 – 8/06
Writer of screenplay for film production BLADE OF THE KING; five-minute concept film based on screenplay was a nominee for Best Action Sequence at the Long Beach Action on Film Festival and took 2nd Place at the trailer competition, Indie Gathering Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
6/04 – 6/05
Screenwriter – The Fandom Meant Us
Film (Feature-length) — Panopticon Multimedia Details
6/04 – 6/05
Co-writer (with Greg Allen) of multi-part web series THE FANDOM MEANT US
Recos
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Education
Class of '02
Chapman University, Orange, CA
MFA in Screenwriting
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