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UNCLAIMED
A crusty old black guy.
A lonely young white kid.
And a reluctant friendship built on cremating dead bodies no one wants.
hollywood
MODERN FAMILY
20th century fox promo
GRIMM
nbc television interstitial
JUDGE MATHIS
warner bros tv
THE TIME I…
disney channel interstitial
THE SIMPSONS
20th century fox promo
THE HOAX
disney dvd bonus
FUTURAMA
20th century fox promo
industrial
FUSE
northwestern university
OPTOMETRIST
small business owner
STEM EDUCATiON
northwestern university
AARP
national award winner
TUNEPAD
northwestern university
resume
FREELANCE
June ’08 – Present
writer/director
presentations and promos for the emmys, fox, disney, sony, etc.
J&M PRODUCTIONS
Sep.’04 – June ’08
writer/director
promos and presentations for nfl network, disney, fox, sony, mgm, 20th television, etc.
FREELANCE
Jul. ’00 – Sep.’04
writer/director
shows, segments, promos and presentations for discovery, disney, fox, paramount, e!
WALT DISNEY COMPANY
Oct.’95 – Jul.’00
director, video production
sales presentations, promos, co-developed “vital signs” for abc
KTTV-FOX 11
Mar.’92 – Dec.’94
writer/director – news promos
image, daily topicals, news opens, nfl game of the week
FOX BROADCASTING
Nov.’91 – Jan.’92
associate producer
research & field production for news magazine pilot “Q”
TWENTIETH TELEVISION
Dec.’90 – Oct.’91
story coordinator – PERSONALITIES / ENTERTAINMENT DAILY JOURNAL
field production; supervised editing on syndicated magazine strip
EDUCATION
ucla extension (film), los angeles
columbia college (television), chicago
university of minnesota (theatre), minneapolis
bio
I could barely breathe, my head bowed as I fought for oxygen. “You okay?” she asked. I nodded. She looked at me and said, “Wanna do it again?” I looked up at her, the instructor, and mumbled, “Oh, yeah!”
So, I did it again: directed my first on-camera shoot. And my life changed right there, in that moment, in that classroom.
I had to be part of this industry.
So, I quit the actor’s life (I was tired of waiting tables, anyway), squeezed everything I owned into my oil-leaking ’86 Toyota, bid Chicago farewell and drove to LA.
Spent 20-some years in and around Hollywood, writing, producing and directing award-winning on-air promos, radio spots, interstitials, show segments and sales presentations for studios, networks and production companies, including Warner Bros, Sony, 20th Century Fox, ABC, NBC, and Disney, among others.
Speaking of the Mouse House, I landed at Disney for five years as a director of video production, marketing their syndicated shows. While there, I also helped develop the ABC medical-reality show “Vital Signs.”
Eventually, however, I left to go freelance and field-direct 100 segments of a reality show, followed a million other gigs with some really nice and really talented folks all over that town of tinsel and fallen angels.
And now, I’ve circled back to live once again in Chicago, where that long-ago passionate discovery first took my breath away.
Still does.