Education

The American Film Institute, L.A. CA                 MFA Directing                       1994

Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA                  BFA Design                            1986

Awards/Grants/Screenings

Red Rock Film Festival                              Official Selection 2007            "Dirty Habit"

 

New England Film and Video Festival         Official Selection 2007            "Dirty Habit"

 

Atlanta Underground Film Festival            Best Drama Feature 2007      "Dirty Habit"

 

Winnipeg International Film Festival         Official Selection 2007            "Dirty Habit"

 

Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts         Official Selection 2007            "Dirty Habit"

Aarhus, Denmark                            

 

Griffon International Film Festival,           Official Selection 2006            "Dirty Habit" (rough cut)

St. Josephs, MO.                    

 

Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada              screening 2005                       "Dirty Habit" (rough cut)

 

IFILM digital catapult competition             1st prize 2001                        "Wishing Well"

 

Silver Lake Film Festival                           Official Selection 2001            "Orphan"

 

3rd Montreal International                         Official Selection  1995           "Laura Sobers" 30mins

Short Film Festival       

 

Turin Film Festival                                    3rd Prize 1994                      "Laura Sobers" 30mins

12th International Cinema Giovanni          Intl. Short Film Competition

 

AFI International Film Festival                 Official Selection  1994           "Laura Sobers" 30mins

 

Virginia Festival of American Film            Official Selection  1994           "Laura Sobers" 30mins

 

Buck's County Independent Film Tour        Judge's Commendation 1992  "Wishing Well" 5mins

 

WHYY TV Philadelphia                               Screening 1992                      "The Benefactor" 20mins

"Independent Images"

 

American Film Institute Ð                         CASH Scholarship 1992          "Krumbach's Error," 19mins

Ashley Amulis Award                                                                                                                    "OGM," 25mins

                                                                                                                                                                        "Return of the Housepainter" 23mins

 

Awards/Grants/Screenings (continued)

WYBE TV Philadelphia                                Screening 1992                      "Wishing Well" 5mins

"Through the Lens 2"

 

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts              Post-production Grant            "The Benefactor" 20mins

P.I.F.V.A. subsidy grant                                      1991                   

 

WHYY TV Philadelphia                               Screening 1991                      "V" 5mins

"Independent Images"

 

International Arts and Cultural                 Screening 1990                      "Wishing Well" 5mins

Exchange Festival, Tian Jin, CHINA

 

First International Philadelphia                 Honorable Mention 1986        "V" 5mins

Film Festival

 

Programming Board, Tyler School of Art.   Production Grant 1986           "S.O.S." 17mins

 

Programming Board, Tyler School of Art.   Production Grant 1985           "Dailyrest's Destiny" 20mins

 

Experience (partial list)

Color Timing (FINAL CUT)      "Excavating Taylor Mead"                Traveling Show Films, L.A.

                                               (documentary feature)

 

Host Ð "Pitch Party"               Aarhus Festival of Independent        Workshop on the verbal

Selling Ideas                           Arts 2007, Denmark                        presentation for film projects

 

Sole Proprietor                       Motherlode Pictures                         Production Company

                                               1998 to present

 

Web/Graphic Designer            2000 -- present                                 motherlode-pix.com

 

Set Dresser/Local 44              "The George Lopez Show"                 1/2 hr sitcom ABC TV

 

Writer/Director/Editor           Feature, Psychological Thriller        "Dirty Habit" 81mins

 

Set Dresser/Local 44              Features, 1hr TV, 1/2 hr TV,           Freelance 1998 Ð 2006                                                   Commercials, Rock Videos                IATSE Local 44                 

 

Writer/Director                      Feature, Work-In-Progress                "THE UNMAKING OF SPACEREX"

 

Writer/Web Designer              Web-Based Narrative-In-Progress      "SPACEREX.com"

 

Writer/Director/Editor           Various Short Films 1985-2001        See Filmography

Experience (continued)

Art Director                           Honda Print Ad 1999                                

 

Propmaster/On-Set Lead 1/2 hr Television 1st Season            "The Adventures of A.R.K."

 

Scenic Painter                        Commercial (Wim Wenders)              "Parisienne"

 

Lead Man                                Commercials and Rock Videos           Propaganda Films, and others.

 

Writer                                     Feature, Drama 1997                       "PARENZFICTION"

 

Writer                                     Feature, Black Comedy 1996            "THE RETURN OF THE

                                                                                                       HOUSEPAINTER"

 

Writer/Director                      2 min commercial 1996                    "TRACKER"

 

Writer                                     30 minute TV Script 1994                "BETSY STEB"

 

Instructor, Camera Tech         Tyler School of Art 1990                 Photo Dept.

 

Instructor, Scratch Films --     University of the Arts 1990            Printmaking Dept.

"Direct  Filmmaking"               Philadelphia

 

Cinematographer                     TV News Credit Opening                   "ABC Action News"

                                                                 -- Prime Productions                          Philadelphia

 

Woodshop Monitor                   Moore College of Art 1988                         Sculpture Dept.

 

Sound Recordist/Boom Op       Documentary Film                  "Tropical Rainforest Management"

Assistant Camera                    Norman Lippman Ð director                  Central and South America

 

Sculptors Assistant                Various Art Installations        Robert Bingham, Nancy Holt

                                               1984 -- 88                               Daniel Lowenstien, Orlando Pellicia and others  

 

References Upon Request