Curriculum Vitae
Education
J.D. Law, American College of Law, Anaheim, CA, 1981
B.S. Speech, Northern Arizona University, 1972
Concentration: Radio and Television
South Coast Repertory Acting Conservatory, 1977
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, 2010
San Francisco Film Society
Course: Beginning Screenwriting, Filmmaking
Lecturer, 2009, 2010
San Francisco State University
Course: Screenwriting 1
Staff/Mentor, 1999-present
Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Screenwriting
Course: Acting Scenes for Writers, Documentary Filmmaking
Instructor
Private Workshops
Course: Stage and Screen Acting, 1999-present
Publications
Hong Kingston, Maxine (Editor) Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, Koa Books, 2006, fiction story, Upham, Christopher, Nothing to Crow About
Photographs: NY Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times
Film
Writer-Director
Return to Dakto (2015) – documentary feature taking four veterans back to Vietnam
Distributed by Collectiveeye.org
Fiction and Nonfiction Film Story Consultant
Current consulting/writing projects: Arms Trafficking expert Kathi Austin book Project for Media Group/Paramount/Broadway Books, Holiday in Cambodia for director Daron Ker
Client sample: Canadian producer/director Paul Saltzman (Prom Night in Mississippi) playwright John O’Keefe (Shimmer), filmmakers Lynn Hershman-Leeson (The Memoirs of Elizabeth F.) Hisham Bizri (Cairo Psalm) Waseem Mahmoud, documentary directors Ellen Perry (The Fall of Fujimori) Taggart Siegel (Seed: The Untold Story)
Acting
Over 50 professional film credits, a dozen professional stage credits, voice over. Resume and training available upon request.
Film Production
As camera operator, stills photographer, editor, screenwriter, production, researcher. Resume available upon request.
Grants and Fellowships
Pacific Pioneer Foundation (Filmmaking, 2005) $8000 Return to Dakto
Fleishhacker Foundation, (Filmmaking, 2006) $6000 Return to Dakto
Awards and Honors
Guest of the Hanoi Writers Union, 1992, photography for William Joiner Foundation, Poems from Captured Documents, U Mass, 1993
Skills and Qualifications
Member, California Bar, Board Member at Collective Eye, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop