Position:
Film Instructor at Berkeley Digital Film Institute, Founding Partner | Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Screenwriting Consultant at Georgie Girl Pictures INC.
Work:
Berkeley Digital Film Institute
since Sep 2010
Film Instructor
Georgie Girl Pictures INC.
since Jan 2005
Founding Partner | Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Screenwriting Consultant
The Blackwell Files, LLC
Dec 2006 - Oct 2008
Casting Director
Spark Factory
Apr 2006 - Oct 2006
Production Manager /Post Supervisor
The Hollywood Location Company
Sep 2004 - Feb 2006
Business Dev. Consultant | Head of Production & Development
Instant Films
2005 - 2005
Writer
Hydrogen Whiskey Studios
Mar 2004 - Sep 2004
Project Manager/Marketing Manager
RDF Media
Aug 2003 - Jan 2004
Production Coordinator /Researcher /Videographer
Education:
The American Film Institute 1999 - 2001
MFA, Screenwriting
California State University-Long Beach 1987 - 1992
BA, Research Psychology
Interests:
Internet Media & Film Distribution, Film Production, Documentary Development and Production, Film Financing, Feature Film Development and Production, Screenwriting, International Film Production & Distribution Markets, Cycling, Hiking, Investing, Traveling.
Honor & Awards:
2011 HBO/NALIP Latino Mentorship Program Fellowship
2011 HBO/NALIP Latino Producers Academy Fellowship
2009 Energy 92.7 Spotlight Community Hero Award
2001 Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project Semi-Finalist, presented by Paramount Pictures & Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment.
2001 Multi-Cultural Motion Picture Diversity Scholar Award, presented at the Diversity Awards of the Multi-cultural Motion Picture Association.
2001 Anonymous Award Finalist, presented by the American Film Institute for
Thesis: “Thrust of Power.”
2000 Hathaway Award, presented by the American Film Institute.
1999 Stan Kamen Endowment Award, presented by the American Film Institute.
1995 Certificate of Honor, presented by the City of Los Angeles for Community Service on the mural “Gabriellino Nation: Spirit of the Sage.”
1995 United States of America Congressional Certificate, for Community Service on the mural “Gabriellino Nation: Spirit of the Sage.”
