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Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles

Founder and CEO of Sherwood Players Productions, a highly innovative, progressive and uniquely resourceful production company focused on creating, developing and producing high-quality, character-driven, topical and exciting original films, animation and TV programming. The company also specializes in superior, competitive production services for commercials, reels, audiobooks and original projects. Co-Production Company on the award-winning feature documentary TUPAMARO (2018), executive produced by Ed Asner (Up). Tupamaro was shot over the course of several years in Venezuela and follows vigilante motorcycle gangs that police the violent, drug-ridden streets of Caracas during the Chavez regime. Tupamaro has won several awards to date, including the Golden Palm Award for Best Film at the 2017 Beverly Hills Film Festival, the Gold Lion Award at the 2017 Barcelona International Film Festival and Best Feature Documentary at the 2017 UK Film Festival. Sherwood Players Productions operates on principles of inclusivity and community and hosts monthly SPECTRUM PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS for it's extended artist community in Los Angeles featuring acclaimed industry guest speakers including Ed Asner (Up), Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos) and Ken Davitian (Borat). It also runs an intensive 8-week DIRECTOR'S COURSE AND SHOWCASE, teaching principles of effective directing for film and theatre and helps discover emerging directors by regularly producing one featured student's scene as a short film. Additionally, the company hosts frequent community events with a focus on networking and career-building in the entertainment industry. Sherwood Players extended community boasts over 300 members and is a diverse and broad network of creative professionals open to collaboration and artistic opportunities. thesherwoodplayers.comhttps://vimeo.com/sherwoodplayershttps://www.instagram.com/sherwoodplayers/https://www.facebook.com/sherwoodplayers/@SherwoodPlayers

Creator, Writer and Director of TV Series/franchise in development. http://in-security.tv/https://www.instagram.com/insecuritytv/https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodtvshow/@insecurity_tv

Los Angeles

Co-Creator, Writer, Producer and Director of this animated feature / TV series with over 40 voiceover actors, including Hollywood legends Ed Asner (Up) and Gigi Perreau (Follow The Sun), in its cast. Secured financing, oversaw animation, sound, music and editing. Crash, a community-funded project with a purpose, is currently in Post-Production as a feature film and has also been formatted as a TV series. Created as a fun and entertaining way to approach the often darkly-depicted subject of distracted driving, Crash is an animated feature film about an unlikely superhero and his ragtag team on a mission to save people from distracted driving - a leading cause of car accidents in today's distracted world. Originally hired by the non-profit organization TextKills to create a PSA on the dangers of distracted driving, co-created an anti-distracted driving marketing campaign featuring a superhero named "Crash" with 3-time TEDx motivational speaker Ryan Foland, and wrote and directed the live-action PSA CRASH (2014). Interest in developing the Crash PSA into a cartoon prompted the development of the animated series.

Los Angeles

6'7" actor working regularly in Hollywood since 2001 and co-starring on several TV shows, including CBS’s RUSH HOUR (2016), BET's GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (2019), Investigation Discovery’s MURDER BOOK (2016), Spike TV’s TATTOO NIGHTMARES (2015), TLC’s SEX SENT ME TO THE ER (2015), Nickelodeon’s SEE DAD RUN (2014), MTV’s AWKWARD. (2013) and opposite James Caan on an episode of ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE. Starred in the horror/comedy feature GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE (2018) which has won several awards on the international film circuit including Outstanding Ensemble Cast at the LA Academy of Film Awards. Movies include BRIGHT (2017), MUPPETS MOST WANTED (2014), OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013), HITCHCOCK (2012), EPIC MOVIE (2005) and REBOUND (2005). Music videos include Justin Bieber's “LET ME LOVE YOU” (2016), John Legend and Kanye West’s “ONE MAN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD” (2015) and Kelly Clarkson’s “BREAKAWAY” (2004). Featured in several commercials, including in a recent “FATHERHOOD” PSA airing nationwide, a VERIZON WIRELESS Superbowl Commercial alongside Shaquille O'Neal and a RAY-BAN print campaign.Created, directed and appeared as "Lex Luther" in the MAN IN BLACK TRILOGY (2013-2015), a series of comedy sketches featuring DC vs. Marvel characters. Created a one-man show called IN-SECURITY in 2015 about experiences working as a bouncer in Los Angeles in the early 2000s. Performed the show at theaters in Hollywood, and prompted by audience interest in the material, developed In-Security into a TV series. IN-SECURITY (2018), a 13-Episode Action/Drama TV series, is currently in development with several prominent actors attached, including Judd Nelson, Sally Struthers, Louis Lombardi and Gary Busey. https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt6348976/

Los Angeles, Ca And Caracas, Venezuela

Producer and Assistant Director; raised funding, directed voice-over work of Executive Producer Ed Asner (Up), oversaw various elements of filming, narration, editing, instrumentals and subtitles. Actively engaged with screenings, distribution and sales of finished film. Documentary feature about vigilante biker gangs policing the drug-ridden, violent streets of Caracas, Venezuela and eventually ending up in high-ranking government positions under now-deceased President, Hugo Chavez. Winner of several international awards including the Golden Palm Award for Best Film at the 2017 Beverly Hills Film Festival, the Gold Lion Award at the 2017 Barcelona International Film Festival and Best Feature Documentary at the 2017 UK Film Festival. Selected for distribution by London-based Sideways Film and will be having its official US release on Nat Geo Mundo later this year. http://www.sidewaysfilm.com/https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt4128582/?ref_=search_search_result_1

Greater Los Angeles Area

Producer, Director and Co-Founder of The Underground LLC, an LA-based production company with a focus on documentaries. Produced and directed progressive, journalistic documentary pieces around the world, including NICARAGUA: A DYING GENERATION (2009) for Current TV, the cable news network owned by Al Gore. The documentary was a hard-hitting look at the controversial abortion ban in Nicaragua that was implemented by the Catholic Church the previous year. Significant pieces include political coverage of the Denver DNC presidential nomination of then Senator Barack Obama in FREAKS LIKE US (2008), Obama's election win in Miami featuring African American superdelegate Mae Christian in ALL FIRED UP (2009) and the government of Bolivia's seizure of indigenous citizens’ land in BOLIVIA: DON'T TREAD ON ME (2009).

Boston, Ma, Miami Fl And Los Angeles, Ca

Worked for the 2012 Re-election Campaign of Barack Obama, supervised Florida office, set up canvasing drives all over West Palm Beach; worked for Environment California's "Ban The Bag" campaign in both Boston and California to ban the use of single use plastic bags, recruited volunteers, managed daily canvasing activities and met daily quotas.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Organized canvasing for Howard Dean's "Take Back Congress" campaign; Midterm Elections of 2006.

Los Angeles

Co-created, produced and co-directed the TV series The Underground (2006), hosted by Deanna Russo (Knight Rider) for high-end and exclusive public access network LA36, which also streamed worldwide on LA36.org. The show featured weekly social commentary, comedy, music and documentary segments. Acted as a liaison to LA36 and as a field scout for material; created and developed weekly episodes, recruited different musicians, bands and artists, including Josh Gad (Frozen) and his comedy troupe The Lost Nomads. Parsed through international submissions. Worked with the editor and fellow directors, made sure each segment was up to par for the quality of show, discerned what content made each episode and made sure deadlines were met.Directed various segments, including BALLENTINE: TOP OF THE WORLD, filmed in Greenland and featuring the band Ballentine on their USO tour and NO VOTE LEFT BEHIND, filmed in Mexico City and featuring prominent BBC journalist Greg Palast, NVLB was an expose on the fraudulent Mexican election of 2006. The Underground's final episode, LOOSE CHANGE, a heated debate on the topic of 9-11, aired on 9-11-2006 as well as the next 2 weeks in a row and remains LA36’s highest recorded viewership for any time slot of all time.

Los Angeles

Co-Creator of AfterthoughTV (2004-2005) a variety show which aired on the prestigious LA36 network as a platform for artists to showcase short films and interviews. The show also streamed worldwide on LA36.org. Produced and Directed several short films for the platform including a behind-the-scenes documentary about the Los Angeles 9-Hour Film Festival, PARADOX RISING (2005), an original comedy and an original thriller. Produced several additional films that were showcased on the platform along with the "live" episode SHOCKER, filmed with a live studio audience. AfterthoughTV was relaunched/rebranded as the TV series The Underground the following season. Co-Founder of Afterthought Theater Company, which AfterthoughTV originated from. ATC produced original live material at Next Stage Theater in Hollywood (2001-2002.)

Santa Barbara, California

Co-Founder of highly popular, community-driven theatre company in Santa Barbara which expanded into film production as well. Regularly produced sold-out live shows along with an annual film festival. Ran the company for several years while producing, directing, co-writing and acting in multiple productions. Created original, thought-provoking, topical and edgy material such as the sketch comedy show SHOCKER, adapted graphic novels to the stage, including the unauthorized theatrical adaptation of the popular graphic novel SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR by Frank Miller, and the noir dark comedy DARK RAPTURE and produced contemporary theatre such as the Vietnam War story TRACERS, publicly backed by the Santa Barbara Veterans Society.Charged affordable tickets, catered to demographic with accessible, titillating content, engaged audiences with exciting, controversial material. Designed creative and unorthodox marketing campaigns to attract ticket sales. Produced and directed the feature film, INTO THE VOID (2000), a sci-fi thriller starring Autumn Reeser (Entourage). Produced and directed several short films and documentaries with the company, including informative documentary pieces on the homeless youth crisis in San Francisco, BABYLON FALLING (2003) and the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic, controversially entitled I LOVE ADOLF HITLER (2002). Produced and hosted an annual SHERWOOD PLAYERS FILM FESTIVAL in Santa Barbara from 2000-2002. In 2001 moved to Los Angeles and continued to co-run The Sherwood Players, debuting some Sherwood productions at theaters in LA. The Sherwood Players was originally created as an outlet for UCSB student actors and writers that were unable to participate in the prestigious on-campus theatre program. It eventually moved off of the campus and into the Santa Barbara community, but was well-known for its renegade spirit and long-standing artistic battle with the UCSB administration.

Detroit, Mi And Miami, Fl

Organized phone banking, canvasing and voter registration drives in Michigan and Florida for the 2004 Presidential Election.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Worked for then California State Assembly Member, now CA State Senator Hanna-Beth Jackson, and the American Democrats Voter Registration Drive. Registered people to vote, canvased on Election Day.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Theatre/Theater

Acting, Voice, Scene Study

Advanced Acting, Production