Development and Production of multiple projects: Games, Film & TV, Animation & Live-Action, for kids, young adults & families. Heavy emphasis on aspirational, positive stories, redemptive themes and timeless values.If you're looking for partners to create entertainment families can trust, we have fantastic stories across almost every major genre, and a seasoned team of storytellers with many decades of industry experience, in features, television, video games and graphic novels/publishing.

• Screenwriter - Feature Writing Assignments and TV Development for over a dozen producers.• Director and/or Producer on animated and live-action projects for studios and independents. • Passionate storyteller. Multiple writing, development and conceptual assignments for video games and branded global properties. Exceptionally strong in structure, character and dialogue.• Proven leadership and motivational skills, inspiring creative talent to excel in collaboration.• Consultant for themed entertainment companies; conceptualist for immersive attractions and production of practical special effects and prop fabrication.• "Dax Zander: Sea Patrol" - (Writer) - Young Adult Sci-Fi/Adventure Book series.• About two dozen freelance feature & TV writing assignments for independent producers & toy companies.• Storyboards, Animatics & Sizzle Reels created in development of animated properties.• Pitched animated shows at Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney TV Animation & other companies.• Developed two projects for branding guru Carlin West, including a Cabbage Patch Kids animated feature.• Story development on games for Freeze Interactive, Acclaim, Virgin Games, Evolved & Digital Reality.• Video game writing for industry giants David Freeman & David Perry.• AWOMO - Wrote Bible & supervised Art Direction - “virtual theme park” MMOG for Virgin Games.• Five original “spec” feature scripts optioned and/or sold

• Initially hired to rewrite animated feature, “Cat Tale.”• Promoted to producer and story supervisor on “Cat Tale”.• Assemble a full team of story artists and editors to re-board entire film per my new script.• Handled producer chores and personally drew over 800 original storyboard panels for final story reel.• Directed Sean Astin, Stanley Tucci, Elisha Cuthbert and others in final recording sessions.• Pitched and gained approval to develop “The Noble Key,” my original animated TV show concept, and successfully engineered an alliance with Adidas for use of their signed NBA stars as characters.• Oversaw a team of top talent to create “Noble Key” promo, reporting to top Imagi and Adidas executives, managing all aspects of development, postproduction, scheduling, budgeting and forecasting.• Developed two other animated TV concepts for Imagi before they pulled out of TV entirely.

Cultivated investor group to underwrite development of various features for production.Raised $1 million for independent family feature,"All Over Again" (later retitled "Against Time").Produced, wrote and directed (as "Cleve Nettles) "All Over Again," starring Robert Loggia, Craig T. Nelson and John Amos.Managed all aspects of production, post-production, union/guild contracts, distribution negotiations and marketing concepts for AOA;"All Over Again" won Best Drama at Santa Clarita International Film Festival, 2000.Wrote a dozen feature spec scripts as per intellectual property development mandate.Worked with other companies to develop and find financing for feature co-productions.Managed operating budget, set schedules and updated investors and industry liaisons as to progress.Hired to direct "Secret of the Horse" (as "Cleve Nettles) - television drama for Family Theater Productions.