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"Bat Pat" for Amazon Prime“Brothers Flub” – wrote multiple episodes for Nickelodeon“Batman Beyond” – wrote the episode “Hidden Agenda” w/Hilary Bader“Fix und Foxi” – Wrote 3 episodes for German television“The New Adventures of Jonny Quest” – Wrote episode “Diamonds and Jade” for Hanna-Barbara“Metal Men” – developed animated series for ABC“Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain” -- “Two Mice and a Baby”)“The Accidental P.I.” – created and wrote pilot for independent TV productionVarious comics for DC, Dark Horse and DisneyFreelance marketing scripts for Chubby GorillaFreelance book editing Freelance marketing materials for Mad Mike'sFreelance editing for The Vaping Advocate“Heroes” co-author with Dr. James K. Beggan of University of LouisvilleInternational Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, 1 vol., eds. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle. London & New York: Routledge, 2007.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

I read the submitted material and analyze it for plot, structure, character, and dialogue. I make specific suggestions to improve the material and try to encourage the writer to dig deeper.

I read the submitted material and analyze it for plot, structure, character, and dialogue. I make specific suggestions to improve the material and try to encourage the writer to dig deeper. I work with certain writers to develop their scripts for submissions to specific producers and mandates. I also work with the submissions manager on contests.

Salvaged and managed a student-directed one-act festival by overcoming warring factions, a limited talent pool of actors and over 30 directors by instituting a “draft by lottery”.Produced Academy-Award nominee Robert Forester’s one-man show.Created workshops on team building through improvisation.Taught directing (stage and film), script analysis, playwriting. Created, developed and taught new classes for Theater Department.

Spearheaded and oversaw Canadian/American co-production.Initiated project and art directed until suitable director was found.Guided casting and voice-directed the actors.Took control of strategic and distribution meetings with Beckett [President].

Started as production assistant, promoted three times to Associate Producer during first 18 months. Successfully managed up to three productions with budgets over $15 million, and 75 employees. “Go-to” person with all corporate departments and studios in Korea, Japan and Taiwan.Delivered high quality show despite 65% budget cut and increase to 7 main characters, and episodes with much larger scale stories. [Justice League].Insured extension of brand quality, and on-time production under budget, by deploying experienced director and dedicated crew to second production after management decided to do simultaneous direct-to-video feature [Superman/Batman and Batman Beyond]. Salvaged PG rating, release and integrity of Batman Beyond after discovery that script/storyboard readers never reviewed them. Re-boarding and retakes made possible by original production being under budget.Solved challenge of recruiting artists by using high-profile campaign in fan press, advertising and defining required portfolio content for candidates at conventions.Deployed a successful K.I.S.S. model to correct chronic deadline misses.Cast overseas animation studios like talent to insure best quality episodes. Delivered 400 episodes of television [5 Emmy award winners] on time and under budget.Produced first CGI for WBTVA.Produced music video ancillary for “Return of the Joker”.Strategized allocation of key production elements, allowing unit responsible for one show to split and produce two shows and a DTV simultaneously.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Ba, Theatre, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Casting Hall (President), intramural floor hockey