Four-time Emmy nominated producer/writer. Over 200 long-form documentaries for home video and TV (AMC, TCM, History, A&E, National Geographic, Bravo). A former supervising producer of A&E Biography. Has worked with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Featured as a film expert in documentaries/commentaries for 20th Century Fox, Universal, Sony and Criterion. Author of "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann" (winner, ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award).
Work History
Senior Producer, Content
Trailer Park
April 2007 - Present
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Producer / writer of documentaries for Blu-ray, DVD, TV and new media. Winner of ten Telly Awards.
Author, Bernard Herrmann biography
UC Press
January 1991 - Present
Author of A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann, the first biography of the Oscar-winning composer. Winner of the 1992 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Still in print. Primary research source for Academy Award-nominated documentary Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, for which I served as consultant.
Supervising Producer
Prometheus Entertainment
2000 - 2007
Creatively supervised, produced and/or wrote over 200 long-form broadcast documentaries. Four Emmy nominations. Series and specials include Biography (A&E), Backstory (AMC), Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (History Channel), Look Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (A&E).
Producer
Van Ness Films
1998 - 2007
Contributing Writer
Turner Classic Movies
1994 - 2003
Producer
NBC Weekend Today
May 1995 - January 1998
Produced weekly pieces on movies, TV and music for the weekend edition of NBC's Today show. Interviews included George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Madonna, Johnny Depp and Barbra Streisand.
Producer
Triage Entertainment
1998 - 1998
Produced and wrote 2-hour A&E Biography of Steven Spielberg
Producer
HBO Entertainment News
1992 - 1998
Produced/wrote weekly entertainment reports for HBO.
Contributing Writer
Los Angeles Times
1992 - 1998
Contributed to Calendar section, covering film/TV/music. Several Sunday cover stories.
