Writer/Director/Producer
Selected Projects
DRAMATIC:
A Day Without
a Mexican Producer 2004 Videocine/Altavista Films
Hit comedy directed by Sergio Arau filmed on location throughout California.
The Fast & The Furious Production Supervisor (Second Unit) 2001
Universal Pictures
Director: Rob Cohen, Producer: Doug Claybourne
Supervised Production in Mexico for feature starring Vin Diesel and Michelle
Rodriguez.
El Grito
Producer 2000
Paloma Productions/Univision International
Cast: Steven Bauer, Yareli Arizmendi, Olivia Hussey
Filmed in Spanish and English on Mexico City Locations.
Angeles
Line Producer – 13 Episodes 1998-99
Sony Pictures Television/Telemundo/Stu Segall Productions
Responsible for Baja California production unit for the Spanish
Language version of “Charlie’s Angels.”
Love Always
Producer 1997
POV Films/Legacy Releasing Corporation
Cast: Marisa Ryan, Moon Zappa, Beverly D’Angelo
Developed, Assembled Production and Produced
Motion Picture adaptation of “Finding Signs.”
Break of
Dawn Writer/Director 1990
Cinewest/Platform Releasing
Cast: Oscar Chavez, Tony Plana, Maria Rojo. Developed, wrote and directed
groundbreaking story of Pedro J. Gonzalez, the first Spanish-language radio
and recording star in the U.S. Sundance Film Festival premiere. Entry, Toronto
International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Rimini, San Sebastian
and San Antonio Cinefestival. Aired on Telemundo, BBC and American Playhouse
among others.
DOCUMENTARY:
Tijuana
Jews Writer/Director 2005
Documentary history of the Jewish Community of Tijuana, Mexico and the border
region following a personal journey. Premiered at the San Diego Jewish &
Latino Film Festivals.
Kim Weston
Director 1997
Documentary featuring photographer Kim Weston at work in his studio in Wildcat
Canyon in Carmel, California. Premiered with the opening of his retrospective
exhibition at the Sunset Center for the Arts in Carmel.
History of
the Luiseño People Director 1993
Video based on the work by Native American performance artist, James Luna.
Won best in its category at the Native American Film Festival in San Francisco
and was selected for the Robert Flaherty Film Seminars.
Border Brujo
Director 1990
One hour experimental video featuring renowned performance artist Guillermo
Gómez Peña. Won both National Latino Film and Video Festival
and the San Antonio Cinefestival .
Revelaciones
Director 1990
Documentary profile of legendary photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo
which toured internationally with retrospective exhibition of his work
funded by American Express.
In the Name
of the People Producer 1985
Feature length documentary on the civil war in El Salvador, narrated by Martin
Sheen. Received Academy Award nomination, LASSA merit award and Cine Golden-Eagle.
Ballad of
an Unsung Hero Director 1983
Award-winning documentary featuring Pedro J. Gonzalez, telegraph operator
to Pancho Villa and radio pioneer in the U.S. Aired nationally on PBS and
won the Golden Mike Award, Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival, Emmy
Award and honored at BFI retrospective of PBS.
MISCELANEOUS:
University of
Southern California, Adjunct Profesor, Film and TV Dept.
University of California, Sand Diego, Visiting Professor, Visual Arts Dept.
California Institute of the Arts, Received BFA in 1977
University of California, Los Angeles, Art Department 1972-75
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