Professional Resume
Education
M.F.A. JUNE, 1988
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CENTER FOR ADVANCED FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES
LOS ANGELES, CA EMPHASIS: SCREENWRITING
B.F.A.JUNE 1976
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SLC, UT
MAJOR: THEATRE PERFORMANCE - CUM LAUDE
Honors and Awards
WRITERS GUILD AWARD - 1990
AMERICAN EYES - CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL
EMMY AWARD - NOMINEE - 1990
AMERICAN EYES - CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL
HUMANITAS PRIZE - FINALIST - 1990
AMERICAN EYES - CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL
CRYSTAL AWARD - 1997
WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOB - VIDEO WEST PROD.
CRYSTAL AWARD - 1998
BENEFITS: POSSIBLE - VIDEO WEST PROD.
TELLY AWARD - 2006
CLASSROOM – FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE
Screenwriting Competitions - Won or Placed
TABLE READ MY SCRIPT (SUNDANCE) - FINALIST - 2018
THE LAST BOOK OF JOHN
TABLE READ MY SCRIPT (AUSTIN) - SEMI-FINALIST - 2018
ORPHANS 11
STAGE 32 SCREENWRITING COMPETITION - SEMI-FINALIST - 2017
THE ONLY ALIEN ON THE PLANET
WOMEN IN FILM AND VIDEO NEW ENGLAND – SECOND PLACE - 2010
FANG, FANG, YOU’RE DEAD!
PAGE SCREENWRITING COMP. QUARTER FINALIST - 2009
THE LAST KILL
SCRIPTAPALOOZA SCREENWRITING COMPSEMIFINALIST - 2009
THE LAST KILL
SCR(I)PT MAGAZINE OPEN DOOR COMP. SECOND ROUND FINALIST - 2003
THE HIGH ROAD AKA ORPHANS 11
TEXAS FILM INSTITUTE INAUGURAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION - 1ST PLACE - 1999
DECORATION DAY AKA COMING HOME
WRITER’S DIGEST WRITING COMPETITION 4TH PLACE - 1999
ALL THESE PLACES AKA COMING HOME
Union Affiliations
ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG)
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA)
Professional Positions
FOUNDER | CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
DRAMAFY, DRAPER UTAH - 2000 - PRESENT
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCER
THUNDER MEDIA GROUP, SPRINGVILLE, UT – 2004-2022
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
UTAH LYRIC OPERA - 2015-PRESENT PROVO, UTAH
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTIONS
UTAH LYRIC OPERA - 2009-2015 PROVO, UTAH
Other Professional Experience
SCRIPT CONSULTANT
Entertainment Business Group, Camarillo, CA - May 2000 – 2003
ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT PRODUCER/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Thanksgiving Point Resort, Lehi, UTAH - September 2001 – February 2002
LOS ANGELES TIMES COLUMNIST
Spring, 1993 TO Fall, 1994, Los Angeles, CA
SCRIPT READER
Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA - 1991-1992