Produced, directed & distributed independent productions
that are social issue documentaries on:
* Black female composer/performer strivin' for success - 7 min.
* public school bussing in San Francisco - 8 min.
* gang prevention program sponsored by
the Mayor of San Francisco - 9 min.
* cross cultural marriage & mixed heritage individuals - 14 min.
* Jesse Jackson presidential campaign of 1984 - 28 min.
** mental health issues in Michigan - 30 min. ( See Award Below)
* artists (in a variety of disciplines) and San Francisco County
jail inmates creating art with a California Arts Council grant - 55 min.
FILMS EXHIBITED
by the following:
* Bay Area Film & Video @ Oakland Museum
* 5th Conference of the National Alliance of Third World Journalists -
Film/Video Festival, Atlanta, GA
* Peralta College Cable TV, Alameda County, CA
* Viacom Cable Access, San Francisco, CA
* Cast Iron TV, New York City
* New American Makers Series, San Francisco, CA
* PBS, San Francisco, CA
& Purchased by
* San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch - Video & Deaf Services
* Rainbow Coalition, San Francisco, CA
PLUS
Thirty years experience in all phases of media-Broadcast, Film, Corporate, Theater, Events as a Technician I was employed by - CBS; PBS; FOX; HPTV (Hewlett Packard); Nederlander Theaters.
Member – IATSE/Local 16
Awards
Service Award; Media Award; Lifetime Member Award
These awards were received from the Bay Area Black Media Coalition.
Plus in competition
** a Cine - Gold Eagle for documentary
as Co-Founding Member of the Detroit Film Collective,
Producers of this award winning program - titled Readin' & Writin' Ain't Everything.
Honors
Albert Nelson Marquis - Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
* Who’s Who in Entertainment * Who’s Who in the West
* Who’s Who in America * Who’s Who in the World
Education
M.A. – film & television production, Columbia Pacific University
B.A. – filmmaking, minor in social sciences, Antioch University
