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MURDER
MYSTERY
Trifles. Why did a fragile church-going farmer’s wife kill her strapping husband? Even more
mysterious how did she do it? A turn
of the twentieth century psychological thriller Trifles
stars Tony and Obie award winning actors, Marian Seldes,
Maryann Plunkett and Mia Dillon
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Trifles,
'the hanging
bed' |
Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men.
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STORY
TELLING
Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men, based on James
Agee’s classic story of Depression era poverty
features the famous still photographs of
Walker Evans. Producer, Director, Writer, Emmy
Nomination. CBS.
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Pandanus
near Darwin
on the Arafura Sea
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DANGEROUS ADVENTURES
The Crocodile's Revenge,
a one-hour Special about the lives and
deaths of
four people killed by Australia’s salt water crocodiles. One of the
highest rated reality programs ever telecast on ABC. Producer,
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Crocodile's
Revenge. Endangered and
Dangerous Salt Water Crocodiles
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American Pirate
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HISTORY
Rediscovering America - a four
year long, eleven part series of
one-hours
for The Discovery Channel. Hosted by Roger Kennedy and
David Hartman.
Producer, director, writer all episodes except Mission.
Railroads,
Robbers and Rebels - Smithsonian Institution said: “…the
best
social history of US railroads yet” –. Includes evocative CGI cartoon
animation
The Real
American Cowboy - cowboy origins, the cowboy
myth and
the rise of the Cattle Kingdom.
Mr.
Jefferson Becomes an American – understanding
Jefferson’s
conflicted thinking on slavery and personal freedom.
Indians
Among Us - surviving Indian cultures of the
South-East,
South-West, Far West and how Indians view American history. Cine
Golden Eagle.
Mission
- the story of catholic missions to the South-West and California
and the person of Fr. Junipero Serra.
Rediscovering
Columbus – the prehistoric culture of the “mound-builder”
peoples
and their effect on Thomas Jefferson and architect Louis Sullivan.
Includes architectural CGI sequences.
The Frontier
– exploring the meaning of “The Frontier” - the idea versus
the reality.
Pirates –
visiting the sites, ships and lives of the Buccaneers, pirates of New
Providence and the Indian Ocean
Buffalo
Soldiers – the tragic story of America’s first black cavalry
units and
their campaigns against Apaches and other Indians.
Champions of
the Land – a history of American Conservation.
Salem Witch
Trials – the notorious teenage informants and their victims in
history’s last and best known witch trials. Cine Golden Eagle
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MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT
It’s
Branson! A two-hour Special about the country music
phenomenon of
Branson, Missouri. Reader’s Digest Home Entertainment.
An Old
Fashioned Christmas - a two-hour music Special. Reader’s
Digest
Home Entertainment.
The Anatomy
of Pop. A one-hour special about the origins of
American
popular music from the Deep South to the Ozark Mountains to the Clubs
of the big cities. Co-Director. ABC Television.
PEOPLE
AND PLACES
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It's Branson!
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The Africans, a three part hour
series on the people and politics of
emerging Africa with host Lou Gossett, Jr. Executive Producer.
Time-Life Television / PBS
Faces Of Japan, a thirteen part
half-hour series hosted by Dick
Cavett
including the career of a pop-record star, the life of a small business
man, the life of a teacher, his students and their school. Co-Executive
Producer. PBS
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South African woman |
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Cape
York, a half-hour portrait of Australia's last tropical
frontier,
a world of gold miners, aboriginal trackers, road-train drivers, bush
pilots, painters, and archaeologists. Producer, director and writer.
National Geographic Explorer
The
Interracial Marriage the first television program ever broadcast
on
this subject. Producer, director, writer. WCBS-TV
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Gathering Millions, the population problem of Brazil explored
through
the lives of its poor in their decades long cycle of migration that
carries families in a wide circle from the NorthEast of Brazil South
and then North again through mines, cities and plantations in their
effort to find work and permanent homes in a society perennially
plagued by underemployment and poverty. PBS
CONSERVATION
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Endangered
Temperate Rainforest.
Olympic Peninsula
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Conserving
America, EMMY award
winner, a four part hour-series hosted by
Burgess Meredith dealing with conservation of wetlands, rivers,
shorelines and wildlife. Conceived the series. Produced, directed and
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THE FUTURE
The Third Wave, a ninety minute
special on futurist Alvin Toffler's book
of the
same name. Executive Producer. PBS
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Keep your distance!
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WILDLIFE
Wild, Wild
World of Animals, a 125 part five year long nationally
syndicated
weekly half-hour series with host William Conrad. Executive Producer.
Time-Life Television. Considered a Television classic.
Wilderness
Alive, a three part hour series of wildlife specials. Executive
Producer. Time-Life Television / ABC
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SCIENCE
KV-5.
Treatment for a film on the Theban tomb of Rameses the Great’s sons. NOVA |
KV5. Excavated parts of tomb |
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WAR
Mayday! The
story of air rescue in Vietnam. Producer, director,
writer. ABC
NEWS
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HEALTH
Mission Possible! - the story
of a surgical mission to a remote part of Kenya and the life
saving work it performs under field conditions. Writer, Executive
Producer.
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AWARDS
Rediscovering
America received
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two Cine Golden Eagles
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a NY Film/Television Festival Special
award for "Best Direction;”
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a NY Film/Television Festival Gold
Medal.
Conserving
America received an Emmy
Let Us Now
Praise Famous Men received an Emmy Nomination.
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