* Music Video Producer with Winner of 2005 MTV VMA
* Screenwriter of “Security” (2005), Audience Award at GreenCine Film Festival (1st EVER ONLINE Feature Film Festival, sponsored by DiVX) co-written with Rob Nilsson, 1st Winner at Sundance and Cannes Camera D’Or
* Writer, SPARK, KQED-PBS, Emmy & Webby ’04
Advisor, A Gift For Laughter: Jews in American Comedy, Director: Mark Jonathan Harris, Winner of 4 Oscars, Best Documentary
Promotion & Design, United Nations Film Festival
CURRICULUM VITAE
Film & Television, Tisch, NYU
Music Composition & Performance, Cerritos College
Sound Design, Recording Engineering, with Mark Berger, winner of 4 Best Sound Oscars, Saul Zaentz Film Center
International Organizations Scholar, Université Misericorde, Geneva, Switzerland
Archivist, Pacific Film Archive, Library, & Film Study Center
Alumni Achievement Award Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
French Cinema, UCB EAP, Paris, France
New Media, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
Graphic Design & Illustration, Art Center College of Design
Film & Video Multimedia Information Systems, The Media Lab, with Marc Davis, MIT Media Lab
Video Art shown at Museum of Contemporary Art, (Los Angeles)
TRAVELS
Lived throughout Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Honolulu, St. Louis, and New Mexico
Visited Asia (Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia), and Europe (France, England, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland)
Spanish is my second language and French is my third.
As a film critic/journalist I have interviewed Raoul Coutard, Quentin Tarantino, William Klein, Jonas Mekas, Costa-Gavras, Claude LeLouch and Miranda July.
Paintings & Illustrations at University of Nevada, Reno and Berkeley Art Museum.
Playing music and cooking brings me a lot of happiness. I often enjoy reading, especially classics and contemporary writers. And of course I love going to the movies any chance I get.
Music
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*10cc *Aaron Copland *Abdullah Ibrahim *Abe Schwartz Orchestra *Abya Yala *AC Newman *Action Action *Adam & The Ants *Adam Guettel *Adnan Sami & Asha Bhosle *Adolphus Micah *The Advantage *Agnès Jaoui, JP Nataf *Air *Akira Ifukube *Akon *Alaap *Albert Ayler and Don Cherry *Alberto Iglesias *Alejandro Escovedo *Alex Gopher *Alex Smoke *Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin *Ali Farka Toure & Toumane Diabate *Alice Coltrane *All night radio *Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch *Allen Ginsberg *Althea & Donna *Alvin Curran *Alvin Lucier *Amal Murkus *Amalia Rodriguez *Amar *The Amboy Dukes *Ambulance Ltd *American Music Club *An amiable old man from Gahabura *Anavan *Andres Segovia *Angie Stone *Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan *Anna Karina *Anthony Braxton *Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra *Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfa *António Chainho *Antonio Flores & Manuel Valdéz *Antonio Molina *Aphex Twin *The Apples In Stereo *The Arcade Fire *Architecture in Helsinki *Arditti String Quartet *Arlo Guthrie *Arsis *Art of Noise *Arthur Smith Trio *Artie Shaw & His Orchestra *Arvanitaki Eleftheria *Arvo Pärt *Astor piazzola & Gidon Kremer *Augustus Pablo *Autolux *Awilo Longomba *The Bad Plus *Barbaros Erkose Ensemble *Barbecue Bob *Batanai Marimba *Battlefield Band *BDP & KRS One *The Beach Boys *Beastie Boys *Beck *Behemoth *Bembeya Jazz National *Benny Goodman *Bill Fay *Bill Withers *Billy Bragg & Wilco *Binni Gula'za *Bjork *Blue Cheer *Bob Dylan *Bobby "Blue" Bland *Bongwater & Ann Magnuson *Booka Shade *The Books *Brenton Wood *Brian Eno *Brightblack Morning Light *Broken Social Scene *Buck 65 *Burning Spear *Caetano Veloso *John Cage *Cake *Cal Tjader & Lalo Schifrin *Calexico *Cansei de Ser Sexy & CSS *Charles Trenet *Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers *Chavela Vargas *The People's Republic of China *Clap Your Hands Say Yeah *Colder *Colored Shadows & Low vs Diamond *Conjunto Alamo *Conjunto San Antonio Alegre *Connie Price & The Keystones *Console *Country Joe MacDonald & The Fish *The Cure *D'Gary *Dacita & Her Orqesta *Daft Punk *D.F.A. ..2 *Da Lata *Dakah *Damien Marley *Danny Elfman *David Bowie *David Byrne *Death From Above 1979 *The Decemberists *De La Soul *Depeche Mode *Descendents *Dick Powell *The Dickies *Dieselboy *Dios (Malos) *Diverse *The Divine Comedy *DJ Assault *DJ Doc *Dock Boggs *Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys *Dresden Dolls *Dueto De Tinito Y Porfirio *Dungen *Dúo Latino *Eagles (just for "I Can't Tell You Why) *East River Pipe *Easy E *Ed Rush & Optical *El Conjunto Bernal *Elbow *Elizabeth Cotten *Elliot Carter *Elliott Smith *Elvis Costello *Elvis Presley (for "Suspicious Minds") *Ennio Morricone & Joan Baez *Eric Prydz *Evan Parker *Eydie Gorme & Trio Los Panchos *Fat Boys *Fat Lip *Favela Chic *Fear *Feist *The Fiery Furnaces *Fiona Apple (for "Extraordinary Machine") *Five Blind Boys Of Alabama *Four Tet *The Flaming Lips *Frausdots *Fred Astaire *Gang of Four *Gang Starr *Gavin Bryars *George Harrison *George Jones *Georges Ulmer *Gigi *Ghana Soundz *Gilbert Becaud *Ginger Rogers *The Golden Republic *Gorillaz *Gram Rabbit *Grateful Dead *Gravy Train *Guy Clark *Gyorgy Ligeti *Handsome Boy Modeling School *Hank Snow *Hank Williams *Happy End *Harry Belafonte *Harry Nilsson *Harry Partch *hellogoodbye *Henry Cowell *Hey How's Your News team *Hot Chip *Howling Wolf *Huaynos and Huaylas *Huey Lewis and The News (for "Hip to Be Square") *I Monster *Ian Pooley *Ilya *Ingram Marshall *Iron And Wine & Calexico *Islands *Isolee *Issa Bagayogo *Jack Kerouac (for "Ain't We Got Fun") *Jackson and His Computer Band *Jackson Five *Jamie Lidell *Jane's Addiction *Jay-Z *Jean Jacques Perrey *Jeanette MacDonald *Jeanne Moreau *Jeff Buckley *Jill Scott *Jimmy Smith *Jobim & Sting *Joe Hisaishi *John Frusciante *John Holt *John Lee Hooker *John Lennon *John Lurie & Lounge Lizards *John Martyn *John Prine & Iris Dement *John Zorn *Johnny Burnette *Jorge Negrete *Josephine Baker *Josephine Foster & The Supposed *Journey *Joy Division *The Juan Maclean *Judy Garland *Kankick *Kanye West *Kimya Dawson *The Kinks *KMD *Konono N°1 *Kool Keith *Kraftwerk *Lady & Bird *Ladysmith Black Mambazo *Lali Puna *Lalo Shifrin *LCD Soundsystem *Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares *Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) *Leela James *Leona Naess *Leonard Cohen *Leroy Smart *LeTigre *Lhasa De Sela *Lightning Bolt *Lila Downs *Little Richard *LL Cool J *Los Chucos *Los Lobos *Los Madrugadores *Loudon Wainwright III *Louis Armstrong *Love *Love And Rockets *Love as Laughter *Love Psychedelico *Low *Lucinda Williams *Otto Luening Lyrics Born *Lydia Mendoza *Lyle Lovett *M *Maddox Brothers *Madeleine Peyroux *The Magic Numbers *Mahalia Jackson *Malcolm Middleton (for "Cold Winter") *Malo *Malvina Reynolds *Mandrill *M.I.A. *M83 *Manu Chao *Marcos Valle *Mariachis Vargas *Marianne Faithfull *Mark Farina *Marlene Dietrich *The Mars Volta *Martin Luther *Marvin Gaye *Matthew Dear *Max Romeo *Maximo Park *Mazzy Star *Mel Brooks *Memphis Sanctified Singers *Mice Parade *Michael Jackson *Michel Legrand *Michi Michalesco *Miho Hatori & Cibo Matto *Mike Patton *Minus the Bear *Mississippi John Hurt *The Modern Lovers *Moishe Oysher And Florence Weiss *Mongo Santamaria *Morningwood *Morrissey (can make me cry) *Mostar Sevdah Reunion *The Sound of Young New York *Mr Scruff *The Mountain Goats *Muddy Waters *My Chemical Romance *Mylo *Narciso Martínez *Nat King Cole *Neil Young *New Radicals *New Order *New York Noise 1978-1982 *Nick Drake *Nico *Nightmares on Wax *Nino Rota *Nirvana *Nortec Collective *of Montreal *Ol Dirty Bastard *Old Crow Medicine Show *Pauline Oliveros *Os Mutantes *The Others *Paul Simon *Peggy Lee *Pernice Brothers *Krzysztof Penderecki *Pennywise *Pete Seeger *Peter Gabriel *Peter Kater & Carlos Nakai *Peter von Poehl *Pigeon John *Pink Floyd *The Pixies *Pizzicato Five *PJ Harvey *Plas Johnson *Plastic Bertrand *The Platters *Ian Pooley *Portishead *The Postal Service *The Premiers (for "Farmer John") *Prince *Public Enemy *Giacommo Puccini (for "Nessun Dorma"... sniff) *Pulp (for "Common People") *Radar Bros. *Radiohead *Radio Soulwax *Raj Kapoor *The Rapture *Ratatat *R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders *Ray Lamontagne *Rebekah Del Rio *res *Rita Hayworth *RJD2 *The Rolling Stones *Ron D Core *Ron Sexsmith *Roy Orbison *Royksopp *Rufus Wainwright *Run DMC *Russkyj Orkestr 'Moskva' *Ry Cooder *Saint Etienne *Camille Saint-Saëns *Sally Nyolo *Sam Cooke *Santo & Johnny *The Sea and Cake *Seksu Roba & Jean-Paul Yamamoto *Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 *Sham 69 *Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings *The Shins *Shirley Horn *Shoegazer *Silver Jews *Sigur Ros *The Slits *Simon & Garfunkel *Simon Joyner *Sir Douglas Quintet *Sister Rosetta Tharpe *The Smiths *Smog *Smoosh *Souad Massi *The Soundtrack Of Our Lives *Sparks *Spike Jones *Spinal Tap *Spoon *Squarepusher *St Germain *Staple Singers *Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks *Stereo Total *Stereolab *Steve Reich, John Adams, Philip Glass & Terry Riley *Stevie Wonder *The Strokes *Subtle *Sugarplastic *Sunny And The Sunglows *Supastition *Syd Straw & Marc Ribot *Tahiti 80 *Takako Minekawa *Talking Heads *Tarika *Tears For Fears *Thee Midniters *Thelonious Monster & Tom Waits *Thierry Robin *The Thrills *Tin Hat Trio & Tom Waits *Tinariwen *Tom Freund *Tom Tom Club *Tom Waits *Tones On Tail *Two Lone Swordsman *U2 *Ulrich Schnauss *Ute Lemper *Emperor Norton Records Naan Comercial Hits *Vashti Bunyan *Violent Femmes *Vitalic *The Weirdos *West Indian Girl *White Stripes *The Who *Will Oldham *William Basinski *William Shatner *Willie Bobo *Willie Dixon *Willie Nelson *Willowz *Wolfmother *Woody Guthrie & The Weavers *Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture *X *XTC *The Yeah Yeah Yeahs *Yo La Tengo *Yoko Ono *Youssou N'Dour & Fathy Salama *Zapp & Roger *The Zombies *Zoot Woman
New York University
New York, NEW YORK
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Film & TV
2002 to 2003
University Of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Film Studies
Clubs: University of California Alumni Association Scholar
Who I'd like to meet: anybody living their life for the Arts.
My IMDB
MY MNEMONIC VIDEO (director, producer):
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My Radiohead "How To Disappear Completely" music video
My Dead Man Watching "Hereafter" music video
I produced this music video for Zap Mama & Erykah Badu "Bandy Bandy"
I wrote the concept for this music video (with Bill Fishman) for Rick Springfield & Frickin' A "Jessie's Girl"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0fQLSqWKNA
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