Teaching Experience
- 2023 (March) SXSW XR Mentor
- 2023 (February) LEAP Conference Speaker – New Storytelling Forms for XR and the Metaverse
- 2nd annual tech conference in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
- Two solo talks: Teaching the Creative and New Storytelling form for XR
- Panelist: Storytelling for Learning
- 2023 (February) Stage32.com Webinar – Storytelling in the Metaverse
- Metaverse introduction as well as new storytelling forms for immersive activations.
- 2022 (June) Addressed the House of Lords – UK Parliament
- Invited by the British think tank Big Innovation Center to speak on storytelling in the Metaverse.
- Was directly quoted by Member Chris Holmes in wrap-up.
- 2021-present Adjunct II Professor: Game Arts: California College of the Arts
Courses Taught:
- Immersive Storytelling (Fall ’21)
- 2012-2021 Teacher/Director/Outreach Coordinator: Berkeley Rep School of Theater, Berkeley, CA
Courses Taught:
- Screenwriting (Spring ’21, Summer ‘21) Summer Film Intensive (Summer 2014-2018) Acting (Summer 2012, 2018)
- Improv (Summer 2012; 2013)
- Director: “The Boatman,” “The Albatross,” “Evangeline,” “Flying” (Summer 2014-2017)
- 2017-2019 Acting Instructor/Mentor (Owner and Director) Flanders Acting Studio, Brussels, BE.
Courses Taught:
- Scene Study
- Introduction to Physical Acting and Intro-Mix
- 2015-2017 Acting Instructor/Mentor IAFT: Lead Acting Mentor, Antwerp, BE.
Courses Taught:
- Professional Development Script Analysis
- Scene Study 301/302 Acting for Camera 301 Acting 404
- 2014, 2015 Lead Instructor: Creativity Through Short-Film Procter and Gamble IT Off-Site Creativity Training Event: 6 Hour Film Festival Brussels, BE and Geneva, CH
- 2013 (spring) Co-Teacher: Bloody Shakespeare, I Make iMovies P.S. 87 After-School Program, New York,
Courses Taught:
- Bloody Shakespeare I Make iMovies
- 2006-2012 Teacher/Director: Movement, Acting, Film History Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), Los Angeles, CA
Courses Taught:
- Film History
- Second Year Movement Third Year Acting
- Director: Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, and Durrenmatt’s The Visit.
- 2010 Artistic and Education Associate: The Antaeus Theater Company, North Hollywood, CA
- 1998-2006 Instructor (Stage Combat): California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, CA
Courses Taught:
- Stage Combat (Summer 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006)
- 2005-2006 Instructor/Outreach Coordinator: Children’s Fairyland, Oakland, CA 2000-2002 Teacher/Stage Combat Instructor: School for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 1996-2006 Resident Stage Combat Instructor/Choreographer: Impact Theater, Berkeley, CA
- 1996-1998 Instructor: Lafayette Arts and Science Foundation, Lafayette, CA
Courses Taught:
- The Study of Performance: What the Actor Goes Through (Spring 1998) Passion, Dramatic Structure and Checkov (Lecture) (Fall 1997)
- Brecht and German Expressionism (Lecture) (Spring 1997, Spring 1998) Violence in Shakespearean Drama – (Lecture) (Fall 1996, Fall 1997)
- 1996 Guest Instructor- Armed/Unarmed Stage Combat Workshops: Boston University Opera Institute, Boston, MA
- 1995 Guest Instructor Armed Combat Middlesex Community College, Middlesex, MA
- 1993-1995 Instructor/Co-Teacher: Boston University, Conservatory Training Program, Boston, MA
Course Taught
- Movement Instructor – (Thesis) (Spring 1995)
- Co-Teacher Unarmed Combat (Co-Teacher Fall 1995)
- Teaching Assistant Armed and Unarmed Combat (Spring 1995, Fall 1994, 1993)
Education
- 1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Boston University Class of 1996
Professional Accomplishments
Game Writing, Film Writing, and Narrative Design
2019-2022 |
The Werewolf Experience – Writer/Director/Narrative Design – 3D VR (Release Q1 ’22) |
2021 |
Dying Light 2 – Script Doctor/Writer – AAA Videogame (Release Q4 ’21) |
2021 |
A Blooming Business: Casino – Lead Writer – Videogame (Release Q3-4 ’21) |
2021 |
Influencer – Lead Writer – Mobile Game (Release Q3 ’21) |
2021 |
Brilliant Mind – Narrative Designer- Digital Theatre Experience |
2020-2021 |
Drunk, Zombie Duelists – Writer/Director: VR/360 |
2018-2019 |
Ary and the Secret of the Seasons – Narrative Designer/Writer: – Multi-Platform Videogame |
2018 |
The Bellwether – Feature Film /360 Immersive Project |
2016 |
Among the Shadows – (Screenwriting; Rewrite) Feature Film |
2015 |
Airmen – Short Film |
2014-2019 |
Development: Left Field Ventures (Feature Film/Television) Developed multiple feature film and television projects for Brussels based, internationally produced production company. |
2012 |
Billy Gee and Double – Screenwriter (Feature Films) |
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2011 |
Men of the Tree and Misdirection – Short Films |
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2010 |
Stick and Knife – Screenwriter – Feature Commissioned feature script for Suntaur Entertainment. A mid-budgeted martial-arts-epic, focusing on the Pilipino martial-art of Kali. |
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2010 |
Gallows Humor – Short Film |
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2009 |
American Cowslip – Feature Additional Dialogue |
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2008 |
…less than kind – Short Film |
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2008-2012 |
Development/Script Coverage: GMI Film Finance |
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2003 |
Tour Consultant/Creator (Immersive Tour Packages), Pacific Agenda |
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Directing (Film and 360°) |
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2021 |
Drunk Zombie Duelists Vol Cap 360 |
Reality+ |
2017 |
The Bellwether feature |
Reality+ |
2016 |
The Bellwether 360° film |
Reality+ |
2015 |
Take It to the Grave |
Broken Buddha Productions |
2011 |
Men of the Tree |
Inland Lake Prod. |
2008 |
The Box |
Broken Buddha Productions |
2007 |
…less than kind |
More than Kin, LLC |
2005 |
Not A Toy |
Broken Buddha Productions |
Directing, Producing (Theater)
2017 |
Kiss the Sky |
Berkeley Rep SOT |
2016 |
Evangeline |
Berkeley Rep SOT |
2015 |
The Albatross |
Berkeley Rep SOT |
2014 |
Charon |
Berkeley Rep SOT |
2011 |
*The Visit |
LA Theater Center |
2010 |
Dramatis Personae |
The Antaeus Company |
2010 |
The Menstrual Show |
Theater of NOTE |
2009 |
*Metamorphoses |
Pasadena Community College |
2007 |
Taming of the Shrew |
Shakespeare by the Sea |
2006 |
Shakespeare Show (co-director) |
LACHSA |
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2005 |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Albany Theater Ensemble |
2004 |
Money & Run Ep. I-III |
Impact Theatre |
2004 |
*Yippie Skippy: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes |
Albany Theater Ensemble |
2003 |
*Mother: A Modern Buddhist Fairy Tale |
Broken Buddha Productions |
2003 |
Baggage |
Golden Thread Productions |
Professional Affiliations
- Writer’s Guild of America West: Videogame Caucus Member Founder, Broken Buddha Productions
- Impact Theatre Co-Founder
- Actor’s Equity Association Membership Candidate
- Society of American Fight Directors Advanced Actor/ Combatant Certified in All Six Weapons Categories Artist in Residence: Z Space Studios in San Francisco
- Artist in Residence: School of the Arts, San Francisco, Alternative High School Speaker/Instructor at Multiple National Conferences/Institutions:
- CETA (California Educational Theater Association),
- Californian Thespian Festival, CASH Grant (Bay Area),
- USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
- The BIFFF (Brussels International Film Festival), etc.
Awards
- Special Jury Prize for “…less than kind” awarded by Jonathan Demme Most Kick-Ass Fight Choreography
- Award-2000: SF Bay Guardian Best Actor: Folger Shakespeare Festival
- Lightness to Darkness Characterization Award: Folger Shakespeare Festival