Education:
B.A., Harvard College - 1971 (Social Anthropology)
Areas of Expertise:
Thirty-five years of feature film production experience working for every major studio and network (Fox, Columbia, Warners, Paramount, Disney, etc.) and with directors Woody Allen (18 films), Sydney Pollack, Barbra Streisand, Taylor Hackford, Irwin Winkler, et al; cinematographers including Gordon Willis, Carlo Di Palma, Giuseppe Rotunno, and Sven Nykvist; and actors Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Vanessa Redgrave, John Huston, Harrison Ford, Charlize Theron, Keanu Reeves, Sean Connery, et al.
Books and Publications
Published: Nonfiction book: The Hollywood MBA: A Crash Course in Management From a Life in the Film Business, (St. Martin's Press) January, 2017. (Books and Publications: Book) 2016
The Big Picture: Filmmaking Lessons From a Life on the Set. St. Martin's Press. In the United Kingdom by Old Street Publishing; in Spain by Ediciones Jaguar. (Books and Publications: Book) 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for the film The Prince of Tides. (Awards and Honors) 1991
Nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for the film Crimes and Misdemeanors. (Awards and Honors) 1989
Nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for the film Hannah and Her Sisters. (Awards and Honors) 1986
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Korea Film Council on Filmmaking. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Professional Leadership
Member search Committee for Distinguished Lecturer Production for the Feirstein Graduate School 2015-16.
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member of Admissions Committee for the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member Search Committee for Distinguished Lecturer Cinematography, Feirstein Graduate School 2016. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Undergraduate Film Festival Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Served as Faculty Judge for CUNY Film Festival. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member Search Committee for Distinguished Lecturer Cinematography at the Feirstein Graduate School 2015. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Member Undergraduate Film Festival Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Served as Faculty Judge for CUNY Film Festival. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Faculty judge, CUNY Film Festival. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Undergraduate Film Festival Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
De facto chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee for the Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. 2012
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
