Producer - Feature Film
In The Moon’s Shadow - Moon Shadow Pictures, LLC - Managing Producer Locations include Maine, Nebraska, and New York.
Jaunt - Silver Globe Media LLC - Currently in Pre Production
Director - TV, Documentaries, Commercials
Cianbro - The Artists Group - Locations: Washington DC, Pennsylvania, etc. The Artists Group - Actor Director/Coach for several projects including sections of the Montessori Documentary and Downeast Pharmacy Commercials.
Assistant Director - Films
Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Feature - PR Productions Inc. Polly Bennell, Director Locations in Maine and Florida
Real Men - P-Squared Productions. Matt Page, Director. Trolley - Composite Productions. Don Moore, Director.
Casting Director/On Set Talent Coordinator - Films
Empire Falls - HBO Series - Falls Films Inc. - Location Casting
In The Bedroom - Feature - Eastern Standard Film Company - Local Casting Myth of Fingerprints - Feature - Good Machine, Inc. - Local Casting
Storm of the Century - Stephen King TV Mini-Series - Rainfall Productions.
Man Without A Face - Feature - Director: Mel Gibson.
Liberty, Maine - Feature - Down East Productions, LLC.
WAKE - Feature - Director: Roy Finch
Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Feature - PR Productions - Principal Casting/AD
Live From AT&T Bell Labs - TV - Executive Producer: Brian Monahan
Casting - Local - Owner/Founder: Maine Talent Source 1990-2002
Follow Me Outside - Feature - John Sullivan, Director
Henry Hill - Feature - David Kantar, Director
Dark Harbor - Feature - Dark Harbor Films
It’s A Miracle - TV - PAX TV - 2 projects
The Dream Lives On - Feature - Producer - Caleb Cooks
Pennyweight - Short - New Born Pictures
Real Men - Short - Director: Matt Page
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
The Forgotten Maine - TV - Producer: Bill Chinnock
Rescue 911 - TV - Katy Film Productions - several projects
True Detectives - TV - CBS
Patty Loveless Music Video
Godsmak Music Video
Television Commercials: Coopers & Lybrand (national), American General Insurance (national), CMP, Downeast Pharmacy, Hannaford (series), Shaws, State Farm (national), Peoples Heritage Bank, Etc. Print: National Mail Order Catalogs, AT&T, Subaru, Chevrolet, Chinet
Fashion Shows: Organized, cast, choreographed, scheduled, and directed fashion shows with up to 40 models and 300 outfits including Bangor, Augusta, and Portland Civic Center Bridal Shows from 1992 - 2001.
Education/Training
Christ Church College - Britain - Television and Film Production - Dir./Prod. Program IAU - British Studies Centre - Theatre - Intern: Marlowe Repertory Theatre University of Maine At Orono - BA: Psychology University of Maine at Augusta - Management, Accounting, Advertising, Photography Colby College - High School Guest - Scholarship
*Alpha Lamda Delta Honor Fraternity *Honors Scholarship for Abroad Study University of
International Television & Film Workshops/CSTV Workshops
Acting Training Includes: SAG Conservatory. Valerie Landsburg (TV-FAME) - Whole Acting I, II, III, IV and Private Coaching. Gary Austin (NYC & LA) - Off Balance and On Target. 10th Annual Improv Retreat - Gary Austin, Michael Gellman, Jeffrey Sweet, Wenndy MacKenzie, etc. Daytime TV - Mary Clay Boland. International Television & Film Workshops - Actor in Residence. Acting - Lee Kerr. On Camera Technique - Peter Kelly - Boston. Scene Study & Technique - Page McLane. College Workshops - UMO, British Studies Center. Transformational Casting Intensive - NYC, International Television & Film Workshops/CSTV Workshops.
Professional Organization Affiliations
Maine Film Commission - Appointed by Governors King (I), Baldacci (D), and LePage (R) 2002 - 2015 Served as Chair of The Maine Film Commission 2005-2007.
Maine Film & Video Association Treasurer & Founding Board Member - 98-02.
Lifetime Member of The Actor’s Project NYC.
Coaching: On-location on-camera coaching for films, documentaries, and commercials. Instructor/Director of the Junior Theatre Group at the Marlowe Theatre, England Camera Technique Workshops - Children and Adult Programs. Maine Talent Source. 1990-2002.
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