SKILLS
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- Film/media writer: Reviews, essays, interviews and film industry reports
for newspapers, magazines and radio.
- Journalist: magazine, radio and newspaper editor,
critic, columnist, news reports, interviews, press officer, internet publishing.
- Radio, film and video production: Scriptwriting, editing, producing.
- Lecturer: Training at university level in communications, cinema and journalism.
- Graphic design: logo/corporate design, web design, DTP, mechanical paste-up/pre-press.
- Languages: Read, write and speak Spanish. Studied French, Russian and Portuguese.
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EXPERIENCE
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- SEP 85-PRESENT: Freelance Journalist
self-employed, London.
Weekly film reports, interviews and reviews for magazines (Heat, First, Idea, QX, The Face, Take1, Man About Town, The List, M-Zone), radio and TV (BBC, Channel 4, NBC/Bravo, LBC Radio, Century FM, Classic Gold, Now TV), and online (Shadows on the Wall, Film Threat, Film Focus, Real Movie News, IndieWire, ViewLondon, The Z Review, Filmnet, Cinezine, Moviebus, Zentertainment). Editor-in-chief of Idea magazine (40,000 UK subscribers). Have covered dozens of major international events, including film festivals in Los Angeles, Miami, St Louis, Sydney, Bradford, Edinburgh and London, plus six Olympic Games and international sporting competitions in Africa, America, Europe and Australia. Served as a jury member at three film festivals. Edits a bi-monthly magazine on the arts, politics and religion.
- SEP 85-PRESENT:Writer-editor-publisher
Shadows on the Wall, London.
Write and publish Shadows on the Wall, the UK’s first film ezine, an international newsletter of film news and reviews. In print from Sep 85 to Dec 99; by email and internet since March 95.
- MAR 86-SEP 00: Publicity and project manager
HCJB World Radio, Miami and West Yorkshire (freelance from 1995).
Editor/art director of quarterly magazine. Manage press office to produce periodicals, news releases, radio spots. Coordinate media projects in Europe, Asia and Africa; journalism, lecturing, radio production, website design. HCJB is an international charity.
- 1985-86: Staff Writer
Focus, Los Angeles.
Writing and research for daily radio programme and publications, including magazines, newsletters and books. Focus is one of the largest charities in America.
- 1983-85: Graphic artist/copy
writer
TC Advertising, Los Angeles.
Produce copy and camera-ready artwork; liaise with clients, designers and photographers.
- 1981-83: Editor and film critic
The Clause, Los Angeles.
Edit the arts section of a weekly newspaper, write weekly film reviews and news. As managing editor (1982-83): Coordinate production, write editorials, reviews and news.
- 1981-84, 1994-95: TV production
ESPN, Los Angeles, California; Televozandes, Quito, Ecuador.
Scriptwriting, camera operation, video and film editing (linear and nonlinear) and sound.
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PERSONAL
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- Details: Born in Venice, California. Los
Angeles native; permanent UK resident since May 92, with permission to work. Clean UK driving licence.
- Member: London Film Critics’ Circle, Fipresci, Online Film Critics Society, International Sports Press Association, UK Sports Journalists Association.
- Honours: Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors and Poets (1986-92);
Outstanding Young Men of America (1989); Contribution to the Arts, PoA (1989).
- Interests: cinema (watching, reviewing,
filmmaking); travel (the Americas, South Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Japan, Africa);
literature (read and write poetry, fiction and nonfiction); theatre (as an audience
member, cast member and playwright); plus skiing, walking, real ale, Finnish saunas.
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