Video writing and producing

"Nettie Hayes Sherman" - education video on the legendary jazz singer for the Minnesota Living History Project (writer)

"Kicks, Jumps and Turns" - a documentary on the Minneapolis Children's Theatre Ballet School, screened at the Minnesota Arts/Cable Exchange Conference (writer/producer)

"Shifting the Balance: From Delinquency to Resiliency" - education video with study guide for the Washington Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (writer/producer)

"Seen AND Heard" - City of Redmond's video on teen voices in the community (producer; made in collaboration with filmmaker Paul Gordon)
This video won a national 2002 Recreation and Parks Association award in the public service announcement category.

Paramount Studios writer's internship

My teleplay, "Exile of Time," won me a six-week internship with Star Trek: The Next Generation. Reporting directly to executive producers Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor, I worked with the writing staff - Ron Moore, Brannon Braga, Rene Echevarria, and Naren Shankar - developing the final episodes of TNG.

My job included reading dozens of scripts from the TNG slush pile and meeting weekly with Piller (currently co-creator and Executive Producer of The Dead Zone and Wildfire) over possible acquisitions. On my recommendation, he bought the spec script that became the Deep Space Nine episode "Destiny."

As a result of my internship, I also spent six years writing for print and online about every aspect of television and film production via Trek. I interviewed dozens of actors, directors, and producers. I also interviewed editors, technicians, makeup, hair, and props masters, spending considerable time on both the Paramount lot, studio backlot and feature film locations.

References and work samples available upon request.