Television
Parenthood
Producers - Ron Howard, Larry Trilling
(818) 733-3153
2009 - present
Sons of Tucson (Pilot and thirteen other episodes)
Producer - Todd Holland
Coached three boys playing lead roles & lead actress.
2009
Nip/Tuck
Producer - Bonnie Weiss
(323) 956-2400
Coached all children for supporting roles.
2004 - 2009
Malcolm in the Middle
Directors - Todd Holland, Linwood Boomer, Ken Kwapis, Peter Laurer
Executive Producer - Linwood Boomer
(818) 655-5562
Fox Television - On-set coach for 7 years.
1998 - 2006
About a Boy
Director - Ken Kwapis
Producer - Mathew Carlson
2006
Bernie Mac Show
Director - Ken Kwapis
Producer - Larry Wilmore
Fox Television - On-set coach for all children on the pilot.
1999
First Do No Harm (ABC Movie of the Week)
Producer - Meryl Streep, Jim Abrahams, Michael Jaffe
(213) 464-4100
Director - Jim Abrahams
(310) 395-6751
Coached a young boy for the lead role with epilepsy.
1996
Indictment: The McMartin Preschool Story - HBO/Oliver Stone
Producer - Diana Pokorny
Director - Mick Jackson
Coached 6 actors for supporting roles.
1996
Feature Films
Everybody Loves Whales
Producer - Steve Golan
(310) 558-6060
Director - Ken Kwapis
(818) 655-6482
2010
Up
Producer - Pixar, Denise Reams
Director - Peter Doctor
Coached lead boy for the role of Russell.
2009
Por Vida
Director - Alan Jacob
(818) 980-0053
Prepared actors and on-set coach for 5 inner city women for lead roles in film.
2007
Sisterhoood Of The Traveling Pants
Director - Ken Kwapis
Producers - Alcon Pictures, Debra Martin Chase
Worked with director in coaching lead actresses.
2006
Next Best Thing
Director - John Schlesinger
Producer - Lakewood Productions, Tom Rosenberg
Coached a young actor playing Madonna’s son.
2000
Mafia
Touchstone Pictures, Disney
Director - Jim Abrahams
(310) 395-6751
Producers - Bill Badalato
Coached 7 actors for starring and co-starring roles.
1999
Krippendorf’s Tribe
Director - Todd Holland
Producer - Larry Brezner
Coached 2 actors for lead roles.
1998
Paulie: A Parrot’s Tale
Producer - Dreamworks, Ginny Nugent
(310) 475-4658
Director - John Roberts
Coached 5 year old for leading role with a stutter.
1997
Sleepers
Propaganda Films, Warner Bros.
Producers - Steve Galin & Peter Guiliano
(818) 954-2693
Director - Barry Levinson
Coached actors for lead roles: Joe Perrino, Geoff Wigdor, Jonathan Tucker, Brad Renfro.
1996
Tom And Huck
Lawrence Mark Productions
Producer - John Beldecki & Barry Bernardi (818) 560-6285
Director - Peter Hewitt
Coached Brad Renfro for the role of Huckleberry Finn.
1995
Foxfire
Chestnut Hill Productions
Producer - John Marsh
(310) 260-1400
Director - Annette Haywood Carter
Coached Jenny Schimitzu for lead role; Consulted with Angelina Jolie.
1995
Operation: Dumbo Drop
Disney Pictures, Interscope
Producers - Diane Nabatoff, David Madden
(310) 208-8525
Director - Simon Wincer
(310) 443-5362
Coached Vietnamese actor Dinh Le.
1994
The Cure
Island World Pictures, Universal
Producer - Mark Burg
(310) 276-4500
Director - Peter Horton
(310) 288-5319
1994
The Client
Warner Brothers
Producer - Aron Milchan
(818) 954-2508
Coached two boys for first starring roles, focusing on Brad Renfro.
1993
Trojan War
Producer - Charles Gordon
(818) 777-9557
Director - Geroge Huang
(818) 508-2236
Coached eight actresses for screen tests. Prepared actors on first two weeks of shoot.
1996
Wild Kingdon, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Speedway Junky, Uncommon Ground
Warner Brothers, Disney
Coached Jonathan Taylor Thomas privately for lead role.
1996 - 1998
I Know What You Did Last Summer 2
Coached Brandy privately for lead role.
1998
Teaching
Private Audition Classes & On Camera Classes
1993 - Present
Teaching Professor
Loyola Marymount University
"How To Create Character Through Improvisation"
2007 - Present
Imagination Workshop
Artistic Director
1982 - 1993
Trained 50 actors, writers & directors in a theatre technique using improvisation and playwriting with special populations for children-at-risk in inner city schools and physically and mentally abused children in state hospitals; Directed six plays developed with children using improvisational theatre, scripted and performed at UCLA/Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital.