WRITING/EDITING EXPERIENCE:

Webomatica , San Francisco. 1999 – present. Writer for Visions of Sophae , a cyber-comic book that is currently in progress.

Seven-Minute Cinemas , Santa Clarita, CA. 1999. Wrote the screenplay for Instrumental Treason.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR. Summer 1997; Summer – Fall 1993; Winter – Fall 1992. Researched, wrote, trained, and performed for science demonstrations/science theatre. Scripts include short plays about Galileo, Newton, Kepler, and Einstein.

Seven-Minute Cinemas, Portland. 1996. Wrote the screenplay for La Passante, an award-winning short film which has been accepted into film festivals around the world.

Seven-Minute Cinemas, Portland. 1994. Wrote the screenplay for Animus, an award-winning short video.

Seven-Minute Cinemas, Portland. 1993. Wrote the screenplay for A Banquet of Elegancies, an award-winning short film.

Collier's Encyclopedia, New York City. Winter-Spring 1991. Editorial Researcher. Researched and edited materials for submission into future encyclopedia volumes.

Emory University Library, Atlanta. Summer 1987. Cataloguer for all Russian volumes. Edited Russian-to-English transliterations and entered volumes into library computer.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

Seven-Minute Cinemas, Portland/Santa Clarita. 1993 – 2001. Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor of numerous award-winning short films (for my own production company).

Kaiser Permanente, Portland. Fall 1991. Principle actor in the Educational Theatre Department's production of Secrets, a play about AIDS performed for high school students.

U.S. News and World Report, Moscow, USSR. Summer 1989 – Spring 1990. Employed by Jeff Trimble, Moscow Bureau Chief. Office work (phone, telex, mail, monitoring TASS reports), entertaining Soviet guests, household chores and extensive child care.

EDUCATION:

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Master of Fine Arts in Film/Video, 2000.

The Northwest Film Center, Portland. Certificate in Film/Video, 1997.

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Lit, 1989.

SKILLS:

Extensive computer experience (Mac, IBM). Software includes MS Office 2001, AppleWorks, Final Draft, Photoshop, Premiere, and Final Cut Pro.

Accomplished in Russian language and literature.

Extensive theatre and singing experience.