CURRENT PROJECTS DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
“A Diamond in the Rough” will take us inside homes and into personal lives of four ambitious and hard-working young Pakistanis. We see the impact of baseball on their individual lives. This documentary is conveying a positive message about Pakistan and its warm, sharp-focused and humble people—in direct contrast to previous, highly-negative media portrayals of daily life of Pakistanis.
I am writing a screenplay for a feature-length motion picture about Richard Byrd's expedition in 1934 to Antarctica. Byrd spent 5-months while alone in Antarctica. Richard Byrd was one of the world's foremost aviators and displayed extraordinary gifts in organizing successful expeditions to Antarctica. His major achievement was to apply the airplane, radio, camera, and other modern technical resources to these polar explorations. This is a story of friendship, sacrifice, and commitment to a cause.
Documentary Filmmaking Workshop in Pakistan
In September-October 2022 I received a Fulbright Specialist Grant to teach and consult in Documentary Filmmaking at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan. Please see the creative work from the Workshop.
"Granny, Will Your Dog Bite?" Old time fiddle music in Southwest Missouri 2022.
"Granny, Will Your Dog Bite" is a short video about old time fiddle music in SW Missouri in 2022. Funded by Library of Congress, Missouri State University Ozarks Studies Institute and iefilm.com
The video documentary includes performances and conversations with key person in the history and culture of Missouri fiddle music including Prof Howard Marshall, Prof Tom Peters, Gordon McCann, and many others.