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EDUCATION | University of Texas | Austin, Texas | ||
Bachelor of Music Degree | 1-68 | |||
Studies for Master of Music | 2-68 to 6-68 | |||
Major in performance (cello) and composition | ||||
Minor in photography (studies with Russell Lee) | ||||
Insitut fur Neue Musk | Darmstadt, Germany | |||
Studies with Earle Brown, Karheinz Stockhausen | 6-68 | |||
2 original compositions performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra | 68 | |||
PRACTICA | Teacher | Public Schools of New York State (Rockland County) | 9-68 to 6-71 | |
Instructed grades 4-7. Created junior orchestras where none existed before. | ||||
Textile consultant | Vera Industries (Division of Manhattan Industries), Ossining, New York | 7-70 to 8-89 | ||
Area of expertise: graphic arts and textile printing techniques. Sent to Japan for silk screen production problem solving and to major European centers of textile design and printing for coordinating purchases of equipment and licenses for Vera designs. | ||||
Photographer/ Cameraman/ Director/ Producer | Founded Dokumenta Productions, Inc. | 7-72 | ||
Produced, directed and photographed over 185 documentary films and videos for UNESCO, multi-national corporations, international government information agencies, and television Clients include: | New York, NY | |||
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President | Parisign, Inc., New York City subsidiary of Texoprint, Boekelo, Holland | 11-79 to 2-82 | ||
| Supervised printing of Dutch designs in USA. Sent to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, to assist in sales of Dutch product. Was part of a three way international partnership with Baldauf, GmbH, Texoprint and Dokumenta Productions in the establishment of a textile printing mill in Johnson City, TN. Was head of marketing and sales worldwide. Produced and Directed for Elite Models and John Casablancas NYC “The Look of the Year” in Forte Dei Marmi, Italy 1986 | New York, NY, Boekelo, Holland | ||
Engaged as consultant to United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and UNESCO | 5-87 to 10-2003 | |||
Produced film for UNDP, UNESCO and the Government of Jamaica as part of feasibility study concerning cultural tourism. Produced audio-visual program for Dutch UNESCO Commission for Willemstadt, Curacao Restoration Project. Produced study for videodisc catalogue project for the National Museum of San Jose de Costa Rica concerning rain forest specimens and museum inventory. Produced series of photographs in Peru (Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and Chan Chan) for UNDP and UNESCO publications. Produced videos and photographs in Cuba in association with Sylvio Mutal, Technical Director of UNESCO Office of Cultural Patrimony (Lima, Peru) and the Office of the Historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal. Content concerned topics on the restoration and preservation of Judaism in Cuba, a children’s rehabilitation hospital for the severely handicapped in Havana Vieja, and the production of documentary film and photographs for UNESCO’s“World Heritage” Magazine related to | 87 92 94 95 2000 2001 2003 | |||
Founded FJS International, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA, 8-91 to Present | |||
Photographer/ | Production of documentary films and videos for television, corporations and foreign governments, Internet content production, design, and hosting. | |||
Founded Golden Age Productions | Panama City, Panama | |||
AFFILIATIONS | Society of Motion Picture Technicians and Engineers, Independent Documentary Film Association, Phi Psi, Honorary Textile Fraternity. | |||
AWARDS | Numerous Cine Golden Eagles – Films chosen to represent the USA in foreign film festivals. Numerous Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards from the International Film and TV Festival of New York and the Industrial Film Festival, the Chris Statute (Columbus Film Festival), The Golden Apple Award for Corporate Film | |||