| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
| 1996 |
Catalyst Literary
and Talent Agency. President and literary software agent. |
| 1989 - 1996 |
Jim Preminger
Agency, Los Angeles; Literary and software agent. |
| 1987 - 1988 |
Columbia Pictures
Television/TriStar Television, Los Angeles; Vice President, Business Affairs. |
| 1984 - 1986 |
TMS Entertainment,
Inc., Los Angeles; President, Sales/ Consultant. Primary sales and business
responsibility for new animation company. While at TMS, the company sold (either
entire programs or animation production) 194 half hour series and special television
programs for clients such as CBS, Disney, Universal, and KingWorld. |
| 1979 - 1984 |
Sy Fischer
Company/Taft Entertainment, Los Angeles; business affairs, packaging, literary and
software agent. |
| 1977- 1979 |
Dern, Mason and
Floum; Century City; entertainment attorney. |
EDUCATION AND PERSONAL HISTORY:
Stanford Law School, J.D. 1977.
Yale College, B.A. (Philosophy) 1973; Summa cum laude;
Phi Beta Kappa
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California; married, one
son and one daughter.
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER
WRITINGS*:
"Looking For Leo . . . And
Beyond", 1998 see Library Catalog*, published October 1998, International
Interactive Communications Society National Website, Professional Development Section
Feature Article, www.iics.org/feature.html.
"Rebecca", 1998 see Library Catalog*.
"A Sermon On The Advancement Of Electronic
Education," 1998.
"Mission Valencia: Adapted From A Lecture To A Class
At California Institute Of The Arts, Valencia, California, March 11, 1998" see
Library Catalog*.
"An Emotional Survival Plan For The Mass Media:
Reaching The Audience While Protecting Your Soul," 1998.
"Act, React, Interact: The Experiment in Interactive
Aesthetics," published May 1997 at http://www.wga.org and presented at Special
Convergence Day at The Writers Guild, May 17, 1997.
"A Declaration of Independence: Artistic Freedom,
Exclusivity In The Entertainment Industry, and California Law," in Writer’s
Handbook, published by California Lawyers For The Arts, Santa Monica (1997).
"Doctor James To The Emergency Room: An Invitation
To Applied Philosophy," attachment to "Act, React, Interact: The Experiment In
Interactive Aesthetics," above and available from The Writers Guild or the author,
March 1997.
"Doctor James To The Board Of Directors Meeting:
Outline Of An Experiment In Applied Philosophy," attachment to "Act, React,
Interact: The Experiment In Interactive Aesthetics," above and available from The
Writers Guild or the author, March 1997.
"TALL TALES FROM THE ELECTRONIC CAMPFIRE: Folklore
of a Literary Agent", a
book
on being your own best agent, published by Corps Of Discovery Press
1997.
"Ethics and Negotiation: The Search for Value and
Freedom in Hollywood," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol.7 no.1
(1992)see Library Catalog*.
"The Shape of Things to Come An Essay on Interactive
Aesthetics," Los Angeles County Bar Association Intellectual Property and
Entertainment Law Section, New Technologies 101: A Practical Approach for Entertainment
Lawyers, ed. Peter L. Kaufman & Peter C. Swarth (1992).
"Ethics and Negotiation: A Work in Progress,"
presented at the Society of Philosophers at Work in the World Group Meeting, 1991, in
conjunction with the Annual Pactfic Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association and published in the Syllabus of the 1992 UCLA Entertainment Symposium (UCLA
Law School).
"Toward the Alliance Between Interactive
Technologies and Hollywood," published in the Microsoft CD-ROM Yearbook, 1989-1990.
Articles in two books published by the Committee for the
Arts, one in The Actor's Manual and another in The Writer's Manual.
* For information about these and other writings,
please visit our LIBRARY CATALOG.
ASSOCIATIONS:
Founding Member of the Committee for the Arts.
Served on membership committee of the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences as well as Barristers
Board of Governors, Beverly Hills Bar Association.
