University of Illinois, BS, Journalism. Dean’s list.
Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
serie tv/fiction:
DIRECTOR:
Barabba per RaiUno-in preparazione
DIRECTOR – FILMS & EPISODES:
LAW AND ORDER
Episode: “Shotgun”
Elliott Gould, Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, Alana De La Garza, Linus Roache
One hour. NBC. New York
LAW AND ORDER
Episode: “All New”
One hour episode. NBC. New York City.
THE CLOSER
Episode: “Til Death Do Us Part One”
Kyra Sedgewick, JK Simmons, GW Bailey.
One hour episode. TNT. Filmed in Hollywood
ROME
Episode “Philippi”.
Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd.
One hour episode of series. HBO. Filmed in Rome, Italy.
HERCULES
Paul Telfer, Timothy Dalton, Elizabeth Perkins, Sean Astin, Leelee Sobieski, Produced by Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr., for Hallmark Entertainment and NBC. Filmed in New Zealand. Four hours.
THE PERFECT HUSBAND
Dean Cain, Dee Wallace, GW Bailey.
Produced by Judith Verno, Rachel Verno, Diana Kerew and Diane Sokolow for USA network.
AUGUSTUS
Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling,
Produced by: LUX, Vide of Italy in co-production with RAI Fiction; German television; French television and Spanish television, Four hours. Filmed in Tunisia.
DRACULA
Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini, Hardy Kruger, Jr., Stephania Rocca, Muriel Baumeister, Kai Weisinger
Produced by LUX Vide of Italy for RAI and German television, Four hours
Filmed in Budapest
ST. PAUL
Johannes Brandrup, Barbara Bobulova, GW Bailey, Ennio Fantastichini, Franco Nero, Umberto Orsini, Mariacristina Heller.
Produced by LUX, Vide for RAI-TV and German Television, Four Hours
Filmed in Morocco
THE THIN BLUE LIE
Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Paul Sorvino, GW Bailey
Produced by Paramount and Helfgott-Turner for ShowTime, Two hour
Filmed in Toronto. Executive Producer.
JESUS
Jeremy Sisto, Gary Oldman, Debra Messing, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jacqueline Bisset, GW Bailey.. CBS and a Co-Production with LUX Vide of Italy
Four hours
Filmed in Morocco
ONE SPECIAL NIGHT
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Patricia Charbonneau
CBS. Filmed in Montreal
A KNIGHT IN CAMELOT
Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York
Wonderful World of Disney, ABC
Filmed in Budapest
KISS THE SKY
William Petersen, Terrance Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Gary Cole
Produced by MGM for ShowTime
SOLOMON
Ben Cross, Max Von Sydow, Vivica Fox, Anouk Amiee, David Suchet, G.W. Bailey
Produced by LUX, Vide for RAI-TV and PAX-TV, Four hours
Filmed in Morocco
SISTERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
Joanna Kerns, Deborah Farrentino, Steven Bauer, George Grizzard
Produced by Dori Weiss for CBS
Filmed in Sedona, Arizona
HEART FULL OF RAIN
Richard Crenna, Rick Schroeder, Carroll Baker
Produced by Dori Weiss for CBS, October
Filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
RUBY RIDGE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Laura Dern, Randy Quaid, Kirsten Dunst.
CBS Mini-series
Filmed in Northern California
MOSES
Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, David Suchet
Produced by LUX, Vide for TNT, Four Hours
Filmed in Morocco
Co-Production with LUX (Italy), Beta (Germany), RAI (Italy), France 2, ORF (Austria, Czech TV), and Sky (England)
Emmy Nomination for Best Mini-Series
"Young brings out all the best qualities of the script" ---Tom Shales, Washington Post
JOSEPH
Ben Kingsley, Martin Landau, Paul Mercurio, Leslie Ann Warren
Produced by LUX, Vide for TNT, Four Hours
Filmed in Morocco
Co-Production with LUX (Italy), Beta(Ger), RAI(Italy), France 2, ORF (Austria, Czech TV), and Sky (England)
Emmy Award: Best Mini-Series
Emmy nomination: Best Actor, Ben Kingsley
GERONIMO
Joseph Runningfox
Produced by Norman Jewison for TNT
Filmed in Arizona
GETTING GOTTI
Lorraine Brocco, Anthony Dennison, Ellen Burstyn
CBS
Filmed in Toronto, Canada
MERCY MISSION
Scott Bacula, Robert Loggia
Produced by Robert Benedetti for NBC
Filmed in Australia
JEWELS
Annette O'Toole, Anthony Andrews, Jurgen Prochnow
Produced by Jonathan Estrin for NBC, Five Hours
Filmed in England, Italy and Luxembourg
Golden Globe Nomination: Best Picture
HELD HOSTAGE
Marlo Thomas, David Dukes
ABC
Filmed in Israel
"Riveting!" ----TV Guide
DOUBLECROSSED
Dennis Hopper, G.W. Bailey
HBO
Filmed in Puerto Rico and New Orleans
Written by Roger Young
Cable-ACE Award, Best Picture
Cable-ACE Nomination:, Best Actor, Dennis Hopper
DEATH OF INNOCENCE
William Devane
CBS
Filmed in South Carolina
MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI
Tom Hulce, Blair Underwood, Jennifer Gray, Josh Charles
Produced by Mark Wolper for NBC
Filmed in Georgia
LOVE AND LIES
Mare Winningham, Peter Gallagher
ABC. Filmed in Los Angeles
THE BOURNE IDENTITY (Mini-series)
Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith
ABC Four Hours
Filmed in Nice, Paris, Zurich and London
Emmy nomination: Best Mini-Series
Golden Globe Nomination: Best Mini-Series
THE SQUEEZE (Feature film)
Michael Keaton and Rae Dawn Chong
Tri-Star
Filmed in New York
UNDER SIEGE
Peter Strauss, Hal Holbrook, E.G. Marshall
NBC, Three Hours
Filmed in Arkansas
LOVE AMONG THIEVES
Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner
ABC
Filmed in San Francisco and Tucson
GULAG (Released as a feature in Europe)
David Keith, Malcolm McDowell, David Suchet, Warren Clarke
HBO
Filmed in London, Oslo and mountains of Norway
ACE-Cable Awards Nomination for Best Picture
INTO THIN AIR
Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky
Produced by Ron Howard. CBS
Filmed in Vancouver, Canada
LASSITER (Feature film)
Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour and Bob Hoskins
Produced by Al Ruddy for Warner Bros.
Filmed in London
DREAMS DON'T DIE
ABC
Filmed in Manhattan
INNOCENT LOVE
Produced by Steve Binder for CBS
Filmed in Seattle
TWO OF A KIND
George Burns, Robbie Benson
ABC
Winner of Humanitas Award
BITTER HARVEST
Ron Howard and Art Carney
NBC
Emmy nomination: Best Picture
Emmy nomination: Best Director, Roger Young
Winner of Humanitas Award
WRITER – TELEPLAYS:
DRACULA
RAI Television, Italy, Four hours
Co-written with Eric Lerner
DOUBLECROSSED
HBO
Best Picture Award, Cable Ace
MORTAL FEAR
NBC
Produced
VIRUS
NBC
Produced
THE FINAL DESCENT
CBS
DIRECTOR, TELEVISION PILOTS:
MAGNUM, P.I. (series picked up by CBS)
BUREAU
HARDCASTLE AND McCORMICK (series picked up by ABC)
LEGMEN (series picked up by NBC)
DICK AND TRACY (series picked up by ABC)
OHARA (series picked up by ABC)
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (series picked up by USA Cable)
HEARTS ARE WILD (series picked up by CBS)
SHENANDOAH
DIRECTOR, EPISODIC TELEVISION:
LOU GRANT - 14 Episodes
Two Director's Guilds of America Awards for Outstanding direction.
Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction in a dramatic series.
ROME - “Philippi” HBO
THE CLOSER - “Til Death Do Us Part One” TNT
LAW AND ORDER – “All New” “Shotgun” NBC
skills:
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
The Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Chair in Telecommunications
Ball State University
Fall and Spring semesters 2008-2009
Taught three classes each semester. Two that I created: “Director’s Styles” and “Directing Drama”, plus “History of Film” and an Honors class in Directing
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