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Category Archives: Self Promotion

Work: CIA Confidential

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Last year, I spent a good portion of my time doing production work on CIA Confidential for National Geographic. I’ve since moved onto other documentary work for television and film in addition to my screenwriting and development duties elsewhere.
Doc work experience was a great for me. In fact, every screenwriter should work on at least [...]

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Featured Alumni: The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Back in 2002 I was studying to be an audio engineer at The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts. I reasoned that since I fancied myself a musician, it was an important step to learn how to produce my own music.
I further studied and later re-directed my focus on production and post-production for film. It [...]

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Gaining Traction With Your Short Film

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Back in September, I was invited to speak on a panel about different aspects of short filmmaking at Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever.” It was a great workshop, filled with wonderful discussion about writing, production and distribution of short film. (You can read my notes on the workshop, and notes from Roberta Munroe’s [...]

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I’ve officially landed in LA

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Just a quick note. I’m officially in Los Angeles. It was a grueling 4 day, 3000 mile trek, but I’m here. Recovering. You can check out my twitter account for pictures I’ve tweeted along the way.
I have some exciting projects and events on the horizon. Too soon to speak about, but suffice it to say, [...]

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Follow Your Nose. To the West Coast Merrel Goes

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Big things over at the Merrel Davis camp. Chiefly, I’m moving to Los Angeles. It was a long time in the making. I’ve positioned myself in a good place, and I’m heading out.

Life in New York City is great. I’ve done a lot of good work here, connected with great television and filmmakers. New York [...]

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Have you been to Screenwriter Karaoke yet?

Friday, October 9, 2009

It is quite possible that you’ve landed on my blog and you aren’t aware that I also organize a filmmaking network event called Screenwriter Karaoke. Right now the events are NYC based, but I hope soon to have an LA counterpart.
What is Screenwriter Karaoke? Think of it as a way to let your hair down, [...]

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The Best Short Film Workshop Ever with Roberta Munroe [NYC Sept 26th]

Monday, September 21, 2009

Good news folks! I’ve been invited as a special guest to Roberta Munroe’s Best Short Film Workshop Ever, this weekend September 26th in NYC. I will be speaking with Roberta about short film script structure, things like how to creating characters that are immediately engaging.
You may recall Roberta put on a great workshop at DCTV [...]

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CIA Confidential on National Geographic Television

Monday, June 15, 2009

Since February, I’ve been working various production duties for an Emmy and Peabody award winning documentary production company. I came in just as pre-production had ended and it was full steam ahead on the production of “CIA Confidential.”
This week marks the culmination of the hard work of everyone involved. I’m happy to announce that this [...]

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What’s Merrel Up To?

Friday, May 15, 2009

Oh no, here comes another life update!
Since February, I’ve been doing production work on two hours of documentary television which will air next month on the National Geographic channel. I’m excited, as this will be my first on screen television credit. I’ll post more details about the program as the air date nears, it’s going [...]

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Here’s my Card

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Keeping in line with the aesthetic of my site, I made up some business cards. Like my splash page, I conjured up my graphic design prowess and hand drew the design.

Purdy, eh? I tested the waters with them over at the IFP Script to Screen conference last week. They were a hit.
So, what’s going on [...]

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