"The Bones of Simon Bottle" (writer-director, theatrical stage play, 100 minutes) — A dark comic look at life, purgatory and the afterlife.
"Wasted: A True Story" (co-writer, television docudrama, 30 minutes) — Multi-award-winning TV special on a 9-year-old who got hooked on drugs.
"Volleyball Nation" (editor-director, documentary, 45 minutes) — A team sport creates an extended family for foreign nationals.
"Heaven in the Headlands" (editor, documentary, 45 minutes) — Just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco lies a stunning, and largely undiscovered, wilderness.
"Etude in Black" (writer-director, drama, 40 minutes) — Set in the concert halls, hotel suites and restaurants that make up the world of elite classical musicians and their patrons, two twentysomething people struggle with love, obsession, and creative genius, their on-again, off-again relationship, and their quest, ultimately, to understand not just each other, but themselves. www.etudeinblack.com
Abbreviated Film Writing Credits
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“At Play in the Fields of the Lord” (United Artists) Sao Paolo, Brazil
Saul Zaentz, producer; Hector Babenco, director
writer — additional dialogue - “D.O.A.” (Paramount Pictures)
Saul Zaentz, producer
writer — screen treatment - “Shooting Stars” (Orphee Arts) Paris, France
Lucien Duval, producer
(written with Jean Claude Carriere) - "Wasted: A True Story" (RingeMedia)
Don Ringe, producer
(story by Mal Karman & Don Ringe; teleplay by Mal Karman) - “African Moon” (Star Media) Paris, France
(written with Michel Ferreri) - “Lord of the Rings II” (animated version)
Saul Zaentz, producer; Ralph Bakshi, director
writer - "Three Warriors" (United Artists)
Saul Zaentz, producer; Kieth Merrill, director
writer — additional dialogue - "Trucks" (Utopian Films) Paris, France
Jerome Laperoussaz, producer-director
writer — screen treatment