WRITING STUDY & WRITING

Writing Courses --

Story Structure -- John Truby - the basic course; the comedy course, the detective/thriller course

UCLA - Mystery Writing Course - Kris Neri

UCLA -  Novel Writing with Tod Goldberg

Acting --

Milton Katsellas -- the master class

Julie Ariola -- regular acting course

Screenplays --

Screenplays - The Reunion, Copout - (unprodcued)

Educational film scripts - produced - King Screen productions - 1970s -

Short Stories

"Some Creature I Care About" published in Landmarked for Murder Sisters in Crime Anthology

"Backswing" published in Ladies’ Night Sisters in Crime Anthology

Novels --

The Reunion - unpublished - - done on a KPro years ago-

Rough Cut (a thriller) won the Novel Prize at the Southern California Writer’s Conference for Rough Cut, June 2005  - unpublished

Murder in Madrona - in revision

Languages

Basic reading and speaking - French and Italian

And a smidgeon of Polish, Portuguese and Swahili

FILM EDITING

ARTHUR R. COBURN  A.C.E  -  DIGITAL/ FILM/ EDITOR

Member -- Washington State Bar Association

Member -- Film Editor's Guild, IATSE Local 776

Member -- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Member -- American Cinema Editors

FILM PROJECTS:

2010 The Life of Santa, consulting on script and aimatic; 2008

Crossing Over, with Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ashley Judd, and Ray Liotta, directed by Wayne Kramer; 2004-2005

Running Scared, with Paul Walker, directed by Wayne Kramer

2003 Monster, with Charlize Theron, directed by Patti Jenkins – recut.

 2002 Under the Tuscan Sun, with Diane lane. Co-editor.

 2002, Live From Bagdad, directed by Mick Jackson with Michael Keaton – 3 Golden Globe awards, a month of editing to help Joe Hutching

2002 The Cooler, directed by Wayne Kramer, with Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Paul Sorvino

2001 Spiderman, directed by Sam Raimi, with Tobey Maguire, Wilem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, co-editor

2000 The Gift - Directed by Sam Raimi, with Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reaves, Greg Kinear, Hilary Swank - co-editor

1999 For Love of the Game, Directed by Sam Raimi; with Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, for Universal – co-editor

1998 A Simple Plan, Directed by Sam Raimi; with Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton, for Paramount – co-editor

1997 The Breakup, Directed by Paul Marcus; with  Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Tippi Hedren, Hart Bochner; distributed by Miramax

1997 A Price Above Rubies,  Miramax, Produced by Lawrence Bender, Directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Renee Zellweger

1996  Dangerous Beauty, New Regency, Directed by Marshall Herskovitz – co-editor

1995 Sunset Park,  Jersey Films/TriStar,  Directed by Steve Gomer with Rhea Pearlman

1994 Solomon and Sheba, with Jimmy Smits and Halle Berry, shot in Morocco

1994 The Mask, New Line Cinema, with Jim Carrey, Directed by Chuck Russell

1993 Roosters, American Playhouse, with Edward James Olmos, Sonya Braga, Maria Conchita Alonso

1991-1992 American Me, Universal Pictures, Directed by Edward James Olmos

1990 Talent for the Game, with Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco, Paramount Pictures,  Directed by Robert M. Young.

1989 Triumph of the Spirit, with Wilhem Defoe, Edward Olmos; Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Directed by Robert M. Young.

1987 Dominick and Eugene, with Tom Hulse and Ray Liota, Directed by Robert M. Young.

1985 Extremities, with Farrah Faucett, Directed by Robert M. Young

1984 Real Genius, directed by Martha Coolidge, 2nd editor with Richard Chew

1983 Beverly Hills Cop, directed by Marty Brest, 2nd editor with Billy Weber

1982 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, starring Edward Olmos; Produced by Michael Hausman - co editor

(Pre 1980 -- learning/assisting with various Editors -- Richie Marks, Lisa Fruchtman; Richard Chew on films including, Wolfen, The Black Stallion, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest