Prescribed glasses (before then everything was a blob) 1950
Got first camera from Smith Bros. box top and 50 cents. 1952
Played drums, elementry school band. Was dropped from band. 1952
Moved to Honolulu, reasonably average childhood 1953-63
Won 1st Place Honolulu Kite Contest 1955
Shot for first time with 35mm still camera 1956
Installed dark room in bedroom closet 1956
Won 1st Place Jr. High Photo Contest 1957
Bought Stock in Hawaiian Airlines. 1957 (still own it)
Bought one share General Motors stock 1958. Lost share in GM bankrupsy, 2009.
High school year book and newspaper photographer 1959-63
Photographed Surfers and Cheerleaders. Made money. 1960-63.
Photographed Senior Prom. Made Money. 1963
University of Oregon Year Book Photographer 1964-66
Founding Member UO Film Society 1964
Photographer for United Press International 1964-65
Cameraman for KGW-TV (CBS affiliate)1965
Made first film "It Came From…" 1965
Documentary on Migrant Workers "Unknown Hands" 1966
Dramatic Film "Visit of Time"1967
Graduated from University of Oregon, Psychology, 1967
UCLA Project One Film "Flash Forward" 1968
Documentary on Malawi "Salima in Transition", won many
awards 1969
Venice Film Festival, Special Jury Award, 1971
Documentary films on Malawi "The Women" and "Two Young Men,
1971.
Documentary "Continuum", 1973
Master's Thesis Film, Comedy Documentary "LA Eats" w/Sam Yorty,
LA Mayor,1973
"LA Eats" included in touring student film festival, 1973
Awarded "Master of Fine Arts" UCLA Motion Picture Division, 1973
Cameraman more films than I care to think about 1973-76
Joined Writer's Guild, 1974
American Film Institute Fellowship Award, 1974
Intern on "Mr. Majestyk", staring Charles Bronson, Directed by
Richard Fleischer, 1974
Cameraman, action feature "Lady Streetfighter" 1975
Assistant "California Split" staring George Segal, Directed by
Robert Altman, 1975
Cameraman documentary "California Reich" 1977, Academy Award Nomination,
1977
Cameraman "Eat, Drink, and Be Wary" 1977
Cameraman documentary "With Babes And Banners", Academy Award Nomination,
1977
Comedy Dramatic Educational Film "Smoking How To Stop", 1978
Comedy Dramatic Educational Film "Heart Attack Prevention" 1979
Wrote, Directed and Produced 27 short films for various companies from CBS
to McGraw-Hill,1979-1985
Chris Awards, 1976, 1979
Wrote, Directed, Produced "History of Love", comedy short, 1981
Joined Director's Guild, 1984
Field Producer, "Search", CBS series, 1984
Wrote, Directed,Produced, action short "Sling Shot" 1984
Field Producer, CBS and NYT Pilot, "Science Times" 1986
Feature Film: "Wild Thing" with Kathleen Quinlin, Rob Knepper,
Robert Davi, Betty Buckley, 1987
Directed mini-Series 8 episodes "Teen Angel" with Jason Priestly
(later cut into TV feature film) 1989
Directed mini-series 12 episodes "Match Point" with Renee O'Conner,
1989
Directed "Eye of the Snake" (Sandos Production, Switzerland) with
Malcolm McDowell, Lois Childs, Sidney Penny. 1991
Wrote, Directed, Produced feature film, "Paradise Bar" feature
film with Cory Heim (production abandoned due to Heim's problems)
1993.
Created "Lovescape", innovative interactive web site (87,000 individuals
per day at peak) 1994
Wrote, Directed, Produced "LEONARDO" with Sasha Smith. 2000
Directed "Dying in Silence" documentary on AIDS in
Malawi, 2003.
Produced and Directed "Improv Experiments" 2006
Produced and Directed "How to Kill Your Wife, Part II", comedy
using improv, 2007
Promotional Films for Seven Devils Theater Workshops, 2007, 2009.
Directed and Photographed "Lowell vs. Reality" 2011.