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  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 63, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Executive Producer Film Maker; Network TV; INDIE & UN...
  • Univ of Florida BS Degree; Rollins MBA & Nonprofit Le...
  • From Windermere, FL, USA
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About Me

Asheville NC - your private Room | Full TV | Radio | Still Photography Facilities within Apartment - Happy to share with Journos | activists | educators | Female & Pronoun LGBTQ models | Actors | Solo or duet musicians or music producers | All language speakers welcome - rudimentary english helpful but not required
NO MASS EMAIL REQUESTS . PUT THE NAME OF MY FAVORITE SCREEN WRITER IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF ANY REQUESTS. Thank you .

Wwe are Travelers . We are the global community of seekers and wanderlust .

From Phish , festivals and the theater to global advocates and actors from the arts of every media.
From NYC Broadway to The Mountains of Appalacian Trail to South Beach Miami , Washington DC to Havana . To Santa Fe & ABQ from Colunbia SA TO THE The Camino ...
WE Couchsurfers are Ambassadors building world peace ; one Host & Couchsurfer at a time.

ABOUT ME

I AM: Funny, polite, easy to get along with and appreciate intelligent conversation from divergent points of view.

I am a VOLUNTEER and ADVOCATE for social justice causes including the Environment; Water; World Peace; Gender Equity; Equality for All. I have traveled my entire career and have always enjoyed connecting with "local knowledge".

MY CRAFT : ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Executive Producer, Writer ( WGAw company signatory ) , Director ( DGA Directors Guild of America member ) Music ( ASCAP company Signatory ) INDIE passion to work outside of system with Thought Leaders and Thought Leadership Gatherings and Immersions. This redefines Art Daily. Use it or lose it ... just like the right to vote .

My MISSION ? Engage & empower positive Global Change with Social Justice Films : Environment; Gender Equality; Conflict Resolution; Dramas; Fantasy. INDIE & SIGNATORY SAG AFT| WGA | DGA Signatory

PHILOSOPHY

" ... Love All, Serve All..."

"Do as much as you can, for as long as you can for as many as you can. "

John Lennon, The Buddha, John Wesley; Indigenous Wisdom; Shamanism; World Culture; Globalists; Free Thinkers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in CS to host interesting people & share person to person;

I am an Advocate & SMM Advocate.

KEYNOTE PRESENTER TO : Future of Film & TV -- Transmedia Finance 2015.

Volunteer GROUP PRESENTER TO NONPROFIT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT to 3rd Party Nonprofits as a Certified Drucker Institute Instructor for "THE COLLABORATION CHALLENGEs Social Entreprener processes to utilize name, likeness and logo of Nonprofits & Celebrity Images.

AS INKTIPS FILM SCRIPT CONFERENCE PANELIST : Evaluation of FILM & TV Screenplays for Production .

As EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : Develope WGAw Registered Intellectual Properties from Genre's including :

Thriller& Gothic Horror ;

Cultural Anthropology Indigenous Wisdom & Myth

Drama

Graphic Novel

Myth

Fantasy,

Deconstructive Evolutionary Art

Photo Anthology & Portfolios

Written Works

Life Stories

that may be Developed for finance production & distribution.

AS PRESENTER AT NONPROFIT & SOCIAL MEDIA CONFERENCES & SMALL GROUPS RE: BENCHMARK BEST PRACTICES IN SOCIAL MEDIA: Social Media SMM for Nonprofit produced rich media ( sound bites , video segments ) as volunteer for nonprofits and causes.

SMM VIRTUAL and IMMERSIVE EVENTS like ( NetRoots Nation | NTEN | MUSIC FESTIVALS | FESTIVALS OF RAVE LIFESTYLE EXPRESSIONISM

Teach Volunteer & Staff Requirements to execute workflow to deliver photos, video, audio for distribution to advocates to integrate within executable, measurable campaigns & objectives for NONPROFIT AND NGO own SMM Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Instagram / Vimeo / YouTube / Tumblr to INFORM, ENGAGE AND EMPOWER through SCRIPT , STORY & EDITORIAL PROCESS OF sharing emotional benefits of their causes to expand membership and create a greater voice for Causes & Advocacy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I Hosted couch surfing Actors; Actresses; Models; Social Advocates in North Hollywood , CA beginning in 2011 including CouchSurfer Member Anoush Anou .

IN ATLANTA 2015 FALL : During professional work I am able to host Couch Surfer in the Entertainment and Education Communities in Asheville , NC 28801

Interests

I enjoy wine & beer tasting--Asheville official "Beer City USA"...most craft brews per square mile. My activities include the local YMCA, Yoga, Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Festival GLAMPing with low impact Prius Habitent and occasional Yert at , Music Festivals.

I am an voracious reader daily . I Day Hike & Segment Hike the Appalachian Trail. Kayaking beginner, Cyclist, Local Music. Enjoy riding the Blue Ridge Parkway via Motorcycle & Harley. Enjoy Books and films that pack story, pathos and wallop.

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • theater
  • photography
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • film festivals
  • causes
  • education
  • environment
  • wine
  • beer
  • yoga
  • instructor
  • working out
  • partying
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • anthropology
  • communications
  • teaching
  • volunteering
  • beaches
  • mountains
  • hemp
  • hemingway

Music, Movies, and Books

FILM DIRECTORS: Coen Brothers; John Sayles; Ben Rock; Gregg Hale; Ang Lee; Oliver Stone; James Cameron; Wes Anderson; Kate Biegelow; Jodi Foster; Ron Howard; Penny Marshall; Robb Reiner

FILM WRITERS: Jamie Nash, Lana & Andy Wachowski; Oliver Stone; Francis Ford Coppola.

FILMS: Fight Club; Godfather; Apocalypse Now; Moonlight Kingdom; Princess Bride; Raiders of the Lost Arc; Matrix; Fight Club; Diva; Vanilla Sky; Thelma and Louise; RED; RED 2.

BOOK AUTHORS: Harry Crews; Southern Gothic; Lisa Yee ( Young Teen) Mario Puzo

MUSIC: Cuban , Afro-Cuban , Ska , U2; Klezmer; House; Dub Step; Appalachian; Appalachian Country Fusion; Jazz; Blues; Techno; Trance; Rock; Country; Vintage Blue Grass; Cirque du Soliel Orchestrations

SINGER SONG & SONG WRITERS:Bob Dylan; Jimmy Buffet; Bonnie Raitt;Joni Mitchel; Nina Simone; Louis Prima; Bruce Springsteen; Film Soundtracks; ... and the sound of a Harley " Potato...potato..potato...".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

PHOTOS; ORAL HISTORIES; FILMS & FRIENDS: SACRED PLACES: Appalachian Trail; 27 Trail Heads and River Runs within 2 hours of ASHEVILLE; Patagonia; Florida Keys; Our Ocean's & coral reefs: Nabusimake Colombia S.A.; South Beach SOBE in the Winters for Still Photography Workshops. FILM FESTIVALS: Sundance; SXSW; Havana Film Festival; Telluride; Media That Matters; NTEN; SACRED PEOPLE: Cherokee & Tuscarora Tribal Nations in USA. Kogi & Arachacao Tribal Nation's Mamos in Colombia S.A; Carib & West Indians in USVI; Haiti; Saba; St. Martin; St. Barthe; Bahamas; Puerto Rico. Fellow travelers in UK; France; Amsterdam; Greek Islands; SACRED ANIMALS: Andean Condor; Coral Reefs. AMAZING THINGS DONE: Certify the discovery of 30 new mating pairs of the sacred and endangered Andean Condor, at a secret glacier lake near El Calafayte and Patagonia glaciers in Argentina.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy meeting Artists of all types; Global Travelers with Wonderlust. I enjoy meeting and learning from fellow Advocates. I am a LIFELONG TEACHER & LEARNER. I love to teach and learn... most anything fascinating. I like to collect experiences rather than "things" and I have a passion for a cause...and those that do also

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am constantly amazed at Travelers and wonderlust are vital part of building community and the constant reinvention through travel of the traveler.

Foodie globally ( happy to share local knowledge among any place I have Visited .

Wine without pretense in NYC .

Local craft brew & Apple Pie moonshine in North Carolina .

Ethnic Foodie in NYC .& North Carolina . Passion for hosting Art , Artists , film , Theatrical and all art as seen through the eyes of the traveler.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Haiti, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

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