About me...

 

I've got forty-plus years of television and film production under my belt, writing, producing and directing for PBS and commercial television all across America and around the world.

 

Screenplay for PBS's American Playhouse - Alias Jimmy Valentine.

 

Screenplays for Walt Disney Productions -  Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel.

 

Directing and writing for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood - ten wonderful years working with one of America's most beloved "neighbors."

 

Got my start, hosting and narrating a bumper crop of children’s television storytelling series; Gather ‘Round,  and Teletales. All on Vimeo, (Go ahead, be a kid again). 
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Narrated musical performances, too, with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony, ranging from Tubby the Tuba to Aaron Copeland's Lincoln Portrait.

 

So, how do I earn my daily bread - other than writing novels that is? I'm the executive producer for America's longest-running cooking show Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito.

(Not only my daily bread but pasta too!)

 

In short, I'm a....

novelist,

poet,

husband,

father,

grandfather,

model railroader,

gardener,

handyman,

rescue dog walker (Happy Jack),

nice guy,

and damn good cook -  thanks to Mary Ann Esposito.