Franklin J. Himes

Email: iyotake@live.com

 

EDUCATION:

 

PhD, Theatre/Film (directing); Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green, Ohio 

MA, Public Communication; Western Illinois University; Macomb           

1st year MFA training; University of Southern California; Los Angeles  

BFA, Theatre; University of Illinois; Urbana/Champaign                             

  

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

 

Writer/Editor (freelance);  Write books, screenplays and plays; Create query letters, outlines, synopses; Copy and content edit for various writers;  Was in New Zealand for five months editing a book for Carole Dean, CEO, From The Heart Productions, California; 

   Himes is a 2011 finalist in the Beverly Hills Film Festival and Action On Film International Film Festival screenplay competitions

 

Artistic Director of the Fine Arts Theatre, Univ. of WI -  Sheboygan, 

Asst. Prof. of Communications and Theatre   

 

Adjunct Professor, Carl Sandburg College; Public Speaking,  Interpersonal Communication and

Dramatic Literature

 

Asst. Professor, Western Illinois University; Macomb, Illinois.  Responsible for teaching Broadcasting and Society; News Writing for Radio, News Reporting for TV; the mechanics of Radio and TV commercials; Playwrighting and Screenwriting.  Served on the Curriculum Committee

 

Wrote and Directed the film, Lorado Taft: The Immemorial Message;   Funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council and Two Rivers Arts Council, this documentary details the life & work of the early twentieth century sculptor and educator.  Selected as one of 70 out of over 400 submissions shown at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

 

Instructor; Bowling Green State University.  Responsible for teaching Film Studies; Principles in Acting; Advanced Acting (Meisner technique) 

 

Asst. Artistic Director; Misè En Scene Theatre, North Hollywood, CA.

 

Worked for fifteen years in Theatre (drama & musical), Movies, TV Primetime Dramas, Sitcoms & Commercials; member of the Screen Actors' Guild, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, Actor's Equity and the International Documentary Association

 

  

link to PUBLICATION:

 The Janus Paradigm -- Hardcover, 220 pages; 1998.  Proposes a model for the seamless integration of the Performing and Liberal Arts and explores the value of integrative situations in which multi-level classroom theory is merged with the mastery of practical skills