Donald L.

Vasicek
7078 South Fairfax Street
Centennial, CO 80122-2562
303-903-2103
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Vasicek,+Don
http://www.donvasicek.com
dvd56f26@westpost.net
Writer/Filmmaker/Consultant
Professional Profile
Accomplished writer/filmmaker with a proven ability to write, direct, and produc
e videos and films that support client message objectives. Have written, direct
ed and produced video/film projects that informed, educated and entertained yout
h, students, adults, communities, organizations, and groups. Recognized as an e
xpert in applying writing and filmmaking concepts to fit client goals.
Respected writer/filmmaker, able to write, direct and produce videos/film as par
t of a collaborative effort focused on achieving the client's goals. Keep up-to
-date with the most effective and latest technology through continuing professio
nal development (Hollywood Film Institute graduate) which fits the client's need
s.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic/Tactical Story Planning Based on Research
- Analytical and Story Construction Skills
- Usage of sound, images, interviews, footage, stills, documents, maps, etc. for
telling story
- Execution in Writing, Directing and Producing Story
- Screenwriting/AllExperts.com
Key Qualifications
Director, Line Director, Producer, Writer
Hollywood Film Institute
Producing
Sundance Institute
Olympus Films+, LLC (Faces, Oh, The Places You Can Go, The Sand Creek Massacre)
American Pictures (The Lost Heart, Born To Kill)
Directing
Olympus Films+, LLC (Faces, Oh, The Places You Can Go, The Sand Creek Massacre)
Olympus Films+, LLC, Griffen Films Productions, LLC (Haunted World)
Scriptwriting
The Complete Screenplay, Inc.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (Warriors of Virtue)
Incline Productions, Inc. (Born To Win)
American Pictures (The Lost Heart)
MVHS (Edgar's Cowboy)
Olympus Films+, LLC (Faces, Oh, The Places You Can Go, The Sand Creek Massacre)
Olympus Films+, LLC, Griffen Films Production (Haunted World)
Hollywood Lit. Sales
Inkwell
Moondance International Film Festival's Ezine
Screenwriters.Net
Screenwriters Forum
Screenplace
Spraka/Kinsla (Swedish)
Screenwriters Utopia
Education
B. A. Sociology University of Colorado
Hollywood Film Institute
Sundance
The Complete Screenplay, Inc.
Writing/Directing/Producing Recognition
Houston WorldFest International Film Festival
Stars in the Desert Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Chesterfield's Writer's Film Project
Writer's Digest
Sundance Institute
The Writer's Network
Rocky Mountain Writer's Guild, Inc.
24-Hour Boulder Shootout Film Festival
Best Film Philip S. Miller Library's The Bull Theatre Film Project (The Sand Cre
ek Massacre)
LA Paxico Projection Series 05 (The Sand Creek Massacre)
The Bug Theatre (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Duke University's Centre for Documentary Stuides The Happening Film Festival (Th
e Sand Creek Massacre)
Best Documentary Short American Indian Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Colorado Filmmaker's Showcase (The Sand Creek Massacre)
New York/Tribeca/Monday Night Shorts (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Best Documentary Short The Indie Gathering Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacr
e)
Semi-Finalist Moondance International Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Staten Island's Muddy Cup Screening (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Walnut Hills Elementary School 4th Grade Screening (The Sand Creek Massacre)
PBS KBDI Channel 12 "Colorado Inside Out" (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Denver DCTV Channels 58 & 59 Screening (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Pan American Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Rhode Island College Multicultural/Unity Center Permanent Placement Screening (T
he Sand Creek Massacre)
Hayden Film Festival Finalist (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Excellence Award Videographer's of America (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Featured Film, Native American Film Festival (The Sand Creek BMassacre)
Estes Park Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacre)
LA Twyman Creative Conference (The Sand Creek Massacre)
SoundOrbit.com (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Festival Ciclo De Cine Chicano - University of Houston (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Metro State College of Denver Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration (The Sand Creek
Massacre)
New York DCTV (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Los Angeles The Gigi, Inc. Show Time Warner/Comcast (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Los Angeles Entertainment Conference Twyman Creative (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Finalist PYXIS Global Media Network (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Boston Ruff Cutz Film Conference (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Philadelphia DUTV (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Houston HCCTV (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Broomfield Independent Film Series (The Sand Creek Massacre)
George Mason University (The Sand Creek Massacre)
San Bernadino/Riverside Native American Community Council (The Sand Creek Massac
re)
Thailand Kasetsart University (The Sand Creek Massacre)
California Center for Native Americans (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Indianer Inuit: The North American Native Film Festival (The Sand Creek Massacr
e)
22nd Annual Federal Dispute Conference (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Best Native American Film, Golden Drover Award, Trail Dance Film Festival (The S
and Creek Massacre)
Archived, Heard Museum (The Sand Creek Massacre)
Archived, Billie Jean Baguely Library (The Sand Creek Massacre)

Publications
The Write Focus
How To Write, Sell, And Get Your Screenplays Produced
Success Unlimited
Contact
Rocky Mountain Legal Assistant's Association
Fourth Estate
The Colorado Society of Poets
Grit
Yearbook of Modern Poetry
Colorado Legal Secretaries Association
Denver Legal Secretaries Association
The Journal (Writers Guild of America, west)
Highlander
Aurora Sentinel
The Denver Post
Colorado Family Physicians
Writers Exchange
FitRec
Screenwriters Utopia
Screenplayers.Net
Screenwriters Forum
Screenplace
Moondance Interntational Film Festival E-Zine
Hollywood Lit. Sales
Spraka & Kinsla (Swedish)
Ink on The Brain Screenwriting
Inkwell Newswatch Screenwriting

Books
The Write Focus
How to Write, Sell, and Get Your Screenplays Produced
When We Don't Remember: A Book about Incest
Urban Wakeup
Me Jane...Not You!
Police-Community Relations

Special Skills
Teaching writing, filmmaking
Tutoring writers, filmmakers
Speaking about writing/filmmaking
Consulting for writing/filmmaking
Acting (Die Hard II, The Mystery of Flight 1501, Father Dowling, Summer Reunion)
Representation
Robin Kaver
Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc.
1501 Broadway, Suite 2301
New York, NY 10036
212-840-5751