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Rick Schmidlin

PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

PRODUCER of the reconstruction of the lost Tod Browning/Lon Chaney 1927 film "LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT" for Turner Entertainment Co. and Turner Classic Movies. This film was restored using over 200 stills from the MGM collection housed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fairbanks Center. Television premiere TCM, Halloween 2002, in honor of its 75th anniversary. Special premiere at the 2002 Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto in Sacile, Italy. And a special screening at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library as part of the dedication to the Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive, held October 25th 2002. Awarded the 2002 AOL Horror Board Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for "Restoration Of The Year"

PRODUCER of Special Theatrical Edition "ELVIS, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS - SPECIAL EDITION" for Turner Entertainment and Turner Classic Movies. The film was completely re-cut and re-mixed. Also included in this version are nine new performances. Special Premieres Elvis Week 2000 in Memphis, Tennessee, The Next Generation fundraiser for the Motion Picture Film and Television Fund and The London Film Festival. Also screened The New Zealand International Film Festival, Taos Film Festival, Wine Coun try Film Festival, The São Paolo International Film Festival. Theatrically released in England, Germany, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia.

PRODUCER of the restoration of the first sound film which was photographed and recorded in 1894 and known now as T HE EDISON / DICKSON SOUND FILM. Restored this project in association with Walter Murch, Industrial Light & Magic & Skywalker Sound, The Library of Congress and The Edison National Historic Site. Specials Premieres, Oct.6th, 2000 at The Academy of Motion P icture Arts and Sciences Tribute to Walter Murch and at the 19th Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Sacile, Italy. Selected to the National Film Registry in 2003.

CURATOR of a special exhibition for LE GIORNATE DEL CINEMA MUTO, 19th PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL in Sacile, Italy, featuring over 100 never before seen private photos, personal costume design drawings and documents from the family files of Erich von Stroheim. PRODUCED short presentation documentary ERICH VON STROHEIM: A LIFE REVEALED.

PRODUCER of the reconstruction of the Erich von Stroheim 1924 classic "GREED" for Turner Entertainment and Turner Classic Movies. American premiere, The 1999 Telluride Film Festival and the European premiere Venice Film Festival. Special prese nta tions, 18th Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Italy, The Berlin Film Festival, The London Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, The New Zealand International Film Festival, The São Paolo International Film Festival, and the 2002 Film Festiv al o f Denmark. Received from The National Society of Film Critics their "Film Heritage Award" and from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association a special award for a "meticulous reconstruction." Chosen by The National Society of Film Critics as one of the "10 0 Essential Films" of all time.

PRODUCER of the re-edit of Orson Welles "TOUCH OF EVIL" (Universal Pictures/October Films). Premiered at the 1998 Telluride Film Festival and Toronto Film Festivals. Received special awards from The National Society of Fil m Critics, The New York Film Critics Circle, The Boston Society of Film Critics and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association for "Scholarship and Integrity." Selected "Best Film Of The Year" by Premiere Magazine. Chosen by The National Society of Film Cri tics as one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time.

PRODUCER, "THE THIRD MIND" narrated by Peter Coyote, featuring Ray Manzarek, Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Laurence Ferlinghetti, Ann Waldman and Diane Di Prima. Premiered 1996 Venice Film Festival. First original documentary commissioned exclusively by the Sundance Channel.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR of a documentary on the 1991 breaking of the motorcycle land speed record of 322 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Narrated by Peter Fonda (Pai sano Pub lications).

PRODUCER, "THE DOORS LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL": Voted #1 non-theatrical of 1987 by Video magazine (MCA/Universal Home Video).

INSTRUCTOR for UCLA Extension MASTER'S CLASS, DIGITAL FILMMAKING (Fall 2000), PRODUCING, PRE PRODUCTION AND PROD UCTION FOR FILM AND TELEVISION (Spring/Fall 1999) and PRODUCING THE DOCUMENTARY: HISTORY THEORY AND PRACTICE (Summer 2000).

EDITOR of THE CALENDAR, an arts and entertainment weekly serving N.E., PA. Circulation 8,500 (1994-1995).

FILM CRITIC, THE WEEKENDER in 1995 (Capital Cities/ABC Publications, N.E., PA.).

GUEST CURATOR, CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF CINEMA (Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA.). ? h �