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1. Karl Kaufmann, writer/director -- Bio
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EDUCATION, WORKSHOPS & COURSES RELATED TO FILMMAKING
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CINEMA ARTS TECH
2007-08, Van Nuys, CA
From a trailer by Karl Kaufmann
• Film Production & Management, with:
1. Jim Kelly Durgin, independent producer
2. Line Producer Cleve Landsberg, DGA
3. Entertainment Attorney John Cones & others
• Continuity, with Jim Kelly Durgin,
a.k.a. “the king of script supervisors”
ROCKPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS
1991, Rockport, Maine
• Acting for Directors, Producers & Writers, with Judy Weston
• Scene Directing, with director Michael Pressman (“Ninja Turtles”)
• Camera Operating, with Bob Primes, ASC (Emmy award winner)
• Film Editing, with Ralph Rosenblum (editor of many of Woody Allen’s movies)
• And numerous other workshops
ISTITUTO d’ARTE de MEDICI (de’ Medici Arts Institute – Drake University)
1983-84, Florence, Italy
Graduated as “Autore Cinematografico,” i.e. filmmaker, with guest teachers including director
Tinto Brass & other prominent figures, also in cooperation with the Acting School in Florence
of famed Italian actor Vittorio Gassman
RED LION SQUARE COLLEGE
London, England
Film Editing, with Alan Cummer Price (an editor of James Bond movies)
Furthermore:
• A Sherwood Oaks Experimental College alumnus.
• Attended Marc & Elaine Zicree’s Supermentor Intensives in Hollywood.
• Attended courses in Writing & Screenwriting at West Hollywood Community Center.
• Member of filmmakers and writers groups; special interest groups within
screenwriting in Southern California’s oldest writers group, the Alameda Writers; Jill
Schary’s “Blue Coyote” in Hollywood; Deb Eckerling’s writers’ support in Santa
Monica; the Alternative Screenwriting at Beyond Baroque in Venice; the former
Independent Feature Project/West; Film Artists Network; and others.
• Fluent in Italian, Portuguese, German. Working knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia &
Melayu.
• Works independently in stages of project conceptualization, planning, writing, and
scheduling – no matter the project’s size. Is a team player when it comes to the
“action.”

2. Karl Kaufmann, writer/director -- Bio
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ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE
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At present: Breaks down, schedules, budgets, and just produced and directed 15 trailers and
clips to help marketing following projects:
A feature film by Karl Kaufmann
• A scripted TV show
• A reality show
• Various feature length literary projects he owns –
in Autostereo 3D.
2004-2008: Wrote and developed Mystica, a TV series with
worldwide multi-window distribution potential, in 3D.
2001-2003: Made Mindnapper, his third feature (premiered in
Fort Myers Beach Film Festival in Florida).
Created, developed, and shot together with his Indian film
partner Pritam Nath the TV pilot The Parents Issue.
2000: Completed his second feature Angel With An Attitude, which aired in TV stations from
Philadelphia to New Zealand. Please check on the IMDb or on FilmFestivalsPro.
(More on: www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=FicheFilmus&CfgPath=ffs/filmweb&id=1809)
1999: Interrupted his work in the movies to take care and run inherited company and institution.
1998: Wrote, developed, and shot his second feature Angel With An Attitude.
1996-1997: Searched for and wrote a no. of feature projects for further development.
1994-1995: Co-wrote the feature projects Secret Of The Beam with Barry Lynes, and Pioneer Kids
with Jack Fitzgerald, WGA, SAG, both projects dealing with his research done during:
1990-1993, especially in Brazil and Europe. Research subjects include geopathogenic areas,
intrinsic data field analysis, the EPR Paradox, vibrational telecommunication; witnessed
spontaneous recovery from irreversible brain tumors and other conditions. Interviewed patients
on camera, analyzing how their immune system was triggered and their full recovery achieved
subtly after all else failed. This work constitutes the basis for one of his current TV projects.
1988-1989: Wrote and directed his first feature film Sintonia in Rome, Italy. Wrote and prepared
more projects.
1986-1987: Wrote his first feature Vengeance Symphony, and translated scripts.
Earlier: Made his first multi-award winning shorts in Super 8 and 16 mm. from age 15 on.