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P A U L A D i S A N T E  

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT –  HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM

 Jan. 5, 2008  –  Present:  Sr. Public Relations Officer in System Communicationsfor Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan, and editor of  Monitor , theSystem-wide newsletters for more than 23,000 employees.

2008 & 2013:  Editor of News & Views , the business unit newsletter of Henry FordHospital and Health Network. Currently writing articles for this newsletter.

March 2009  –   Sept. 2012:  Editor of the daily e-newsletter The Morning Post   forHenry Ford Health System.

 April 2006 –  December 2007:  Grant writer, Office of Philanthropy, Henry Ford

Health System.

Sept. 2005 –  March 2006:  Freelance grant writer for Henry Ford Health System’sOffice of Philanthropy.

 That’s me in the middle! 

 WEB SER IE S

The Rangers   Staff writer, Web series, currently in development. Kickstartercampaign begins March 1, 2014.  www.facebook.com/therangerswebseries; http://therangers.mymiddleearth.com/. 

SCREENPLAYS

The Lark and the Dove   Low-budget feature screenplay. A man is commandedby his lord to bring back the bride he desires from a neighboring realm. But theman falls in love with his captive, earning his lord’s wrath, and the pair must flee

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for their lives into a darkly dangerous land. An original fantasy screenplay,currently in development.

Terminal Case   Short competition script.*Top Ten Finalist, 2010 Elmore Leonard Literary Arts and Film Festival shortscreenplay competition  , sponsored by The Community House, Birmingham, MI.

Born of Hope  (as “ Alex K. Aldridge” ) For director/producer Kate Madison.  Ascattered people, the descendants of storied sea-kings of the ancient West, struggleto survive in a lonely wilderness as a dark force relentlessly bends its will towardtheir destruction. Yet amidst these valiant, desperate people, hope remains. A royalhouse endures unbroken from father to son. Watch the film here:  

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qINwCRM8acM *Winner, Best Micro-budget Feature, 2010 London Independent Film Festival*Official Selection, 2010 Cannes Independent Film Festival*Official Selection, 2010 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival  

Tab Hunter Confidential   For producers Allan Glaser and Tab Hunter.

 Adapted from Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star  -- theautobiography of Tab Hunter.

The Road Rise Up   A 17th century itinerant harper, blinded by smallpox at ayoung age, becomes Ireland’s most beloved musician. But his fame is darkenedby the deeds of his past--and by the haunting memory of the woman he lovedand lost.

The Road Rise Up: Semi-finalist (twice), Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.  Winner, Silver Award – Biography, Worldfest Houston. Finalist, The Writer’s Arc Fellowship.  Top Ten Finalist, Waterfront Film Festival Competition.Semifinalist, The Kairos Prize. Semifinalist, PAGE International Screenwriting

 Awards. Quarterfinalist, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.Semifinalist, San Diego Film Festival. Finalist, Hollywood SymposiumScreenwriting Contest. Quarterfinalist, Texas Film Institute Competition.

Thor’s Hammer   Norway’s worst epic poet, desperate to save his dad from the clutches of a mad Viking king, journeys to Valhalla seeking the magic war hammerof Thor, God of Thunder, as ransom for his father’s life. 

Thor’s Hammer:  Winner, Fantasy/Science Fiction category, WorldFestHouston. Second Place, Words From Here Competition.  Top Ten Finalist,Pacific Northwest Writers Association Competition. Finalist, America’s BestCompetition. Quarterfinalist, Scriptapalooza Contest.

Eagle of Glen Gyle   For producer Ralph Singleton. Adapted from the historicalbiography Rob Roy MacGregor by Nigel Tranter. Unfortunately scooped bythe MGM/UA film, this screenplay is based upon the real and factual adventuresof Rob Roy MacGregor, one of Scotland’s most colorful and controversialhistorical figures.

Blues in the Night   By Evelyn Keyes and Paula DiSante, for producers AllanGlaser and Tab Hunter. In 1930s Hollywood, a naïve Georgia teenager, sent tolive with relatives after her widowed mother’s untimely death, struggles to pursue

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her dreams of movie stardom while fending off the unwelcome advances of heralcoholic musician uncle. Based on the life of Hollywood Golden Era actressEvelyn Keyes.

Doomsday Book   Adapted from the Hugo Award-winning and Nebula Award- winning novel by Connie Willis. A young Oxford University history student

from the 21st Century time travels back to 14th Century Oxford to complete hersenior thesis, only to find herself trapped in the past in the midst of Europe’sdarkest hour.

The Magic Forest   For producer David Rose at Santa Monica Pictures. Alonely young boy unexpectedly becomes the custodian of a mysterious and magicalforest that is threatened with imminent destruction.

Ski Vacation   By Larry Fleece and Paula DiSante, for producers Allan Glaserand Tab Hunter. The winter vacation of two American college buddies takes a

 wild turn when the pair joins the ski instructor staff at a swanky European resort.

 TEL EV IS IO N PR OJE CT S

Spacial Delivery    Animated series optioned in 1996 by Fox Children’s Network. A wacky UPS-type deep space delivery service is entrusted by the Hero of theGalaxy with the safe delivery of a package, the contents of which are critical to the

 Top Secret Mission to Save the Universe.

 AD DI TIO NA L EX PER IENCE

1989 - Present Los Angeles, California and Southeastern Michigan

Story Analyst and Script Consultant

 Web site: www.betterscreenplays.com  

1980s - Present Los Angeles, California and Southeastern Michigan

Screenwriter, Consultant, Editor, Proofreader, Copywriter, Reviewer, Copyeditor, Interviewer,Illustrator

  Screenwriter.

  Illustrations and critiques for Mythlore  and Mythprint , the journaland the newsletter of The Mythopoeic Society, an internationalliterary society.

  Interviewer for The Mythopoeic Society’s annual literary conference.Interview subjects include:

  Philippa Boyens, screenwriter, The Lord of the Rings  films  Connie Willis, Science Fiction’s most honored author 

  Copyeditor of the following books for Lone Eagle Publishing:

Top Secrets: Screenwriting  by Jurgen Wolff and Kerry Cox

Breaking & Entering: Landing Your First Job in Film Production  by AprilFitzsimmons

  Online database editor for Lone Eagle Publishing’s subscription website

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of film and television credits.

  Set Designer, Grosse Pointe Theatre, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

  Scenic Painter, Grosse Pointe Theatre.

EDUCATION

University of Southern California Los Angeles, CaliforniaSchool of Cinematic Arts (formerly the School of Cinema-Television)Master of Fine Arts, Filmmaking

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MichiganBachelor of Arts, English Literature and History of Art

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS, AND ACTIVITIES

Member, The Mythopoeic Society, since 1984

Member, Grosse Pointe Theatre, since 1982   Awards for achievement in Set Design (three awards); Worker of the Year

nominee; Theatre Historian (two seasons.)

REFERENCES

RALPH SINGLETON Producer (Los Angeles, California)

(310) 476-4788

 ALLAN GLASER  &  TAB HUNTER  Producer and Actor/Producer,

Glaser/Hunter Productions (Montecito, California)

(805) 969-9179

 JOAN V. SINGLETON Producer & Screenwriter (Los Angeles, California)

Former Owner and Publisher, Lone Eagle Publishing;

(310) 476-4788

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 Yes, I really went to the best film school in the world!