Myrl A. Schreibman, an award-winning writer, producer and director who is also an adjunct professor in the UCLA Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media has written a groundbreaking new book, "The Film Director Prepares: A Practical Guide to Directing Film and Television" (Lone Eagle, 2006).

"Every director, no matter what the level of experience, will get something fresh from this thorough, nicely written text," says writer, director and UCLA professor A.P. Gonzalez.

"The Film Director Prepares" stands apart from most of the books on the subject already published. Firmly rooted in Schreibman's own professional experience, it offers practical insights using real-life examples, guiding the reader through the entire production process, from script analysis to post production. Topics include working with actors, using the camera to tell a story, setting mood, maintaining performance levels and directing for different mediums.

According to actor and Cable Ace Award-winning director Philip Charles MacKenzie ("Roseanne," "Frasier"), "Myrl Schreibman makes a giant leap forward in the world of 'how to' books for directors. . He gently reminds us that the 'business' and the 'art' are inextricably linked and that knowledge can only help the visionary director get his projects made."

As Schreibman explains, "`The Film Director Prepares' is fashioned from my many years of working in the business and as an educator at UCLA." He said it is intended to be not only comprehensive but also practical and interactive. Enclosed with the book is a CD-ROM disk with a demonstration version of the storyboard software program FrameForge 3D Studio that previews all the storyboard examples illustrated in the book.
Schreibman's credits include the feature films "Hunter's Blood" and "The Clonus Horror" (Saturn Award) and television productions such as the highly successful "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything" (Saturn Award) - which pioneered the use of high definition video in special effects sequencers - "Chicago in Concert," "Tony Bennett With Love" and "The Mickey Finn Show." His career extends to the concert stage, where he worked with Gladys Knight, Three Dog Night and Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. Schreibman has also been involved with the Broadway productions of "On the Waterfront" and directed "The Ice Show" at the Palace Theater. He won awards for his direction of theater productions in Los Angeles. He is the author of "Indie Producers Handbook: Creative Producing From A to Z" (Lone Eagle, 2001). He maintains a Web site at www.indieproducing.com.

The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is one of the premiere programs in the field, offering a multi-disciplined, comprehensive approach to animation, film, television and new media. Each year, an elite group of students are selected from thousands of applicants. Student projects have won top awards at practically every prestigious film festival in the world, including Cannes, Sundance and Berlin. UCLA has produced such notable filmmakers as Allison Anders, Charles Burnett, Alex Cox, Moctesuma Esparza, Francis Ford Coppola, Colin Higgins, Gregory Nava, Alexander Payne, Gina Prince-Bythwood, Tim Robbins, Paul Schrader and Penelope Spheeris.

UCLA is California's largest university. It enrolls approximately 38,000 students per year and offers degrees from the UCLA College of Letters and Science and 11 professional schools in dozens of varied disciplines. For every $1 state taxpayers invest in UCLA, the university generates almost $9 in economic activity, resulting in an annual $6-billion economic impact on the Greater Los Angeles region. The university's health care network treats 450,000 patients per year. UCLA employs more than 27,000 faculty and staff, has more than 321,000 living alumni and has been home to five Nobel Prize recipients.

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