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Writer-Director-Producer

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Yvonne Farrow
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	JOURNALISM
LA Third Church Intl' Family Film Festival Intercut Magazine	Writer/Editor Licensing Renewal Manual Press Relations Writer/Editor Editor/Writer		2010 2009 2008
	GRANTS
I'd Rather Be Dancing	Short screened at national and international film festivals Nominated Best Short, PAFF & Best of the Best, FESPACO; won Best Actress ATHFF; aired on BET and WGHB Public TV Won ABC Entertainment’s Talent Development Scholarship/Grant to produce, write and direct this short film; Organization of Black Screenwriters, fiscal sponsor; download e-press kit wwwtwinbizcom		2006
(29:59)			2005
			2003 2004
	PILOTS
The Y Factor Vanilla Bean	Produced a staged reading for the C Bernard Jackson Reader's Theatre Wrote original one hour dramatic television pilot Wrote, produced and showcased at the HBO Workspace		2002 2001 1999
	STAGE & TELEPLAYS
What Would Jesus Do?	Nominated "Best Producer" 18th annual NAACP Theatre Awards Co-Producer/Celebrity Guest, National Black Theater Festival Produced World Premiere, Hollywood Court Theater, “A must-see!” Our Weekly		2008 2007 2006
Autobiography of a Homegirl	Associate produced with writer-director Yvette Heyliger, through Twinbiz™, at several theatrical venues Exec produced at Hollywood Court Theatre; Chosen "Best of the Weekend" LA Times; Won grant from the Dept of Cultural Affairs; Additional funding Bill Cosby		2003- 1996
Oreo	Wrote and directed a 10-minute teleplay in an Act/Write Lab under the supervision of producer Rob Dames		1992
Movements	Adapted stage play for live radio broadcast at LA Theater Works, The Play’s The Thing Radio Theater Series Aired on KCRW 899 FM Won Third Place in the Inner City Cultural Center Act II Short Play Competition		1991
L’Esprit Dance for Me	Finalist at the American College Theater Festival through the University District of Columbia and produced at Howard University		1980 1981
	SHORT FILMS
The Eclipse	Wrote		2003
Movements (9:58)	Aired on the African American Filmmaker's Show Wrote, directed, choreographed and edited on 16mm Produced at the New York Film Academy held at UCLA Nominated Best Short Film, Pan African Film Festival Won Second Place, Black Filmmaker Hall of Fame		2003 1998 1999
The Break-Up (1:58)	Wrote/Produced/Directed/Edited at NYFA Screened at Women of Color & Reel Alternative Film Salon in NYC		1998 1999
Vanilla Bean (13:30)	Wrote/Produced/Directed video; Exec Prod, Gregory Hines		1998
	EDUCATION
UCLA Writers Program	Selected for Advanced Television Episodic Workshop Won scholarship from Black Filmmaker Foundation		2003 1994
New York Film Academy	Won scholarship from The Career Transition for Dancers		1998
New York University	Received Bachelor of Arts Degree		1983
Duke Ellington High School of the Arts	Dance Major		1977
	MEMBERSHIPS
	Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Actors Equity Association Film Independent	Stage Directors & Choreographers Society American Choral Directors Association National Association of Negro Musicians Chorus America