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JOHN VORHAUS
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PROFILE:                                                                                

Film and Television Writer with 20+ years of industry experience

10+ years as International Creative Consultant
 
Author, Columnist, Guest Speaker, Seminar Leader and Educator 


REPRESENTATIVE WRITING CREDITS, FILM AND TV:

Film:
Extreme Close-Up; Jason X (rewrite); Save Angel Hope 

Hour Drama:
The Sentinel; Viper; The Flash; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 

Situation Comedy:
Married... with Children; Head of the Class; Charles in Charge

REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:

Creator/Producer

Sweden - TV4: Co-creator of Mountain Rescue, 25 x 50 minutes action/drama television series; Consulting Producer on two situation comedies, Patience of an Angel and Heja Björn

Switzerland – Swiss TV: Facilitate development of Citizens' Centre, 12 x 30 minutes filmed comedy-drama

Spain - Zeppelin Television:  Consulting Producer on Fernández y Familia, Europe's first daily situation comedy; conceived and implemented story and script development systems

Nicaragua - Puntos de Encuentro:  Creator and Associate Producer of Sexto Sentido, Nicaragua’s first original TV drama; recruited and trained writing staff; developed and wrote first season stories

Consultant

Norway - National Study Center for Film: Consulted on long- and short-form film comedies and television situation comedies; teacher and trainer for NRK, the national television network

Australia -The Seven Network:  Developed comedy programming for Australia’s second largest television network; Executive in Charge of Production for two situation comedies

New Zealand - TV3: Recruited and trained New Zealand’s first generation of situation comedy writers; oversaw development of three situation comedies

Great Britain - Fremantle Media: teacher, trainer and Project Consultant for Fremantle and subsidiary companies Thames TV and Alomo Productions

Germany - Teacher, trainer and Project Consultant to Grundy/UFA, RTL, Sat Eins and other television networks and production companies

Jamaica - Women in Film International and UNESCO: Development workshops on writing short films for television

Belgium - Sitcom creation and development for VRT, the Dutch-language national television broadcaster

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS:
 

Author

The Comic Toolbox: How To Be Funny Even If You’re Not

Creativity Rules! A Writer's Workbook

The Pro Poker Playbook

Killer Poker: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Poker Play

Killer Poker: Crushing the Online Game

The Killer Poker Hold'em Handbook: A Workbook for Winners

Poker Night: Winning at Home, in Casinos, and Beyond

Columnist/Contributing Editor

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Poker World, Card Player, Poker Digest, Casino Player, Written By Magazine

PRESENTATIONS:

Guest Speaker/Featured Lecturer

German Film &Television School, Berlin
Maurits Binger Film Institute, Amsterdam
Mediaset Television, Rome
Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Sydney
BBC, London, Manchester, and Edinburgh
Walt Disney Feature Animation, Burbank and Orlando
Television and Film Institute, Edmonton

Lecture Topics:  Screenwriting, Television Writing, Sketch Comedy, Situation Comedy, Script Editing, Series Development, Story Development, Public Speaking, Serial Drama, Creativity and Creative Problem Solving 

Seminar Sites:  Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Cologne,  Berlin, Zurich, Geneva, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo,  Madrid, Vancouver, Managua, Kingston, Sydney, Auckland and Kuala Lumpur

The Writers Guild Craft Conference – 6-time Featured Presenter

Educator

Adjunct Lecturer, Writing for Television, Northwestern University
Faculty, Writers Program, UCLA Extension
Faculty, American Film Institute
Visiting Lecturer at more than two dozen American and international universities and film institutes

Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing, Carnegie-Mellon University

Member, Writers Guild of America