Motion Picture & Television Production
Producer / Production Manager / Assistant Director
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BRUCE A. SIMON
AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA
(818) 414-1795
E-Mail: bas@crew-list.net 
BACKGROUND
Planning, budgeting, scheduling, and implementation in Media. Experienced in Live Television, Video Tape, and all Commercial, Feature, and Television Film formats. Computer Software Inc'l, Movie Magic Budgeting & Scheduling. CGI & 3D Computer Animation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Least Among SaintsFirst Assistant Director. Papazian/ Hirsch Productions
Feature Film. L.A. Martin Papazian - Director
Bouncers
First Assistant Director. Fox/Spike TV
Pilot. L.A. Todd Harthan - Director
Fired Up
First Assistant Director. Sony/Screengems
Feature Film. L.A. (Prep Only). Will Gluck - Director
Major Movie Star aka Private Valentine
First Assistant Director. Millennium Films/Nuimage
Feature Film. Shreveport, LA. Steve Minor - Director
The Kill Point
First Assistant Director (2nd Unit). Lionsgate/Spike TV
8 hr. Mini-Series. Pittsburgh, PA. Tim Iacofano - Director
This Christmas
Assistant Director. Sony/Screen Gems
Feature Film. Los Angeles. Preston Whitmore - Director
Zoey 101
First Assistant Director. Nickelodeon
1/2 Hour TV Series. Malibu 2005 - Valencia 2006
Medical Investigation
First Assistant Director. Paramount Pictures Television
Episodic 2nd Unit. Paramount Studios
A Day Without A Mexican
Associate Producer. Where's Jose' Productions
Feature Film. LA / San Diego, CA Locations
Barbra Streisand DualDisk Project
Producer/First Assistant Director. Sony / Filmstyle Productions
Promo Video w/Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb. Sony Studios
Hunter (2003)
Production Manager. Stu Segall Productions
NBC Series. San Diego, CA Locations
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
First Assistant Director. LLP Productions
Hallmark Channel MOW. Lake Havasu, AZ Locations; Sam Pillsbury - Director
Chronicle FKA: News from the Edge
First Assistant Director. Stu Segall Productions
Sci Fi Channel/Syndicated Series. Episodic Television. San Diego Locations
"CSI" Crime Scene Investigation
First Assistant Director. CBS Television Productions
Episodic Television. One Episode. Local Locations
The Tuskegee Airmen
First Assistant Director. HBO Pictures. Feature for Television
Locations in Arkansas; Oklahoma; L.A. Robert Markowitz - Director
1995 DGA Award Nomination - Long Form Television Special
Manhattan, AZ
First Assistant Director. USA Network
USA Pilot. Locations in San Diego; Boris Demast - Director
S-Club Seven - "Back to the 50's"
Production Executive. BBC Television / The Oil Factory
BBC Pilot & Music Video. Local Locations in L.A.; Andy Margetson - Director
Columbo "Murder With Too Many Notes"
First Assistant Director. Studios USA
ABC MOW. Universal Studios; Local Locations in L.A.; Patrick McGoohan - Director>
Twice Upon a Time
First Assistant Director. ABC Productions
Lifetime MOW. Local Locations in L.A.; Thom Eberhardt - Director
Fire Co. 132
First Assistant Director. Twentieth Century Fox
Episodic Television. Local Locations in L.A.
The Last Best Place
First Assistant Director. Walt Disney Television
CBS-TV Pilot. Locations in L.A.; Tejon; Robert Markowitz - Director
Have You Seen My Son
First Assistant Director. MGM-Gross/Weston Productions
2 Hr. CBS-MOW. Los Angeles Unit.; Paul Schneider - Director
Because Mommy Works
First Assistant Director. Newport-Balboa Productions/Warner Brothers
2Hr. NBC-MOW. Locations in L.A. Robert Markowitz - Director
Walker, Texas Ranger
First Assistant Director. Amadea Productions
Episodic Television. Locations in Dallas, TX
Greyhounds
Production Manager. Stu Segall Productions/Cannell Entertainment
2 Hr. CBS Television Pilot. Locations in San Diego, CA
Raven
First Assistant Director. Columbia Pictures Television/Ashley-LupoProductions
Episodic Television. Locations in Hawaii
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
First Assistant Director. Gross-Weston/Cannell Entertainment
NBC-MOW. San Diego Locations. George Kaczender - Director
She Woke Up.
First Assistant Director. ABC Television Productions. ABC-MOW
Santa Barbara/L.A. Locations. Culver Studios Stages. Waris Hussein - Director
Switched at Birth
First Assistant Director. Columbia Pictures Television. NBC 4 Hr. Mini-Series
Columbia/MGM Stages. Local Locations in L.A. Waris Hussein - Director
Dark Avenger 'aka' Phantom
First Assistant Director. Columbia Pictures Television
CBS-TV Pilot.Local locations in L.A. Guy Magar - Director
Bodyguard
First Assistant Director. Weintraub Entertainment
NBC-TV Pilot. (re-shoot). Local locations in L.A. Peter Levin - Director
Tinman
First Assistant Director. Weintraub Entertainment. ABC-TV Pilot
Local locations in L.A. Karen Arthur - Director
Star Trek : The Next Generation
U.P.M. / First Assistant Director. Paramount Pictures Television
Episodic for Syndication. Paramount Stages
The Highwayman
First Assistant Director. Glen Larson/20th Century-Fox TV Pilot
Fox Stages & Local Locations. Douglas Heyes Sr. -Director
The New Mike Hammer
First Assistant Director. Columbia Pictures Television
Episodic Television. TBS Stages, Backlot, Local Locations
Stingray
First Assistant Director. Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Episodic Television. One Episode/Splinter Unit
Hunter
First Assistant Director. Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Episodic Television. Local Stage and Locations in L.A.
Night Shadows AKA Mutant
First Assistant Director. Laurelwood Productions
Feature, Filmed on Location in Atlanta, Georgia
Just Before Dawn
First Assistant Director. Oakland Productions
Feature, Filmed on Location in Salem, Oregon
T. J. Hooker
Second A.D./2nd Unit First A.D. Columbia Pictures Television
Episodic Television. TBS Stages, Backlot, & Local locations
Hollywood Beat
Second A.D./2nd Unit First A.D. Aaron Spelling Productions
Television Pilot. Local Locations
The Pink Panther
Second A.D. MGM/UA (Christopher Morgan Co). Television Pilot
Local locations in L.A./Culver Studios Stages. Gary Nelson - Director
The Fitzgeralds & The Kennedy's
Assistant Director. Edger Scherick/Orion. 6 Hr. Mini-Series
Locations in Mass/Rhode Island/L.A. Lamont Johnson - Director
Infidelity
Assistant Director. ABC Circle Films
2Hr. Television Movie. Local Locations in L.A.
Mc Gyver (Pilot)
Second Assistant Director. Paramount Pictures Television
TV Pilot. Opening sequence. Location in Moab, Utah
Vega$
Second Assistant Director. Aaron Spelling Productions
Episodic Television. Filmed on Location in Las Vegas, Nevada
San Francisco Cop Killer
Second Assistant Director. Aaron Spelling Productions
Television Pilot. Filmed on Location in San Francisco/L.A./Las Vegas
The Oxnard Expo
Director of Special Events. Produced Concert Series in Association with the Oxnard Chamber Of Commerce. Artists incl: Nicolette Larson, Doug Kershaw, Fred Willard, John Lee Hooker, Jesse Colin Young, Commander Cody, Los Lobos, & Others.
Santa Maria Inn
Director. Murphy Organization Advertising. :30 sec. Television Commercial
with Denny Miller; Spokesman. Combined Live Action & Computer Animation
United Way P.S.A.
Director. Murphy Organization Advertising
:30 Sec. TV Public Service Announcement; demonstrated the virtues of C.P.R.
End Hunger Televent
Segment Producer & Director; Stage Mgr. NBC Burbank
Live and Taped Entertainment/Telethon
Emmy Awards Shows
Production and Talent Coordinator for two Television Emmy Awards Shows.
Norman Rosemont Productions and Sagen Arts Productions.
Commercial Production
Producer/Assistant Director/Production Manager. 100+ projects.
List of AGENCIES AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES on request.
Actor / Announcer (List Available upon Request)
EDUCATION
Los Angeles Valley College - Associate in Arts Degree.General Education. Film Production Emphasis.
California State University, Northridge - Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Radio/TV/Film Major.
GUILDS & UNIONS
Directors Guild of America (Qualified UPM)N.A.B.E.T. Local # 531 (Past Treasurer)
Screen Actors Guild / A.F.T.R.A.
REFERENCES
(List Available upon Request)Member of Crew List - Are YOU on the Crew List?
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