Motion Picture & Television Production
Producer / Production Manager / Assistant Director
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BRUCE A. SIMON
AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA
(818) 414-1795
E-Mail: bsimon47@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
Zoey 101First 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)
Last Updated August,2005 by Bruce A. Simon
