(818) 922-5998 - (Cell) Nick Abdo [email protected] Producer / Writer / Director
• Forty-year veteran in Motion Pictures, Television and New Media. • Proven leadership abilities in the creation of top-quality entertainment and educational media. • Trouble shooting expertise, excellent budget analysis and development, and complete project supervision.
Creative SKILLS • Pre-Production: Script analysis, Budgeting, Business Plans, Casting, and Direction Visionary. • Production: Conceptualization of sight and sound, direction of actors, execution and supervision of live action and animation. • Postproduction: Known mostly for Post Production talents - supervise and execute editing, visual effects, and sound design.
Feature Films Various(Current Staff) Film Analyst CA Film Office Hard Candy Christmas Writer Winner Best Screenplay 2018 Nashville Film Festival Confessions of A Horny Teenager Producer / Writer Turnaround The Weekend Film Consultant Independent Village Bride of Beverly Hills Film Consultant Independent Young Forever Film Consultant Independent The Last House on the Left Post Production Producer Rogue The Redeemer Line Producer Redeemer LLC Arigo Line Producer Independent Trapped Ashes (uncredited) Line Producer (L.A.) Trapped Ashes Just My Luck Post Consultant New Regency Sueño Post Consultant El Camino Pictures Badder Santa Post Supervisor Dimension Films The New Age Production Executive The Bond Company Exit To Eden Executive Producer Savoy Pictures Frankie & Johnny Co-Producer Paramount Pretty Woman Consultant Touchstone Pictures Beaches Co-Producer Touchstone Pictures Overboard Associate Producer MGM Nothing In Common Associate Producer Tri-Star Pictures The Flamingo Kid Associate Producer ABC Motion Pictures Young Doctors In Love Associate Producer ABC Motion Pictures
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Television Schooled Story Consultant August Sun Prods. The Erogenous Zone Writer, Director Independent Dreamkeeper Post Producer Hallmark Entertainment A Place Apart Line Producer The Tyee Group Punky Brewster Director Columbia TV Cat Walk Production Supervisor Bob Cooper Prods. Nothing In Common Director Tri-Star TV Julie Brown: The Show Line Producer CBS/Castle Rock The New Leave It To Beaver Executive Producer / Universal TV Director Still The Beaver (M.O.W.) Producer Universal TV Littleshots Director Paramount TV Working Stiffs Producer Paramount Television Brothers & Sisters Director /Producer Paramount Television Blansky’s Beauties Producer Paramount Television Laverne & Shirley Producer Paramount Television Happy Days Producer Paramount Television Walkin’ Walter Associate Producer Paramount Television Wives Associate Producer Paramount Television Dominic’s Dream Associate Producer Paramount Television The Odd Couple Associate Producer Paramount Television
Shorts, Corporate, Commercials, Interactive Media Camera Assessment Series Producer / Post Producer Industry Research Shorts Producers’ Guild American Girls Dress Designer Executive Producer Interactive CD Mattel Media Your Notebook Producer / Director Interactive CD Mattel Media Barbie’s Tattoo Designer Producer / Director Interactive CD Mattel Media Hot Wheels Tattoo Designer Producer / Director Interactive CD Mattel Media Traxion Line Producer Commercials Adidas International US Web Producer/ Director Corporate Video Eagle River Interactive Connie & Bonnie’s Birthday Producer / Director Interactive CD Active Arts Blastoff The Lottery Producer Studio Tour Film Walt Disney Pictures
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Kudos • Best Music Inspired Screenplay Winner – 2018 Nashville Film Festival – Hard Candy Christmas • Film Festivals: Cinema City International Film Festival, Asheville Film Festival, Elgin Film Festival – The Erogenous Zone • Best Short Nomination, Elgin Film Festival – The Erogenous Zone • Winner of the 1998 Seattle/ITVA Emerald City Gold Award of Excellence for Interactive Multimedia – Connie & Bonnie’s BirthDay Blastoff
Links • www.nabdo.com • www.independentfilmconsultants.com • www.imdb.me/nickabdo
Affiliations • Producers Guild Of America • Directors Guild of America • Screen Actors Guild
Education • University Of Southern California, Post Graduate in Film Department • Cal State University, Los Angeles, BA in Speech Communications and Drama
References available on request