James E. D. Keating

BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS


James Di Fonzo, V.P. All American Artists
James E. D. Keating (pen)
215 925 2341
Brydie84@verizon.net
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My Journey started in this “Thing” at a tender Age of 12 running talent shows out of the back yard of Pete Salvatore’s Liquor Store on the Eastside most Sunday Afternoons. From there it was a long string of auditions in Song & Dance and one special interview: Otto Preminger in Philadelphia at the Age of 17.
A Bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts & Psychology kick-started my professional career in San Francisco under the tutorage of Marguerite Roma and Shakespeare; this led to the title, Artistic Director for The Old World Theatre in Lake Tahoe, Ca. in 1977. I studied film technique at CIA and Lee Strasberg’s Institute along with a meager writing career in Poetry; but achieving Awards which led to producing my first film, “INDIANS” in 1980 Los Angeles.
I began submitting subsequent films and plays that I had scribed to International festivals in the medium of black & white, sepia and in the name of “Art”, releasing my first film both foreign & domestically called “DENIM” in 1990 while continuing to penetrate other markets worldwide under my own company: ALL AMERICAN ARTISTS Motion Pictures reg. in 1980.

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“HALLS OF HAROLD CARVEY” is my latest work. “AN ACT OF ANIMALS”, my latest political screenplay as I continue to gain opportunity as teacher & creative director for film & literature. I presently have published three books:
CINE DIFI, Development of an Auteur/ Non Fiction ISBN 1-4137-7395-8
CINE DIFI’S 7th Street Shorts/Fiction/ ISBN 978-1-4560-0241-1
LE VOYAGEUR! Star Publishers ISBN 978-1-63084-180-5

My films, screenplays, plays and acting archive in IMDB, WGA, Hollywood Creative Directory, The Philadelphia Athenaeum Society 2014 and most recently my employ has been as guest speaker and film curator for festivals worldwide.“There is definitely a role for the arts to play in this society. “If a kid has access to a stage or camera; it is very unlikely that he will pick up a gun.” -Jane Alexander