The Director

C H R I S T I A N E    C O V I N G T O N
(C C C)
lightclair@earthlink.net

Script Supervisor
Check credits on: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1129764/

2006, FOOD FIGHT! Animation Motion-Capture feature
Threshold Animation Entertainment
Written and Directed by: Lawrence Kasanoff

2005, WALK THE TALK feature
Written and Directed by: Mathew Allen
Starring Cary Elwes, Ileana Douglas

2005, LIGHT YEARS AWAY / WORLDS APART feature
Written and Directed by: Bryan Michael Stoller
Starring Eric Roberts, Christopher Knight

2005, CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN feature
Directed by: Hans Canosa
Starring Helena Bonham-Carter, Aaron Eckhart

2005, THE VISITATION feature
Written and Directed by: Robby Henson
Starring Martin Donovan, Kelly Lynch, Randy Travis

2003, A CHRISTMAS TOO MANY feature
Christmas Too Many Productions, Inc.
Written and Directed by Stephen Wallis
Starring Mickey Rooney

2003, HOW DID IT FEEL? feature
Blue Unicorn Films
Written and Directed by Daniel Faraldo
Starring Natasha Wagner, Blair Underwood

2003, S I X feature
Majestic Pro ductions
Directed by Kevin Downes
Starring Stephen Baldwin

2003, MY GARDENER feature
CinemaWorks Productions
Written and Directed by Iren Koster

2003, CLIPPING ADAM feature
Flying Time Productions
Written and Directed by Michael Alan Picchiottino
Starring Louise Fletcher and Kevin Sorbo

2002, THE GRAND INQUISITOR
Flying Hat Productions
Directed by Welton Jones, III and Mark Stephan

2002, OUTTA TIME feature
Filmstar Productions
Directed by Lorena David
Starring Mario Lopez

2001, THE GATEKEEPER feature
Gatekeeper Productions
Directed by John Carlos Frey
Award - Santa Barbara Film Festival

2001, REMEMBER ME corporate training film
Produced by Dakota Group and CRM Learning.
Directed by Cindy Erdman

2001, THE HEALER'S SON feature
Directed by Paula Patterson-Day

2000, THE MIRACLE OF EL MILAGRO
Directed by Michael Escher
Award - Palm Springs Film Festival

1999, THE KING'S GUARD feature
Directed by Jonathan Tydor
Starring Eric Roberts

1999, INCARNATIONS
January 1999 @ AFI, Cycle Project
Directed by Jonathan Ari Yudis

1998, CLICK THREE TIMES
Writer/Director Victoria Sampson has been nominated for  several Oscars in Sound Editing, including "The Rose,"
"On Golden Pond,"  "The Fifth Element."

1998, THE  WATER GHOST
American Film Institute film
Directed by Elizabeth Sung (recipient of the CINE Eagle Award)

1996, BAILEY KIPPER'S  P.O.V.  / "WE HAVE RULES"
M.T.M. ENTERPRISES, INC.,  Studio City
Written and Produced by Mark Waxman
Directed by Hank Polonsky
A pilot for a children's drama/comedy using 50% special/digital FX

    "Christiane's script notes were the most accurate and legible I've seen…was a positive presence on my set.”

    “She has a very conscientious and practical approach…. meticulous, always thinking ahead… a pleasure to work with."

    "…always concentrated and quiet on set -- her notes are exhaustive and precise.. …asks the right  questions at the right times."

Certification

A.F.I. Script Supervision Certification Course
Trained with Nancy Friedman, script supervisor on more than 100 feature films, movies-of-the-week, television series, documentaries, and over 200 commercials.
All techniques of timing, recordkeeping, screen direction, continuity and breakdowns.

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DIRECTING CREDITS
FILM/VIDEO and THEATRE



2006.  THE FREEDOM CAFE
Screenplay Reading.
Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA.

2005.  MIDSUMMER AT THE MORGAN
Screenplay Reading.
First Stage, Hollywood, CA.

2003.  ABSENCE OF FEAR
Screenplay Reading.
Improv Olympic West Theatre, Hollywood, CA. 

 2002.  THE VOICES OF OUR YOUTH, Legacy Productions.
@ San Diego Actors Alliance One-Act Festival, St. Cecelia's Playhouse.
A 20-minute one-act exploring the voices of youth who experience the pain of their parents' divorce.

 2001.  LEGACIES; VOICES OF WOMEN AND MEN, by Jim Ellis.
A 30-minute romantic comedy filmed in nine locations of San Diego. 
Cinematography by Howard Wexler.

 2000.  THE ONE STOP GEOMETRY SHOP, by Maureen McGuigan.  Sponsored by The Muse Theatre Play Festival 2000 @ The Jack Dodge Theatre, downtown in the GasLamp District, San Diego.

 1999.  THE WHITE LIGHT POLE WAS FREE, by Jim Ellis.
A 55 minute one-act play @ The Experimental Theatre, San Diego.

1998.  MIDSUMMER AT THE MORGAN, Reader's Theatre presentation with a live cast of 25 actors @ The American Film Institute's Mark Goodson Theatre, Hollywood. 
A 5-minute VHS excerpt demo is available.

 1994.  READ MY LIPS, by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Music Video, Los Angeles.

1991-1994. IN THEIR OWN WORDS; A PORTRAIT OF THE HOMELESS,
A 60-minute documentary. Cross-cut interviews  of ten homeless people (60 Minutes-style)  discussing their backgrounds, drugs, alcoholism, police, society and life on the street, Santa Monica.  Circulated by The Hunger Project, Westside and Santa Monica's City Council.

1990.  GETTIN' UP THERE, Santa Monica City TV segment broadcast over six months.   Charles Younga (a 76-year-old  yodeler) performs on talent night, and then tells of his background as a coal-miner in Virginia.  Produced by Santa Monica City TV.

1989.  TRUE WEST, by Sam Shepard.
The Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Santa Monica.

1988.  KEY EXCHANGE,  by Kevin Wade.
The Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Santa Monica.
MWT Board votes Christiane into "Lifetime Stable of Approved Directors."

1987.  LAUNDREY AND BOURBON,  by James McLure.
The Morgan-Wixon Theatre, Santa Monica.

1985.  BETTER TO HAVE LOST, UCLA Graduate Film Studies "Project One.", Director/Writer/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor.

1981.  THE FINAL BOW, by Christiane Covington.
The Marquis Theatre, San Diego..
Rreviewed favorably in San Diego Magazine.

1980.  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, by Christiane Covington.
San Diego State University's Experimental Theatre.

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Education

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
, 1994-1996
M.F.A. in SCREENWRITING

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 1982-1985
Graduate Film Studies in Film Production and Screenwriting
Managing Editor of the UCLA Writers' Block 1984-1985

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
B.A. in DRAMA, 1980. Minor in Telecommunications and Film
Awarded Skull and Dagger Awards for original one-act writing and directing

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Christiane Covington


Screenplays Written

THE FREEDOM CAFE
The Freedom Cafe’s Open-Mic Talent Night is a modular mouthpiece for timely issues.  An up and coming singer/songwriter finds love while trying to save the Cafe.
“The Freedom Cafe” won second place in the Film Industry Network’s 2006 Screenplay Competition.
Genre: Romantic Comedy Drama

MIDSUMMER AT THE MORGAN
In and around the rehearsal process during a community theatre's staging of Shakespeare's comedy "Midsummer Night's Dream," a love triangle develops within the cast.  Similar elements to that of FAME and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.
Genre: Romantic Comedy Drama
 
THE DOLPHIN GIRL
When seventeen-year old Sherlock Daniels discovers a beached dolphin, her intuitive powers lead her to its mother at a local oceanarium.  When hired as a dolphin trainer, she learns the behind-the-scenes dolphin training techniques. The writer (CCC) was the first woman dolphin trainer at SeaWorld, San Diego. 
Genre:  Coming-of-Age Drama.

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