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Diana... writer

Live Every Day Passionately

About Me

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WATCHED OUR FILM ON SPIELBERG'S "ON THE LOT!"

Watch the film here!

"Flash Pants"

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Click here: myspace.com/flashpantsthemovieDad's Cafe Wins Two Awards!

"Audience Favorite" & "Spirit of Sacramento"

Thank you to all the cast and crew who participated, along with Director Frank Casanova and Assistant Director Ray Dussault

I am a writer living in Sacramento, California. I write for TV and film and ghostwrite other projects including novels, op-ed pieces and more. I can do all kinds of writing and editing for you -- just ask!

My first film, Dad's Cafe, premiered at The Crest Theatre Oct. 1, 2006. Click on the Dad's icon in my Friends list to see more about the film, including cast photos and all. I've teamed up with some great filmmaking friends and we did four other films this year, including Flash Pants, posted here.

I'm also half of a team writing for television and film and I've been helping with some casting and production on other movies. We just sold a script to Lionsgate and are close to signing another deal with Fox.I have three full length films I co-wrote in post- or pre-production. Thank you everyone for all the opportunities!

I love writing. I love telling stories.

My own first novel will be set in Italy. If you like the writing styles of Isabel Allende, Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Gaines, Amy Tan, Rudolfo Anaya and Dan Brown, you might enjoy being on my reader list. Just drop me a line. I'd love to add you. It's on hold at the moment because of all this screenwriting and film work, but I'll get back to it someday soon.


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My Interests

VOTE FOR OUR LATEST MOVIE HERE:Flash Pants, Starring Galen Howard

Screenwriting, filmmaking, writing fiction, cooking for friends, competitive tennis, playing piano, mole sauce, Macs over PCs, midnight walks, red wine, Boxsters, candlelight, live music, just lying around, new restaurants, anything spicy, the color red, Roget's, staying up late, chekhov, eBay, kissing on train tracks, moscato, mood lights... more.

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Wish List: A smaller Midtown apartment. Better tennis volleys. World peace.

Thankful for: Elena. Jessa. My Parents. Creativity. Health. Imagination. Laughter. A kind heart. Dreams. Donovan. Music. My serve. People who smile a lot. Everyone giving me writing work.

When I'm not writing or writing or writing, I play hard. WANNA PLAY???


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I came across this is Florence, Italy. Pretty wild for a native Cali girl!



I'd like to meet:

New friends and old friends. Musicians. Writers. Screenwriters. Filmmakers. Interesting people who live life passionately. No couch potatoes.

Who I don't want to meet: Mean people. I hate sarcasm.


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Music:

Local -- The F-Bombs, Larisa Bryski, Nu-Clear, Karate High School, The Secretions, Honeyspot, Jackie Greene, Gnosis, Headrush, Looking Star, Shortie, Fall From Grace, Self Against City, UVR, Paredim Shift and many more.


National/International -- Los Lonely Boys, No Doubt, Evanescence, John Mayer, Dashboard Confessional, K's Choice, Nickelback, Christina Aquilera, Aerosmith, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ramones, Five for Fighting, Marvin Gaye, Creed, Alessandro Safina, Tsunami Bomb, Vanessa Carlton's piano playing, Phantom Planet, Alicia Keys, Louie Armstrong, Kelly Clarkson, Switchfoot, Jet, Jaci Velasquez, some of Maroon 5, Three Doors Door, The Dixie Chicks, Heart, all the old Motown artists, Santana, Queen, Aretha Franklin, Martina McBride, Avril Lavigne, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Brian McKnight, Pink, Carole King (for songwriting) Jackson Browne and more.

Movies:

To Kill a Mockinbird, The Shawshank Redemption, Big Night, Million Dollar Baby, Amelie, Room 335, The Mothman Prophecies, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, An Inconvenient Truth, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress, Levity, Chocolat, Falling Down, Like Water for Chocolate, Kinky Boots, Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Dead Poets Society, The Birds, Beetlejuice, The Sixth Sense, Ferris Bueller, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, Finding Forrester, Moulin Rouge, The Breakfast Club, Shakespeare in Love, The Saint. ...(big breath) I'm just getting warmed up here.


Speed, Spider-Man, Mission Impossible, E.T (in its day), It's a Wonderful Life, Witness, White Christmas, Misery, all the Dirty Harry movies, Pretty Woman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Girl Interrupted, Stand by Me, Radio Flyers, That Thing You Do, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, well, you get the idea.

Television:

The Office. Whose Line Is It Anyway? 24. Coming soon: Nite Tales.

Books:

All books. But especially To Kill a Mockingbird, Bless Me Ultima, The Handmaid's Tale, Simple Prayers, The Good Earth, The Bean Trees, A Lesson Before Dying, Like Water for Chocolate, Winter, The Honk & Holler Opening Soon, Eva Luna, The Joy Luck Club, Rain of Gold, Bel Canto, Crazy in Alabama, Talk Before Sleep, Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, The Pearl, Empire Falls, Tender at the Bone, Angela's Ashes, Yellow Raft on Blue Water, Time and Again, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Woman Hollering Creek and more and ...
In the juvenile fiction category, Charlotte's Web (c'mon, you all cried when Charlotte died), Tuck Everlashing, Little Women (but Laurie belonged with Jo), The Little Princess, all the Harry Potter books, and, gosh, I'm rambling. Need a great read? Check out my library. Come on over.

Heroes:

You know who you are.

My Blog

Writers, actors, filmmakers.... Everyone check in here!

I've had a busy couple of months and have sorta lost touch with some of you so please check in and tell what you're up to! I'd love to hear about it. I've done two full lengths for hire in the past fo...
Posted by Diana... writer on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

LOST MY CELL!

Friends, real friends... Please send me your phone numbers. I lost my phone and I'm lost without you! Pleeeezze.
Posted by Diana... writer on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:33:00 PST

Writing, filming, writing

Busy year writing/producing/directing. Four shorts in nine months. A year ago, who woulda known? For the next two weeks, I'm writing a feature script for Lionsgate. It's not a done deal yet, but they...
Posted by Diana... writer on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:45:00 PST

New Film in Production Now

Our team has a new film in production and a TV pilot I worked on, Hook 'Em and Cook 'Em, is now in production. Our upcoming team project is for the 48 Hour Film Project and we have a great cast and cr...
Posted by Diana... writer on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:16:00 PST

Filming Going Great

We are more than halfway through filming on Flash Pants, a fun new short for Steven Spielberg's ON THE LOT competition. Find the film's icon in my Top Friends and click on it to learn more. MY SPACE F...
Posted by Diana... writer on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:33:00 PST

AUDITIONS

AUDITIONS for Jane and Darcy for my new film are TONIGHT in downtown Sacramento. For details, msg me. I will call you back.
Posted by Diana... writer on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:15:00 PST

Cast Call and Makeup Artist

I am casting for two new shorts. The films are not yet titled, but here are some of the roles. All filming will be done in one or two days with one cast bonding rehearsal in advance. For a Steven Spie...
Posted by Diana... writer on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:21:00 PST

Filming

This was a busy week for filming. I AD'd on Kris Adams' new film, Dine 'n' Dash, on Friday and Saturday and learned soooo much from DP Jeff McPhee, who put me to work setting up lights and cutting ge...
Posted by Diana... writer on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:44:00 PST

MY SISTER

I have the most awesome sister, ever. She supports me and looks up to me no matter what, but the truth is, she is an awesome person in her own right. When we both get old -- I mean really, really old...
Posted by Diana... writer on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:44:00 PST

Singles

... no, not those kind of singles. Tennis singles. I just want my friends to know I'm undefeated in singles this season -- yea! Yeah, I'm braggin'. *smile
Posted by Diana... writer on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:41:00 PST