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 MADELINE DIMAGGIO Writer/producer Currently at Honest Engine Films, DiMaggio produced Surviving Eden, starring Peter Dinklage, Jane Lynch, Sheri Oteri, and Michael Payne (release 06) and the documentaries Stir It Up (release 06) and Humble Beauty (release September 11, 2008 info@humblebeauty.com). She has worked as a creative consultant and story editor to Paramount Studios and has written over 40 hours of produced film in: prime-time sitcoms, one hour dramas, TV pilots, soaps, animation, and feature films. She co-wrote the M.O.W. Alibi, starring Tori Spelling, and the feature film If the Shoe Fits starring Rob Lowe and Jennifer Grey. Her book to film feature, Catherine Called Birdy, with co-writer Pamela Wallace (Witness) was developed and sold to Ben Myron Productions, and the screenplay Murder with Privilege, a true crime, to Showtime.  DiMaggio currently has 5 scripts under option. Her books include How to Write for Television for Simon and Schuster, the second edition will be released December 9th, 2008, and The Everything Screenwriting Book for Adams Media. She presents workshops throughout the US and Europe. In 2006 and 2007 she was hired by MediaCorp in Singapore to teach TV and film writing to “in house” professional television writers. DiMaggio was voted the Members Choice Award for Best Screenwriting Seminar and Script Consultant by the National Screenwriters Forum.
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Feature
Films
| "Surviving Eden" |
Producer |
| If
The Shoe Fits |
(co-writer,
Pamela Wallace) |
| US
release: Stroke of Midnight |
Starring:
Rob Lowe / Jennifer Grey |
Canal Plus |
| Alibi" |
Starring:
Tori Spelling |
ABC |
 Television
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| The Emperors
New Clothes |
Disney Animation |
| Santa
Barbara (3 episodes) |
Warner Brothers |
| 13 East |
Manual Labor |
| Bob Newhart |
A Day in The Life |
| Hart To Hart |
With These Harts I Thee Wed |
| Threes Company |
Coffee Tea or Jack |
| Weve Got Each Other |
Oil Spill |
| Weve Got Each Other |
Space Odyssey |
| Fantasy Island |
Night Of The Tormented Soul |
| Fantasy Island |
Flashback |
| "Starsky and Hutch |
The Heroes |
| Tony Randall Show |
Franklin vs. Carr
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| Having Babies |
Lost Summer |
| Eight is Enough |
Poor Little Rich
Girl |
| Kojak |
Death
is Driving You Home |
| Switch |
Formula For Murder |
Pilots
/ Movies of the Week
| The Day The Women Got
Even |
MOW, NBC |
Paul Kline |
| Lacy And The Mississippi
Queen |
MOW (backdoor pilot) |
Lawrence Gordon |
| Mo Alistar |
MOW, Paramount |
Lawrence Gordon |
| Life Swap |
MOW, MGM |
Dan Curtis |
| The Great American
Beauty Pageant |
MOW, Warners |
Harve Bennett |
| Post Office" |
1/2 Hr. sitcom pilot,
NBC |
Herb Kenwith |
| "Common Ground |
1/2 Hr. sitcom pilot,
NBC |
Herb Kenwith |
| In The Middle |
I Hr. pilot, NBC |
Bob Singer/Dan Blatt
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Publishing / Documentaries/Newsbriefs
| How To Write For Television |
Simon and
Shuster/Prentice Hall Press |
| Writers Digest |
Writing
Correct Screenplay Format |
| Monterey Today |
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| The Many Lives ofDoctor
Robert Keller |
Television
Talk Spots with Dr. Robert Keller KMST Television |
| Heartstop(Documentary) |
Clint Eastwood,
Michael Landon, Debbie Reynolds |
Media Medicine |
Ms. DiMaggio presents
workshops and teaches writers throughout the US and Europe. She was voted
the Members Choice Award for Best Screenwriting Seminar and Best Script
Consultant by the National Screenwriters Forum.
Teaching
History
- Pacific Grove
High School
- Monterey Community
College
- University of
California, Santa Cruz
- San Francisco
State University
- California State
University, Long Beach
- CSU, Fresno CSU,
Los Angeles
- CSU, Northridge
- CSU, Bakersfield
- CSU, Sacramento
- University Of
Hawaii
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- Foothill College
- State University
College at New Platz, NY
- University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque
- University of
Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of
Wisconsin,Madison
- University of
Wisconsin
- Eau Clair, University
of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Oregon State University,
Ashland
- The Pilot Program,
Barcelona,Spain
- MTV Helsinki,
Finland.
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Partial
List of speaking engagements and seminars
- National Writers:
Denver, NewYork, Seattle, Portland, Dallas
- Toronto International
Film Festival
- Hawaii International
Film Festival
- Hawaii Film Commission
- Monterey Film
Comission
- San Diego Writers
Conference
- Selling to Hollywood
Conference
- Sacramento Writers
Club
- Sierra Writing
Camp
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- Romance Writers
of America
- League of American
Pen Women
- California Writers
Club
- Austin Writers
League
- Willamette Writers
- Southwestern Writers
- Pacific Coast
Center For Creative Living.
- The Learning Annex,
San Francisco
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Education
/ Training / Previous Work History
Associate
of Arts, Theater Pierce College
Bachelor of Arts, Drama California State University, Northridge
Acting, Jeff Corey,
Lilyan Chauvin, and Lee Strasberg
Performed for The Windmill
Theater Summer Stock Company / and various dinner houses throughout
the US
Music, California
State University Symphony
(Musician) The Richard
St Charles Show
(Musician/Singer/Dancer)
Audi Hickman Show |
Email