D. MICHAEL MARTINDALE
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SCREENPLAYS BY D. MICHAEL
| Alexandra | supernatural |
| Silent Cry | drama |
| Solar Butterfly | science fiction |
| Hit Man | dark comedy |
| Tijuana Road Trip | buddy film |
| Raven's Blade | fantasy |
| Pilatus of the Pontii | historical fiction |
| Accidental Death | thriller |
| General Prophet Joseph Smith | historical musical |
| Pink Car Nation | romantic comedy |
| The Dreamcatcher | supernatural |
| A Face in the Window | horror |
| Geeks & Goblins, Elves & Elliot | modern fantasy |
ABOUT D. MICHAEL MARTINDALE
I've always been a storyteller, even before I knew how to write. I drew comic strips and asked my mother to fill in the dialog balloons. I wrote many stories growing up, culminating in a science fiction novel in high school that I planned and outlined and world-built, but only completed about a third of the writing.As I began high school, the iconic Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey came out. I was awestruck. I went out and purchased a "making of" book and devoured it. This began my dream of becoming a filmmaker, telling my stories through the medium of cinema.
My high school, White Bear Senior High in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, offered exactly one class in filmmaking, so I took it. In that class I filmed a short documentary about a hospital for mentally challenged individuals called "A Look at Cambridge State Hospital." The film was aired on a local television station.
I attended BYU for a while, but didn't complete my degree. Later I enrolled in the Salt Lake Community College film production program. I did it by way of the General Studies A.S. degree that allowed me to take the Film Production classes that were useful to my goals and graduate sooner with the credits I'd already earned at BYU.
Then I enrolled in the University Studies program at Utah Valley University which allowed me to custom design my own program to fit my goals. My studies focused on film production, storytelling, and screenwriting.
I graduated with a Bachelor degree.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES BACHELOR DEGREE
The classes I chose to custom design my program were as follows:DIGITAL MEDIA - CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Digital Motion Pictures Essentials
- Digital Motion Picture Production
- Digital Storytelling Workshop
- Music Licensing & Copyright
- Film Production Analysis
- Script Development
- Script Analysis and Editing
THEATER
- Directing Actors
- Advanced Directing Actors
- Fundamental Acting
- Acting for Film
- Advanced Scriptwriting
COMMUNICATIONS
- Media Ethics
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
- Capstone Project - completing the screenplay Pilatus of the Pontii
RICHARD DUTCHER ACADEMY
Richard Dutcher is a prominent figure in the Rocky Mountain region's independent film community who has written, produced, directed, acted in, and distributed four films, plus two other films he has not distributed. He's also screenwritten and acted in other filmmakers' movies. He was popularly designated as "The Father of Mormon Cinema" with his three groundbreaking Mormon themed films.He also conducted several film-oriented classes during a span of a couple of years. I was a student in two of them and earned a Certificate of Achievement for them.
SCREENWRITING
- Writing an entire feature length movie and critiquing each other's screenplays
FILM PRODUCTION
- Year-long producers class where the students went through the entire process of producing an authentic feature film