Resume of Dana Biscotti Myskowski
Mentor/Tutor - Currently mentoring a junior high student who is writing her first novel, and working one-on-one with a screenwriting student in an Independent Study at the University of New Hampshire. Formerly mentored two high school seniors through their writing projects (screenplay and collection of short stories)
Set-up and help manage website; write, edit, and assist in social media outreach, and design print advertisements and direct mail postcards for the election campaign of David Karrick-Merrimack District 25 (Summer & Fall 2012)
Completed training to teach on-line courses at Southern New Hampshire University (August 2012)
Teach, University of New Hampshire-Manchester (Spring 2004 - Spring 2011; returning to teach scriptwriting one afternoon a week in Autumn 2012)
Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award, 2008-2009
Produced Emmy-Nominated Public Service Announcement (Regional), To the Power of YOU for Big Sisters of Rhode Island, 2012; winner of the inaugural 7DayPSA Competition hosted by FLICKERS, winter 2011; winner, The New Media Film Festival, Autumn 2011
Write, Produce & Consult, New England (April 1991 - Present), including (but not limited to) the following projects:
Serve as Board Member, NH Film & Television Commission (Spring 2010 - Spring 2013)
Direct the New Hampshire Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2010 - PRESENT)
Judged the 48-Hour Film Project, New Hampshire (Summer 2009 - Summer 2011)
Lectured part-time, Screenwriting, New England College, Henniker, NH (Fall 2009 & Fall 2011)
Chaired, Script Selection Committee, NH Film & TV Office, Concord, NH (2008 & 2009)
Produced, Directed, & served as Dramaturge, Jayme's Fund for Social Justice, Southern NH (January - October 2009)
Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, written by Award-Winning Playwright Ariel Dorfman, Oct. 17, 2009 benefit performance with cast of novelists, political activists, accomplished actors, radio personalities, a musician, and a much celebrated poet.
Served as Volunteer Secretary, Water Resources Subcommittee, Henniker, NH (2008 - 2011)
Fulfilled Various Positions, ScriptBiz Screenwriting Seminar, Providence, RI
Panel Moderator (August 2011 & 2012), Consultant (2005-2007), Director (2004 & 2005), Panelist (August 2003)
Employed as Marketing Coordinator/Physician Relations Advisor, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA (Aug. 1989 - April 1991)
Wrote weekly, biweekly, and monthly newsletters, General Electric Company, Aerospace and Transformer Divisions, Pittsfield, MA (1987-1989)
Wrote & Announced Drive Time News, WSPR Radio, Springfield, MA (1987)
Served as Production Assistant, for A Mistaken Charity (aired on PBS), Berkshires, MA (1986)
Education:
Set-up and help manage website; write, edit, and assist in social media outreach, and design print advertisements and direct mail postcards for the election campaign of David Karrick-Merrimack District 25 (Summer & Fall 2012)
Completed training to teach on-line courses at Southern New Hampshire University (August 2012)
Teach, University of New Hampshire-Manchester (Spring 2004 - Spring 2011; returning to teach scriptwriting one afternoon a week in Autumn 2012)
Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award, 2008-2009
- Teach scriptwriting, media writing, and image & sound
- Lead students through Independent Study Writing Projects (Currently working with an advisee)
- Advise interns
Produced Emmy-Nominated Public Service Announcement (Regional), To the Power of YOU for Big Sisters of Rhode Island, 2012; winner of the inaugural 7DayPSA Competition hosted by FLICKERS, winter 2011; winner, The New Media Film Festival, Autumn 2011
Write, Produce & Consult, New England (April 1991 - Present), including (but not limited to) the following projects:
- Produced short web video, A Fresh Approach in Congress, (a.k.a. A New Approach) two+ minutes, web video for the Ann McLane Kuster for Congress campaign, with colleagues at EVP Marketing & Media and one of my former UNH at Manchester students
- Produced The Concord Boys & Girls Club seven-minute videos (2010 - 2012; won Telly Awards for the 2010 & 2011 videos)
- Wrote Breathing Space for the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (45-minute multi-media planetarium script)
- Produced, wrote and voiced over radio and TV Public Service Announcements for RachelFind
- Wrote and voiced over a point-of-sale video script for General Dynamics/Anteon Corporation
- Wrote articles for The Berkshire Business Journal
- Edited the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Alumni Magazine
Serve as Board Member, NH Film & Television Commission (Spring 2010 - Spring 2013)
Direct the New Hampshire Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2010 - PRESENT)
Judged the 48-Hour Film Project, New Hampshire (Summer 2009 - Summer 2011)
Lectured part-time, Screenwriting, New England College, Henniker, NH (Fall 2009 & Fall 2011)
Chaired, Script Selection Committee, NH Film & TV Office, Concord, NH (2008 & 2009)
Produced, Directed, & served as Dramaturge, Jayme's Fund for Social Justice, Southern NH (January - October 2009)
Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, written by Award-Winning Playwright Ariel Dorfman, Oct. 17, 2009 benefit performance with cast of novelists, political activists, accomplished actors, radio personalities, a musician, and a much celebrated poet.
Served as Volunteer Secretary, Water Resources Subcommittee, Henniker, NH (2008 - 2011)
Fulfilled Various Positions, ScriptBiz Screenwriting Seminar, Providence, RI
Panel Moderator (August 2011 & 2012), Consultant (2005-2007), Director (2004 & 2005), Panelist (August 2003)
- Planned and implemented one-day screenwriting seminar followed a year later with a two-day seminar directed at screenwriters and filmmakers at the Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.
- Organized a short script competition that culminated with a stage reading by professional actors (including Danny Trejo during the second year) of the top three screenplays
Employed as Marketing Coordinator/Physician Relations Advisor, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA (Aug. 1989 - April 1991)
Wrote weekly, biweekly, and monthly newsletters, General Electric Company, Aerospace and Transformer Divisions, Pittsfield, MA (1987-1989)
Wrote & Announced Drive Time News, WSPR Radio, Springfield, MA (1987)
Served as Production Assistant, for A Mistaken Charity (aired on PBS), Berkshires, MA (1986)
Education:
- Goddard College, M.F.A. in Creative Writing - Screenwriting (Jan. 2008)
- UCLA, Professional Certificate in Screenwriting (June 2000)
- North Adams State College, B.A. English/Communications (May 1987)
