Lee Michael Walczuk

Lee Michael Walczuk Résumé

Lee Michael Walczuk leemichael@walczuk.com +1 808/ 572.9800
OBJECTIVE	Performing,Teaching, and Directing in the Visual and Performing Arts

QUALIFICATION	25 years of professional accomplishments in the Arts and Education Master of Fine Arts in Motion Pictures, Theatre and Animation Multidisciplinary and multi-cultural experience in USA and Europe “I have a unique foundation in the Arts. I am dedicated to the creative process and I am driven by a spirit to produce, to perform, to direct and to teach.


CURRENT POSITION	Independent Artist Director of Walczuk Family Animation Theatre World Talent: Acting Coach Paradise Dream Weddings: Videographer & Editor


RELEVANT EXPERIENCE	Maui, Hawai‘i 2002 - 2004 World Talent, Inc. Acting Coach Ebb & Flow Arts Yellow Sound (Kandinsky) Performance: Visual Scenery, Masks, Puppets A Paradise Dream Wedding (www.MauiWedding.Net) Videographer and Editor Camp Imua Performance of Peace Wo Hing Temple Museum: Chinese Shadow Theatre Productions New Year of the Ram Chinese Moon Festival Princess Busaba's Farewell Haiku Elementary : Ka'upena, after school classes 4th grade class mask workshops and exhibition Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) MaskPuppet and Mime Classes Phantom : 12 original masks Taradiddle Travels : 13 original masks Wild Trails + Tails : original masks, puppets, design and 3-month tour of the Hawaiian islands. Walczuk Productions Maui County Libraries : Kahului, Wailuku, Makawao, Kihei, Lahaina, Hana, Lana'i Stories : Gingerbread Keiki, Phaëton, Dragon Dance, Momotaro Kozmo Mimzi, Queen Ka'ahumanu Mall : Christmas ('02, '03) and Spring productions Hui No'eau Adult Evening Mask Classes Summer Camp : Guest Artist and Counselor Maui Community College P.A.C.E. program : Adult Masks Classes Hana, Maui Mask-making for Youth Centre Mask portraits for Art Barn Physical Theatre and Masks workshops for Youth Theatre Puppet Consultant for Taro Festival Assistant Director for Conference of the Birds Hui No'eau : Crossings 2003: Korea/Hawai'i Korean Mask Exhibit Faculty Member Classes : Masks and Animation Roots Lectures : History behind the Mask Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) : Korean Festival Korean Masks Display and Sales Wo Hing Museum : Chinese New Year Performances Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) MaskPuppet and Mime Classes Research and Development of Original Greek Production for State-wide Tour Libraries : Guest Artist Kamehameha Schools : Teacher Development Workshops Guest Lecture, Art of the Screenplay MaskPuppets Independent Artist 1969 - present Actor, Puppeteer, Maskmaker, Filmmaker, Director and Teacher Young Audiences Inc. 1991 - 03 Artist-in-Residence...Acting, Animation, Maskmaking Taos, New Mexico 1999 - 2002 Fine Arts Teacher, Taos Charter School K-8 Acting instructor Taos Film Initiative Director Pierrot Players Readers Theatre Community Arts Programs Kozmo Mimzi Cleveland, Ohio 1991 - 1999 Art and Drama Instructor John Marshall Senior High School Director Walczuk Ensemble Long Term Substitute Cleveland Public Schools Theatre and Studio Director Archangel Crusade Guest artist Cleveland Art Museum Assistant to the President Dyke College UCLA Theatre Mask Instructor Florence, Italy Documentary Film Productions Los Angeles, California 1985 - 1991 MFA UCLA Theatre, Film and Animation Choreographer, Maskmaker, New World, Nightfall Production Business Manager Alpine Auto Artist-in-Residence Los Angeles Unified School District Art Therapist for drug dependents Project VI H.E.L.P. Theatre Director Malibu Masques Mask Artist LA Craft and Folk Museum Art Teacher Carden School Theatre Assistant Padua, Italy...Sartori Masks Europe 1979 - 1985 Actor: Theatre and Film; Masks and Puppets Film: And Only Our Dreams, featured actor Film: Year of Quiet Sun, US Army captain (actor) Film: Education Of, featured actor Senior Assistant Professor - English Philosophy WSP Opole White Eagle Award for Outstanding Teaching Warsaw, Lodz, Wroclaw, Opole: Poland Performing Artist La 25eme Heure. Paris Director and Performer Mouth and Trousers Theater, London Graduate Darius London Mime Centre Student Jarosiewicz Compagnie Magenia, Paris Student Min Tanaka Body Weather, Cartoucherie, Paris Performing Artist La Nostra Famiglia: Venice, Italy

LMW is devoted to Educating, Producing and Performing in the Multi-Media experiences available to Artists today. He has being involved in creative projects in Italy, Poland, England, France and throughout the USA. John Strasberg, Paul Mayersberg, Alvin Nikolais & Murray Louis, Carolyn Carlson, Min Tanaka, Ed Emschwiller, Gower Champion, Krystoff Zanussi, Adam Darius are just a few of the Artists that LMW has been inspired by and worked with.

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