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Director
Writer
Locations Manager
Projects
34 ProjectsWork History
Director / Producer
Ampahvision Inc.
Mar 2011 - Present
Greater Los Angeles Area
Production company developing and producing various forms of educational and
entertaining media.
Completed the short film "Who Are They" December 2017, now ready for festivals. Link
to trailer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z0OdMHnOu0240OZFQgKQKcUHErNAok5K/view
Producer
Oct 2011 - Present
Bring together film and video productions from script to finished product.
CEO
Ampahvision, INC.
Oct 2011 - Present
Develop products and see them through to completion.
Co-Producer
Freedom Film Partners, LLC / Phaedra Films, LLC
Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico Area
Feature film "Cliffs Of Freedom"
Associate Producer
RanchWorks, Pictures LLC
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
Los Angeles
Short Film "A Beautiful Day"
Location Manager
Many Companies
Jun 1978 - Oct 2011
Coordinated the Location Departments for many feature films and television shows.
Deputy Director
Inner City Youth League
Jun 1968 - Sep 1977
St. Paul, Minnesota
Community Relations, formed the Urban Farmers Union (various neighborhood groups coming together to transform vacant lots into vegetable gardens).
Regional Director for Golden Gloves (oversaw 6 boxing gyms in St. Paul and was responsible for putting the Regional Golden Glove Tournament.)
Taught b & w still photography to youth and adults. This included processing and printing.
Education
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
1968 - 1970
Rackem U.
1967 - 1977
Skills
2018 Short Film
The Invitation
Role
Director Kokayi Ampah
Description
Dementia plays a role in how an elderly woman views the world.
2018 Movie
Cliffs of Freedom
Role
Co Producer
Description
View Project on Web
Inspired by historical events, CLIFFS OF FREEDOM is a timeless and romantic story of bravery and faith between a Greek peasant girl and a Turkish Ottoman Colonel during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence....
2017 Short Film
Who Are They
Role
Writer
Description
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A man drives the streets of Los Angeles trying to come up with a subject to make a film about. After looking a two or three he decides on homelessness. The subject turns out to be a little more involved than he originally thought....
2016 Short Film
A Beautiful Day
Role
Associate Producer
Description
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Gene Thompson wakes up knowing that the decision he has made will change his life forever....
2010 Movie
Knight and Day
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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A young woman gets mixed up with a disgraced spy who is trying to clear his name....
2009 Movie
The Soloist
Role
Actor (Bernie Carpenter)
Description
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A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation....
2008 Movie
Get Smart
Role
Location Manager
Description
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A highly intellectual but socially awkward spy is tasked with preventing a terrorist attack from a Russian spy agency....
2006 Movie
Flags of our Fathers
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
View Project on Web
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II....
2005 Movie
Red Eye
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician....
2005 Movie
Coach Carter
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him....
2004 Movie
Million Dollar Baby
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional....
2003 Movie
Mystic River
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy....
2001 Movie
Evolution
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor....
2000 Movie
Bedazzled
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul....
2000 Movie
Space Cowboys
Role
Location Manager
Description
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When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space....
1999 Movie
True Crime
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?...
1999 Movie
End of Days
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him....
1998 Movie
Small Soldiers
Role
Location Manager
Description
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When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously....
1997 Movie
B*A*P*S
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses)....
1997 Movie
Amistad
Role
Supervising Location Manager
Description
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In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free....
1996 Movie
Mars Attacks!
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor....
1994 Movie
The Shawshank Redemption
Role
Production Supervisor
Description
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Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency....
1993 Movie
Poetic Justice
Role
Location Manager
Description
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In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run....
1993 Movie
In the Line of Fire
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president....
1992 Movie
White Men Can't Jump
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament....
1991 Movie
The Five Heartbeats
Role
Associate Producer
Description
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The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group....
1990 Movie
Ghost Dad
Role
Location Manager
Description
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Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he ...
1989 TV Show
The Women of Brewster Place
Role
Location Manager 2 Episodes
Description
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The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements....
1989 TV Show
The Women of Brewster Place
Role
Location Manager 2 Episodes
Description
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Kiswana organizes a tenant's union to improve the lives of the dispirited Brewster Place residents. The newest residents, Lorraine and Theresa, arouse uneasiness among the other tenants of ...
1989 TV Movie
Dark Holiday
Role
Location Manager
Description
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An American tourist on vacation in Turkey is hounded by a street vendor into buying a carved head she doesn't want; then she is cast into prison for smuggling an antique....
1989 Movie
Fletch Lives
Role
Location Manager
Description
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After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble....
1989 TV Show
The Women of Brewster Place
Role
Location Manager 2 Episodes
Description
View Project on Web
Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eastern city; across three ...
1985 Movie
The Color Purple
Role
Location Manager
Description
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A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades....
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