I am familiar with all aspects of documentary production: program development, research, writing, directing and editing. I have wide international experience and have worked with several correspondents and program hosts.
Documentaries
Producer/videographer, editor, Mindfire Productions. THE FAR SIDE OF DREAMS. A series of short programs in which older people reveal their youthful dreams and what life did to those dreams. (Current) See: Amazon https://amzn.to/3C5XVtY
Producer/videographer/editor, Mindfire Productions. MUSIC MAGIC: THE STRING PULSE EXPERIENCE. Renowned violinist Daisy Jopling challenges rural school children with scant music experience to perform with her in a public concert. Mountain Lake PBS. (2017)
Producer/videographer/editor, Mindfire Productions. FOR THE LIFE OF ME A film about scientific discoveries of marihuana’s anti-cancer potential. Shown at CUNY Graduate Center (April 2015), and at the 2014 Annual meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. It has aired on several PBS stations.
See: www.forthelifeofmefilm.com
Producer, director, videographer, editor, Mindfire Productions. THE FAR SIDE OF DREAMS. A film about the dreams, the risks and the outcome of the lives of two older Americans. One, THE RISK FACTOR, was shown at the Trenton City Museum (2012) and at the New Hope Film Festival, (2013.) The other is FOR GOODNESS SAKE, and both can be found on Amazon Video.
Producer director, videographer, editor. LILLE RUTH. The first installment of a film about a clown who gets remarkable results working with Alzheimer’s patients. (2011.)
Assistant director/videographer, Filmselskabet and TV2, Denmark. A program about four second-generation Muslim boys in Copenhagen in trouble with the law. Shown nationally on TV2 Denmark. (2008 – 2009)
Producer/writer/videographer, NBC Peacock Productions. Two one-hour documentaries on transgender issues for MSNBC. One one-hour program on meth addiction for A&E. (2007 - 2008)
Producer/writer, ABC News Productions. Documentaries for A&E, TLC, Court-TV, Discovery, Discovery Health, and Discovery Times. (2000 - 2007) Several awards, most recently a CINE Golden Eagle for THE RAPTURE, a show on the fundamentalist Christian end-time concept.
Producer/writer, Atlas Media. A one-hour special: KATRINA, THE LOST EPISODE for the Weather Channel. (2006) Their highest rated documentary.
Producer/program developer, Mindfire Productions. Awarded a research grant by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop a documentary on how Arab and American TV cover the same event in the Middle East for “America at a Crossroads.” (2005)
Producer/director/videographer/editor. CONVENT, a one-hour program about two young girls preparing to take vows. Parts of it shown on Religion&Ethics News Weekly. (2001)
Producer/video journalist, New York Times Television. A one-hour verite-style program in the TRAUMA series for TLC. (March 1999 – August 1999)
Producer/writer, ABC News. THE CENTURY with Peter Jennings. Four one-hour programs in a 15-hour series on the history of America in the 20th century. Also 16 spots and a sales reel for the series. (1997 – 1999)
Producer, director, videographer, co-editor, PBS. CAYUTAVILLE, a one-hour program about the struggles of two families in a village in Upstate New York. Shown nationally in September 1998.
Producer, TV2 Denmark. THE CURSE OF AMERICA, an hour-long program on drug-related violence; and IN AND OUT OF WASHINGTON, a look at the presidential transition in 1992. (1992 - 1994)
Coproducer, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. TESTIMONY, an hour-long film, part of the museum’s permanent exhibit. (1992)
Producer/writer, PBS. BREAKING THE MOLD, four half-hour programs on the Cold War. (1990 - 1991)
Associate producer, Channel 4, Britain and PBS. AMERICA'S CENTURY, a six-hour series on US foreign policy. (1989 - 1990)
Series developer, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. Series on the Nordic countries. Produced a 15-minute pilot hosted by Liv Ullman. (1988)
Associate Producer/Senior Researcher, BBC and WETA. THE AFRICANS: A TRIPLE HERITAGE, a nine-hour series filmed on location all over Africa. (1983 - 1986) Eight national and international awards.
Magazine Pieces and News stories
Producer/writer, PBS. RELIGIONÐICS NEWS WEEKLY, occasional pieces.
Producer, GLOBAL VISION, PBS. A 15-minute piece on children’s rights in Denmark. (1996)
Producer, PBS. MEDIA MATTERS, 15-minute segment on the press and religion, an ATV Associates production. (1995)
Field producer/researcher, FOX. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, a program on castration of violent sex offenders in Denmark. (1994)
Producer, TV 2 DENMARK, Washington News Bureau. News stories, news features, magazine pieces, and documentaries. (1992 - 1994)
Producer/Director of Research, PBS. MODERN MATURITY, stories for a weekly show for Eli Productions. (1987 - 1989)
Writing
Non-fiction: Diana Frank & Marta Vogel: THE BABY MAKERS.
(On hi-tech conception and birth). Carroll & Graf, New York, 1988.
Diana Frank: “Producing the Africans: A Triple Heritage” in THE GLOBAL AFRICAN. Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ, 1998.
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “The Melancholy Dane” THE NEW YORKER, January 8, 2001.
Diana Crone Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “THE STORIES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.” Translations and introductory essay, Houghton Mifflin, November 2003.
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “Hans Christian Andersen’s American Dream.” SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW, Spring 2004.
Diana Crone: ET UAAR. (A novel in Danish). Thanning & Appel, Copenhagen, 1979.
Miscellaneous
Adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, New York 2009
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “On translating Hans Christian Andersen.” Paper given at a Princeton University Conference, November 2005. Published in MARVELS&TALES, Vol. 20, 2. 2006
Led three-day seminar on “Enchantment in Tales and Tunes” at the Aspen “ARTS AND IDEAS” week. July 2008.
Education
PH.D. in General Linguistics, Cornell University. Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship.
M.S., B.S. in Theoretical Linguistics, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Georgetown University.
Languages
Danish, English, French and half-forgotten German.
International Working Experience
Algeria, China, Congo, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, the Occupied Territories, Qatar, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, USA, Vietnam.
Awards
American Film and Video Festival, Red Ribbon, Cine Golden Eagle (2), Christopher Award, Columbus International Film and Video Festival Bronze (2), Ohio State award, Prism Award.
Documentaries
Producer/videographer, editor, Mindfire Productions. THE FAR SIDE OF DREAMS. A series of short programs in which older people reveal their youthful dreams and what life did to those dreams. (Current) See: Amazon https://amzn.to/3C5XVtY
Producer/videographer/editor, Mindfire Productions. MUSIC MAGIC: THE STRING PULSE EXPERIENCE. Renowned violinist Daisy Jopling challenges rural school children with scant music experience to perform with her in a public concert. Mountain Lake PBS. (2017)
Producer/videographer/editor, Mindfire Productions. FOR THE LIFE OF ME A film about scientific discoveries of marihuana’s anti-cancer potential. Shown at CUNY Graduate Center (April 2015), and at the 2014 Annual meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. It has aired on several PBS stations.
See: www.forthelifeofmefilm.com
Producer, director, videographer, editor, Mindfire Productions. THE FAR SIDE OF DREAMS. A film about the dreams, the risks and the outcome of the lives of two older Americans. One, THE RISK FACTOR, was shown at the Trenton City Museum (2012) and at the New Hope Film Festival, (2013.) The other is FOR GOODNESS SAKE, and both can be found on Amazon Video.
Producer director, videographer, editor. LILLE RUTH. The first installment of a film about a clown who gets remarkable results working with Alzheimer’s patients. (2011.)
Assistant director/videographer, Filmselskabet and TV2, Denmark. A program about four second-generation Muslim boys in Copenhagen in trouble with the law. Shown nationally on TV2 Denmark. (2008 – 2009)
Producer/writer/videographer, NBC Peacock Productions. Two one-hour documentaries on transgender issues for MSNBC. One one-hour program on meth addiction for A&E. (2007 - 2008)
Producer/writer, ABC News Productions. Documentaries for A&E, TLC, Court-TV, Discovery, Discovery Health, and Discovery Times. (2000 - 2007) Several awards, most recently a CINE Golden Eagle for THE RAPTURE, a show on the fundamentalist Christian end-time concept.
Producer/writer, Atlas Media. A one-hour special: KATRINA, THE LOST EPISODE for the Weather Channel. (2006) Their highest rated documentary.
Producer/program developer, Mindfire Productions. Awarded a research grant by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop a documentary on how Arab and American TV cover the same event in the Middle East for “America at a Crossroads.” (2005)
Producer/director/videographer/editor. CONVENT, a one-hour program about two young girls preparing to take vows. Parts of it shown on Religion&Ethics News Weekly. (2001)
Producer/video journalist, New York Times Television. A one-hour verite-style program in the TRAUMA series for TLC. (March 1999 – August 1999)
Producer/writer, ABC News. THE CENTURY with Peter Jennings. Four one-hour programs in a 15-hour series on the history of America in the 20th century. Also 16 spots and a sales reel for the series. (1997 – 1999)
Producer, director, videographer, co-editor, PBS. CAYUTAVILLE, a one-hour program about the struggles of two families in a village in Upstate New York. Shown nationally in September 1998.
Producer, TV2 Denmark. THE CURSE OF AMERICA, an hour-long program on drug-related violence; and IN AND OUT OF WASHINGTON, a look at the presidential transition in 1992. (1992 - 1994)
Coproducer, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. TESTIMONY, an hour-long film, part of the museum’s permanent exhibit. (1992)
Producer/writer, PBS. BREAKING THE MOLD, four half-hour programs on the Cold War. (1990 - 1991)
Associate producer, Channel 4, Britain and PBS. AMERICA'S CENTURY, a six-hour series on US foreign policy. (1989 - 1990)
Series developer, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. Series on the Nordic countries. Produced a 15-minute pilot hosted by Liv Ullman. (1988)
Associate Producer/Senior Researcher, BBC and WETA. THE AFRICANS: A TRIPLE HERITAGE, a nine-hour series filmed on location all over Africa. (1983 - 1986) Eight national and international awards.
Magazine Pieces and News stories
Producer/writer, PBS. RELIGIONÐICS NEWS WEEKLY, occasional pieces.
Producer, GLOBAL VISION, PBS. A 15-minute piece on children’s rights in Denmark. (1996)
Producer, PBS. MEDIA MATTERS, 15-minute segment on the press and religion, an ATV Associates production. (1995)
Field producer/researcher, FOX. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, a program on castration of violent sex offenders in Denmark. (1994)
Producer, TV 2 DENMARK, Washington News Bureau. News stories, news features, magazine pieces, and documentaries. (1992 - 1994)
Producer/Director of Research, PBS. MODERN MATURITY, stories for a weekly show for Eli Productions. (1987 - 1989)
Writing
Non-fiction: Diana Frank & Marta Vogel: THE BABY MAKERS.
(On hi-tech conception and birth). Carroll & Graf, New York, 1988.
Diana Frank: “Producing the Africans: A Triple Heritage” in THE GLOBAL AFRICAN. Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ, 1998.
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “The Melancholy Dane” THE NEW YORKER, January 8, 2001.
Diana Crone Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “THE STORIES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.” Translations and introductory essay, Houghton Mifflin, November 2003.
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “Hans Christian Andersen’s American Dream.” SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW, Spring 2004.
Diana Crone: ET UAAR. (A novel in Danish). Thanning & Appel, Copenhagen, 1979.
Miscellaneous
Adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, New York 2009
Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank: “On translating Hans Christian Andersen.” Paper given at a Princeton University Conference, November 2005. Published in MARVELS&TALES, Vol. 20, 2. 2006
Led three-day seminar on “Enchantment in Tales and Tunes” at the Aspen “ARTS AND IDEAS” week. July 2008.
Education
PH.D. in General Linguistics, Cornell University. Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship.
M.S., B.S. in Theoretical Linguistics, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Georgetown University.
Languages
Danish, English, French and half-forgotten German.
International Working Experience
Algeria, China, Congo, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, the Occupied Territories, Qatar, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, USA, Vietnam.
Awards
American Film and Video Festival, Red Ribbon, Cine Golden Eagle (2), Christopher Award, Columbus International Film and Video Festival Bronze (2), Ohio State award, Prism Award.