Author – Joseph B. Wallenstein

Joseph B. Wallenstein

Director of Production

MEMBER:

Directors Guild of America (DGA), Writers Guild of America (WGA), and Alumni member – Television Academy of Arts and Sciences
DIRECTOR:

Knots Landing – Multiple Episodes
Seventh Heaven – Multiple Episodes
Hotel – Multiple Episodes
WRITER:

Knots Landing – Multiple Episodes
Knots Landing – Multiple Episodes:

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Godfather
Paper Lion
Paper Chase
American Hot Wax
For the Love of Ivy
Loves and Other Stranger
Nicky’s World

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Business Science, New York University; “Television, Motion Picture and
Radio, Production and Direction (TMR, Production and Direction)”
FILMED/SCOUTED ON LOCATION IN

Italy; Luxembourg; Holland; Yugoslavia; Hungry; Austria; Germany; England; France; Canada;
Hawaii; New Mexico; Texas; New York; Massachusetts; California
LECTURES:

USC: Physical Safety
University Film and Video Association (UFVA): Panelist
Independent Writers of Southern California/IWOSC: Honored Speaker
AWARDS:

Western Hertiage Award: “Independence”
Alcohol Council of Pasadena: Knots Landing

CONFERENCES REGUARLY ATTENDED:

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
University Film and Video Association (UFVA)
EXPERT IN:
- Safety;
- Film risk assessment;
- Physical production;
- Working with both union and non union crews;
- Labor relations;
- Labor relations;
- Logistics;
- Working with student filmmakers;
- Scheduling;
- Tech scouting;
- Budgeting;
- Location scouting

TELEVISION SERIES
- SEVENTH HEAVEN WB / SPELLING TV
- MALIBU SHORES NBC / SPELLING TV
- JAKE AND THE FATMAN VIACOM (Hawaii)
- THE CLINICWARNER BROTHERS (New York)
- HOTEL ABC / SPELLING TV
- KNOT’S LANDING CBS / WARNER BROTHERS
- SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTSCBS
- MARRIED: THE FIRST YEARCBS
- FLATBUSH FUNGOS LORIMAR
MOVIES OF THE WEEK AND MINI-SERIES
- THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOESABC / DISNEY / ZM PRODS.
- THE SHAGGY DOGABC / DISNEY / ZM PRODS.
- ABC / DISNEY / ZM PRODS.NBC
- COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
- TURN BACK THE CLOCKNBC
- DALLAS: THE EARLY YEARS CBS
- KILLJOYCBS
- THE RETURN OF ELLIOT NESSCBS (Toronto)
- DESPERATE WOMENCBS (Mexico)
PILOTS
- NBC / SPELLING TVNBC / SPELLING TV
- ISLAND FEVERABC / WARNER BROS. (Canada)
- B-MEN WARNER BROTHERS
- INDEPENDENCEMTM (Santa Fe)
- COVENANTTWENTIETH TV
- SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTSWARNER BROTHERS
- SPRAGUE ABC / WARNER BROTHERS (Boston)
- KNOTS LANDINGCBS
DIRECTORS WITH WHOM I HAVE WORKED:
- John HustonJack Smight
- Daniel MannDaniel Mann
- Garson KanenBill Duke
- Larry ElikannJohn Cassavettes
- Francis Ford CopplaJackie Cooper
- Hy AverbackRanda Haines
- And many other talented people
PRODUCED FOR
- Aaron SpellingDavid Jacobs
- Lee RichJay Presson Allen
- Michael FilermanGordie Dawson
- George HiennemanAnd many others