Thomas O'Connor

 Thomas O'Connor

Thomas O'Connor

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Biography

James Madison University - Media Arts


Resume

  • 1984

    Emmy Award for Best Writer - \"Fatima\"​ 1984

    Hosted by Ricardo Montalban

    this 60-minute documentary uses the 1917 reported apparitions in Fatima Portugal as a spring board for discussion of the relationship between religion and science during the 20th Century. The film was shown on network affiliates throughout the United States

    a variety of Spanish speaking countries and

    in 1990

    it was the first documentary shown in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.

    National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

    Ford World Headquarters

  • 1969

    Master's degree

    Media Arts

    University of Michigan

    University of Virginia

    Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

    Creative Writing

    N/A

    Classical Acting

    The Academy of Dramatic Art

    Master of Fine Arts - MFA

    Creative Writing

    University of Virginia

    University of Michigan

    Bachelor's degree

    Literature

    Science and the Arts (LS&A)

  • Thomas P. O'Connor - IMDb

    Thomas P. O'Connor

    Writer: Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene. Thomas P. O'Connor (AKA Thomas Patrick O'Connor) has written and produced over 50 documentaries and teleplays for broadcast

    several of which have won major awards. Professor...

    Thomas P. O'Connor - IMDb

    Director of JMU in LA and Professor

    Director of JMU in LA and Professor

    Television & Film Productions

    IMDB is the most authoritative source for film

    TV

    & celebrities. Link to O'Connor's Productions

    Academic Presentations

    Publications

    and TV/Film Productions

    ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:\n\"Dangerous Edge

    \" Univ. of London

    UK

    December 4 2015. \nhttps://www.soas.ac.uk/english-studies/events/04dec2015-dangerous-edge-a-life-of-graham-greene.html\n“Double Exposure

    ” Greene International Festival

    Berkhamsted U.K.

    October 2010.\n http://www.grahamgreenefestival.org/Pages/speakers2012.php\n“Culture & Contradiction in Graham Greene

    ” International Conference on the Arts in Society

    Venice

    Italy

    July 2009.\n“The Third Man on the Danube

    ” Graham Greene Symposium

    Vienna

    Austria

    May 2007.\n\"Moon-Shot

    \" SVHC Conference

    Hampton University. Hampton

    Virginia

    July 1999.\n\"History into Drama: Fools of Time

    ” Lancaster University. Lancaster

    UK

    July 21-23

    1999.\n\"Media and American Culture.\" Lumen Conference

    Dominican Republic

    February

    1992.\n\"Bacon's Rebellion

    \" Virginia Foundation - Humanities. Williamsburg

    VA. October

    1990.\n\"Cultural Perspectives in Television

    ” Lumen Conference

    Bogota

    Columbia

    Sept.

    1988.\nARTICLES (Selected)\n“Culture & Contradiction in Graham Greene

    ”International Journal of the Arts in Society

    2009. http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.455\n“Complex Adaptive Systems

    ” Santa Fe Institute Bulletin

    spring

    2001. \nhttp://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/sfi-bulletin/detail//spring 2001\n“Harold Morowitz and The Origins of \\Life

    ” Ibid

    fall 2000.\nhttp://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/sfi-bulletin/detail/11/\n\"Theater of Pain

    \" Our Sunday Visitor

    \" March 1997. \n\"Suggesting Transcendence

    \" America magazine

    August 1996. \n“What Edmund Campion Died For

    \" Catholic Digest

    June 1995.\n\"Avery Dulles

    \" New Covenant magazine

    June 1995.\n“The Witness of Edmund Campion

    \" America magazine

    October 1994.\n Ibid. Social Issues Research Series

    Renaissance Database

    November 1994.\n\"Something's Wrong

    \" New Covenant magazine

    February 1993.\n\"Epiphany

    \" Ibid

    January 1992.\n\"Almighty Irony

    \" Ibid

    December 1992. \n\"NYPD Blue: Faith on the Force

    \" Our Sunday Visitor

    1991.\n\n

    Academic Presentations

    Publications

    and TV/Film Productions

    O'Connor

    O'Connor

    James Madison University

    O'CONNOR ASSOCIATES

    LLC

    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Selected productions at following IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2691336

    Independent Producer

    O'CONNOR ASSOCIATES

    LLC

    Harrisonburg VA

    \nhttp://www.jmu.edu/smad/about-smad/our-people/oconnor-tom.shtml

    Professor Emeritus

    School of Media Arts

    James Madison University

    TITLED \"LOVE ONE ANOTHER

    \" this documentary takes the viewer to impoverished third world countries (The Caribbean

    Central and South America) where it shows how “Food for the Poor” - an international relief and development organization - is making a difference in thousands of lives. \nDistinguished alumni of the Cine Golden Eagle include

    Mel Brooks

    Albert Maysles

    Werner Herzog

    Ted Turner

    Robert Altman

    Robert Redford

    Ridley Scott

    Steve James

    Charles Guggenheim

    Davis Guggenheim

    George Lucas

    Paul McCartney

    and Bill Moyers.

    CINE (Council on International Non-Theatrical Events)

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