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DANIEL J. COPLAN (Writer, Director, Editor,
Producer) started making movies when he was 14 years old. One of his
early films "The Incredibly Awful Dr. Sporgo" won the Silver
Medal at the 1974 Atlanta International Film Festival and Golden Image
Certificate at the 1975 Long Island International Film Festival. Before
graduating high school, he also wrote, directed, produced and starred
in another short film "Of Mirrors, The Mind, and Time". This
film, a psychological thriller, was presented at the Kracow International
Film Festival in 1975. He attended and graduated from the prestigious
NYU Film School, where he was mentored by Department Head, Haig Manoogian,
who was also Martin Scorsese’s mentor. In 1975 he wrote and produced
the half-hour documentary The Dream Factory which featured appearances
by Sean Connery, Gloria Swanson, Marlo Thomas, Roy Schieder and was
narrated by Eli Wallach. This film is now part of the permanent cinema
collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY. After Graduating from
NYU Film School, Mr. Coplan was employed by The Walter Reade Organization,
then the foremost chain of movie theatres in Manhattan, as a Theatre
Manager. Mr. Coplan spent three years with this company, during which
time he developed a very keen sense for predicting the commercial success
of individual motion pictures. While still employed by the Reade Organization,
Mr. Coplan was also engaged on a freelance basis to provide consulting
services to CBS Entertainment in New York City regarding the analysis
of prospective literary material for the possible TV Movies. Mini-series,
and/or Series.
Mr. Coplan has studied acting with the noted actress Nina Foch, (The
Ten Commandments, Spartacus). His film and TV performances include Stageghost,
The Dragon Gate, The Man In The Iron Mask, and the mini-series Dawn
Of Our Nation. His stage performances include LA Weekly’s Picks
of the Week, Little Women, and Man With No Shadow. He has also studied
directing with Jim Pasternak and recently directed the critically acclaimed
one act play The Author’s Voice at The Complex in Los Angeles.
Echos Of Enlightenment mark’s his feature motion picture directing
debut.
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GLORIA
EVERETT
(Producer) is a veteran film producer whose recent productions George
B and SEX: The Annabel Chong Story were presented at the Sundance Film
Festival. Her other credits include William Richert’s The Man
in the Iron Mask, Stephen Furst’s Stageghost, Charmed & Dangerous,
Silent Lies, and The Random Factor.
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HOWARD
WEXLER
(Directory of Photography) was born and raised in Hollywood, Ca. He
spent his youth in the Boy Scouts, playing saxophone, and taking still
pictures. After a family evening seeing the 1964 film The Professionals,
photographed by Conrad Hall, Howard decided on the spot to become a
Director of Photography. Howard attended USC Cinema school, and spent
a summer being 3rdassistant to Mario Tosi, DP. Howard then spent time
in Europe working for various European film companies as camera assistant,
driver, projectionist and copywriter for English advertisements. Returning
to Hollywood, Howard assisted many well known DP’s, edited several
projects, and began his DP career on low budget features, and continues
today, now with over 40 features to his credit. In addition, Howard
has shot many educational, documentary and corporate productions, 2nd
unit, aerials and title sequences. He co-produced two features for 21st
Century Inc., and in 1992 produced, directed and photographed a romantic
comedy feature, entitled LOVING LULU, which had an exclusive premiere
run on HBO, and was favorably reviewed in Variety.
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CHARLES GREGORY WASHINGTON (Original Score)
was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he began piano studies at age
7. He was composing small piano pieces for his recitals as well as performing
repertoire of piano works. At age 12, he was accepted to The Wisconsin
Conservatory of Music to study piano, jazz piano, jazz theory, composition
and arranging. His teacher and mentor there was the legendary jazz pianist
Tony King who was once a student of Earl “Father” Hines.
Washington graduated Cum Laude and received his Bachelor’s degree
in piano performance from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. While
at Fisk he studied composition with Michael Rose at The Blair School
of Music at Vanderbilt University. He continued composition studies
at The Ohio State University where he received both his Master‘s
(M. M.) and Doctorate (D. M. A.) degrees. His teachers included Thomas
Wells, Donald Harris, Elliott Schwartz, and William Josephs. He participated
in a summer study session at Nadia Boulanger’s The American Conservatory
of Music at Fontainebleau, France where his composition teachers included
Betsy Jolas, Gilbert Amy, and Tristan Murail. Washington’s professional
career as a pianist and composer began even as early as high school
when he opened acts for major jazz performers such as Dizzy Gillespie,
David Sanborn, Chick Corea, Jeff Lorber, and Tony Williams. After graduating
from Fisk he worked with legendary jazz drummer Max Roach as his arranger
in New York.
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