Screenwriter, Actor, Location Management,
President Crazy Fish Films
Cell Phone: (405)
924-3211
Email: pstompkins@aol.com or paul@crazyfishfilms.com
Mail to 3109 Oak Hollow Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Based in Oklahoma City
Credits Include:
Writer-producer-director degree from the Hollywood Film Institute
Has scripted or co-scripted nearly a dozen feature screenplays; has been represented as a screenwriter by ICM. Several of his scripts continue to generate interest from top producers, actors, and directors.
Frequently hired as a consultant to others on adaptations of novels and the development or improvement of original screenplays.
Active member of Independent Feature Project, a grassroots organization dedicated to the support of independent feature filmmaking.
1981-1999: Lived in L.A. and worked in various production capacities (including Transportation Coordinator, Location Manager, and Assistant Director) with some of the bigger names in Hollywood, such as Gale Anne Hurd, Francis Coppola, and Joel Schumacher:
Film Work includes:
Drowning Mona (1999) - Assistant Location Manager - Nick Gomez, director; Jersey Shores Productions
The Practice (TV Series, 1998) - Assistant Location Manager
- Kelley Productions, Inc./ABC
Eight Millimeter (1997-98) - Assistant Location Manager
- Joel Schumacher, director; Columbia Pictures
The Tourist Trap (1997) - Assistant Location Manager - Jean-Paul Salome, director; Click Productions
Blackout Effect (1997) - Assistant Location Manager
- Jeff Bleckner, director; Citadel
American History X (1997) - Assistant Location Manager
- Tony Kaye, director; New Line Cinema
The Inheritance (1997) - Assistant Location Manager - Bobby Roth, director; Alliance Communications
Surviving (1984) - Location Manager
- Waris Hussein, director; ABC/MOW
Rumble Fish (1982) - Location Manager - Francis Ford Coppola, director; Zoetrope/Universal
Zapped (1981) - Location Scout
- Bob Rosenthal, director; AVCO/Embassy Pictures
The Beastmaster (1982) - Transportation Coordinator
- MGM
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1981) - Assistant Director - CBS
1983-1996: Appeared in lead or supporting roles in numerous national commercials and television shows, including “LA Law”, “Dallas”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Matlock”, and various soap operas, such as “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives,” and “Santa Barbara.” Numberous others; credits available upon request.
1980-81: Numerous additional Production Assistant jobs.
Late 1970s: Formed Great Western Entertainment, serving as president. Company purchased and leased movie theaters in Colorado and Oklahoma, presenting sub-run double-features for $1.50.
Late 1970s: President of Plainspeak Systems Corporation, which promoted the use of computerized ticketing through TicketMaster.
Bachelor’s Degree with majors in both English and Theater from Austin College, Sherman, Texas
The Strip (TV Series, 1999) - Key Assistant Location Manager
- Joel Silver, Warner Productions/UPN