RTF Presents: Directing Workshop with Michael Zinberg

Directing Scripted Television: A Workshop with Michael Zinberg

Monday, November 9
2:00-3:30pm
DMC 5.208

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About Michael Zinberg

Michael Zinberg is an award-winning Director, Writer and Producer with hundreds of hours of prime-time television to his credit. These shows have won multiple Emmys and numerous other prestigious awards both in comedy and drama. He won The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing In Television for a Dramatic Series, Quantum Leap, Vietnam Trilogy.

He advises and coaches people outside the entertainment business through DirectionMZ, a company he founded to educate and improve the on-camera presentation and performance of business men and women in today’s screen saturated universe. 

His connection with The University of Texas at Austin, from which he graduated, goes back many years. He received The Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award from The University Ex Students Association, of which he is a Life Member. The ALCALDE named him as one of the 125 Extraordinary Texas Exes. He served five three-year terms on the College of Communication Advisory Board. He has spoken at the Annual Communication Week Seminars and given Master Classes in Writing and Directing. In 1994, he was honored by The College of Communication with the annual Outstanding Alumnus Award.