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Howard Allen (thedoc@scriptdoctor.com) Story Analysis was rated 4th in the nation in Creative Screenwriting. He's a Star Speaker in the 2007 L.A. Screenwriter's Expo. He has worked for many years as a professional actor, director, playwright, sceenwriter and literary manager/dramaturg -- as well as a reporter, reviewer and editor in his journalistic career. As a member of Actor's Equity and the Screen Actor's Guild, he has performed in LORT B theatres and in movies directed by Michael Landon and others. He won awards for reporting and for reviewing film and theatre. He won a scholarship to attend the Critics Institute at the prestigious O'Neill Theatre Conference. He has benefited from workshops with August Wilson, Eric Overmyer, Horton Foote, Edit Villareal and others. With an MFA in Playwriting and Screenwriting, he teaches college level courses in Writing for Film and Television, Film Acting, Art Of Cinema, Theatre History -- as well as Humanities. His adaptation of "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" was given a professional theatre production. Credits: co-writer “Renaissance,” top 10% at Heart of Austin Film Festival; screenplay “Line In the Sand” has just been optioned; Script Consultant and actor in 2007 Western, “The Decoy,” actor in “Red 71” (post production).