| ELLEN SNORTLAND RESUME |
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Attorney with twenty years of TV, film, theater and print experience: Writer, Commentator, Performer, Producer, Consultant, University Lecturer, Writing Coach, NGO activist, Violence Prevention Advocate and Instructor. |
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PRINT AUTHOR |
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Beauty Bites Beast:
Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls
1st Edition, Trilogy Books, Pasadena, 2nd Ed., B3 Books, Lightning Press |
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REGULAR COLUMNIST |
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"Consider This" Pasadena Weekly 12 years |
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CONTRIBUTOR Ms Magazine |
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FREELANCE COLUMNIST |
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Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Daily News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Arizona Tribune Newspapers, Houston Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charlotte Observer, Steele Country Press (N.D.), Providence Journal-Bulletin, Rapid City Journal (S.D.), Sacramento Bee, Troy Record (N.Y), On the Issues: A Progressive Woman's Quarterly |
| THEATER |
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One woman show "Now That She's Gone" Written and performed by Ms. Snortland [Separate theater résumé available on request] |
| BROADCAST COMMENTATOR |
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"What A Week"/KNBC Los Angeles, CA With Fritz Coleman.
Commentator/Writer for weekly segment. Specialized in women's issues and current events. |
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SPECIAL GUEST/COMMENTATOR |
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Case Closed/USA Network (2 episodes) Children's safety Los Angeles, CA |
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Jane Whitney/Syndicated Boston, MA
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KCET Documentary on Children's Self-defense, KCET (PBS) Los Angeles, CA |
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Dateline NBC Curbing Violence Against Women, February 15, 1999 National |
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CO-HOST/CONTRIBUTOR |
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"This Just In"/WBZ-TV Boston, MA Irreverent look at the news. |
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PANELIST |
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"Back Talk" NBC/Group W Chicago, IL |
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News and current events panelist. Humorous and irreverent. (Co-panelists; Dr. Bertice Berry, Talk show host; Judy Markey, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times ). |
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REPORTER/HUMORIST/WRITER |
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TV Lite"/KCRA-TV Sacramento, CA |
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Daily afternoon and evening show. Tongue-in-cheek but real news. |
| PRODUCTION/WRITING |
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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR |
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"Beauty Bites Beast/La Bella Muerde a la Bestia" the film Altadena, CA
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"Totally Hidden Video" Fox Los Angeles, CA |
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"The New Candid Camera" (pilot) KingWorld Los Angeles, CA |
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WRITER/SEGMENT PRODUCER |
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"The Tim and Daphne Reid Show" KingWorld Los Angeles, CA |
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WRITER |
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"Opposite Sex" Barry & Enright game show pilot Los Angeles, CA |
| ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Actor: TV-Series regular. Commercials. Voice-over talent-worked with Shelley Duvall, Shari Lewis, Sega |
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Live Events Planner and Producer-venues include Pasadena Auditorium, Hollywood Palace |
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Self-Defense Advocate: Instructor and Spokesperson for The IMPACT Foundation and KIDPOWER |
| PUBLIC SPEAKING |
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(select list)
ACLU Feminist Forum/Los Angeles, CA: Sexual Harassment |
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KFI, KABC & KPFK/Los Angeles, CA: Sexual Harassment and Children's Self-Defense |
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Cal State Long Beach/Long Beach, CA: Sexual Harassment |
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UCLA Extension - Autobiographical Writing (Guest Speaker) |
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Occidental College and United Nation's Association - Beyond Beijing Conference |
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln: guest legal and media lecturer |
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AAUW, various chapters |
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Pasadena YWCA |
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Pasadena Friends Commission on the Status of Women |
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Guest Lecturer: USC, UND |
| EDUCATION/ASSOCIATIONS |
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Juris Doctor, Loyola Law School 1977 |
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BA Cum Laude University of California, Irvine, Theater and Film 1973 |
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Member, California State Bar Association (inactive) |
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Former Member, California Legislative Press Corps |
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UNA Delegate and Press corps member to United Nations Beijing Conference on Women, 1995 |
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UNA Delegate and Press corps member to UN World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa, 2001 |
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UNA Delegate and Press corps member to the U.N. 47th & 48th Commission on the Status of Women |
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Landmark Education: Curriculum for Living; Wisdom Courses; Creation of Freedom |
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Board Member: The Impact Foundation; Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights; UNA-Pasadena/Foothills Chapter; Pasadena Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women;
Fifty-Fifty Leadership; Action Committee for Women in Prison |
WRITING SAMPLES/REEL & REFERENCES ON REQUEST |
Ellen Snortland
2460 N. Lake Ave., PMB 112, Altadena, CA 91001
Phone 626-798-8421 fax 626-798-8564
Email Ellen Snortland ellen@snortland.com |
