P. David Ebersole
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Peter David Ebersole is an American television director and independent filmmaker. He began his film career as a child actor, playing the lead in the musical "Junior High School
" (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul
. Since then, he won AFI's Franklin J. Schaffner award for best film/best director for his student thesis project, "Death in Venice, CA" (1994), directed a boxing film, "Straight Right" (2000) that premiered on Sundance Channel, and was a director on two telenovelas for Fox Television airing on My Network TV, Desire
(2006) and Wicked Wicked Games
(2007) starring Tatum O'Neal. He was co-producer of the HBO original film, "Stranger Inside" (2001) and the independent film "The New Women" (2001) starring Mary Woronov. He directed and edited his first documentary "Hit So Hard" about drummer Patty Schemel of the seminal grunge band Hole, which had its world premiere at SXSW 2011 and will be released theatrically in 2012. He currently lives in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Marina del Rey.
Junior High School (film)
Junior High School is a 1978 musical featurette starring P. David Ebersole as Jerry Sanders. The film chronicles the first day of term at a dramatized school of seventh and eighth graders, and consists of seven songs along with several dance numbers...
" (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
. Since then, he won AFI's Franklin J. Schaffner award for best film/best director for his student thesis project, "Death in Venice, CA" (1994), directed a boxing film, "Straight Right" (2000) that premiered on Sundance Channel, and was a director on two telenovelas for Fox Television airing on My Network TV, Desire
Desire (TV series)
Desire is an American telenovela which debuted at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central on September 5, 2006, on the American network MyNetworkTV, and ended on December 5. It was produced by Twentieth Television...
(2006) and Wicked Wicked Games
Wicked Wicked Games
Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, P. David Ebersole, Jeff Hare and Jeremy Stanford. ...
(2007) starring Tatum O'Neal. He was co-producer of the HBO original film, "Stranger Inside" (2001) and the independent film "The New Women" (2001) starring Mary Woronov. He directed and edited his first documentary "Hit So Hard" about drummer Patty Schemel of the seminal grunge band Hole, which had its world premiere at SXSW 2011 and will be released theatrically in 2012. He currently lives in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Marina del Rey.