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(Partial bio. Haven’t had time to update this since about 2011.)<\/p>\n

A CV for Michael W. Dean:<\/p>\n

www.FreedomFeens.com<\/a> (podcast)<\/span><\/p>\n

Partial CV: http:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/pub\/au\/3220<\/a><\/p>\n

Testimonials:<\/span><\/strong> “I’ve told people this before and I’ll say it again: Michael Dean laughs at deadlines. And then he gets mad at them and pulls out a stick and chases them around and whacks them into submission. And then he puts on his shades, throws his head back, and laughs yet again with the glee of a man who knows how to wield his willpower like a billy club. That’s what I say to people. “(Finishing the book) eleven days ahead of schedule, good gawd yawl… —Steve Weiss Executive Editor, O’Reilly Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Michael has the work ethic of a Kansas farmer, the brain of a Harvard professor, and the niceness of June Cleaver. And he beats deadlines into mincemeat! I’ve worked with hundreds of authors too, and that “all time favorite list” includes about five, so you are among the few. —Sandy Doell, editor on $30 Film Schoo<\/em>l (by Michael W. Dean), $30 Music School<\/em> (by Michael W. Dean), and YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts<\/em> (by Alan Lastufka and Michael W. Dean), and a few hundred other books by other people. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book’s dangerous! Dean peels away every one of your excuses for not making it happen.\u201d —Andy Rathbone, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Windows For Dummies<\/em> on Michael Dean\u2019s book $30 Writing School<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Dean GETS it.\u201d– Lydia Lunch, writer\/musician<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRead this excellent book and learn how to produce profitable independent films while sticking your finger in the eyes of the devil-worshiping media conglomerates who are sucking us dry of our spiritual and economic capital.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

–Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, and creator of the Toxic Avenger<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn $30 Film School Michael Dean & his crew give great insight on how to avoid the tired conventions of commercial filmmaking and etch the subversive onto the screen for the greater good of cinema and mankind alike.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

–Joshua Leonard, Actor\/Cameraman, \u201cBlair Witch Project\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Dean is a Hollywood-hating, just-let-me-make-my-damn-movie kind of guy. For the nine-zillion hungry souls who fall into the same category, $30 Film School is the perfect book. The ultimate guide for the ambitious, artistic, alterna and penniless.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

–Jerry Stahl<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael W. Dean CV:<\/span><\/h2>\n

An anagram for “Michael Dean” is “Deal Machine,” and that truly fits. Dean never sits on his laurels, and he’s constantly touching the world in special places.<\/p>\n

Michael is the author of the books $30 Film School<\/a><\/em>, $30 Music School<\/a><\/em>, $30 Writing School<\/a><\/em>, Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women<\/a><\/em>, The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl<\/em>, and DIY NOW! Digital Audio<\/em>. He directed the films D.I.Y. Or Die: How To Survive as an Independent Artist<\/em> and Hubert Selby Jr: It’ll Be Better Tomorrow<\/a><\/em>. Michael played guitar in the band The Beef People. He sang and played bass in Baby Opaque and Bomb <\/a>(Warner Brothers).<\/p>\n

Michael W. Dean has toured America and Europe lecturing at youth centers, colleges, and museums. He was a speaker at the Podcast and New Media Expo.<\/p>\n

Michael contributed to O’Reilly’s Digital Video Hacks<\/em><\/a> book, edited O’Reilly’s DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish<\/em><\/a> by Ian Aronson, and wrote “MAKE a Mailbox Movie” in MAKE Volume 3<\/em><\/a>. His books $30 Film School, $30 Music School, and $30 Writing School have sold over 45,000 copies.<\/p>\n

He co-authored (with Alan Lastufka) a book for O’Reilly called YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael recently finished his third film, “Guns and Weed: the Road to Freedom”<\/a><\/p>\n

He does a weekly podcast called Freedom Feens<\/a>. Michael sleeps in late, stays up late, and works at home as a writer and filmmaker. He lives in Casper, Wyoming with his lovely, nifty wife Debra Jean Dean and their three cats, Charlie Squitten Jr, Peanut McFluffernutter, and Fuzzbucket McFluffernutter.<\/p>\n

Michael loves communicating out to the world, but says, “A good day is one where my phone doesn’t ring.”<\/p>\n

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