Background
Tomasulo, Frank Peter was born on February 22, 1947 in New York City. Son of Anthony and Anne (Taiani) Tomasulo.
writer communications educator
Tomasulo, Frank Peter was born on February 22, 1947 in New York City. Son of Anthony and Anne (Taiani) Tomasulo.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Brooklyn College, 1967; Master of Arts in Cinema Studies, New York University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Film and television Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986.
Director audio-visual unit Seafarers International Union American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City, 1973-1974. Instructor communications arts St. John's University, Queens, New York, 1974-1975. Film/video director Medgar Evers College/CUNY, Brooklyn, 1975-1976.
Instructor department cinema Moorpark (California) College, 1976-1978. Teaching fellow department theatre arts University of California at Los Angeles, 1978-1981. Associate professor department cinema Ithaca (New York ) College, 1981-1991.
Visiting professor University California, Santa Cruz, 1989-1990, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1991. Professor department communications Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1991, chair department communications, 1991-1994. President Frank Films, Los Angeles, 1976-1980.
Head screenwriter Continental Cinema Industries, Incorporated, New York York City, 1974-1975. Presenter conferences in field. Faculty advisor, supervisor student film projects.
Member various committees Georgia State University, since 1991, Ithaca College, 1981-1991, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1981, Moorpark College, 1977-1978. Co-organizer conference Cornell University and State University of New York, Cortland, 1988. Referee American Council Learned Societies, 1988, Stanford Humanities Center, 1989, Mellon Fellowship in Humanities, University Pennsylvania, 1990, Fulbright Fellowship Committee Council for International Exchange of Scholars University Stockholm, 1991, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1992, National Endowment for Humanities, 1993.
Judge Ohio State University Broadcasting Awards, 1985-1991, Nicholl Screenwriting Awards Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1987-1988.
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Member Fulton County (Georgia) Arts Council, since 1994. Special advisor Atlanta Film Advisory Board, Mayor' General’ s Office, since 1993. Founding board directors and treasurer Richard Leigh Walker Foundation for Journalists, since 1993.
Member Society for Cinema Studies (1st prize Scholarly Writing 1980, committee on teaching since 1994, chair since 1995, member tenure and promotion/professor standards and practices committee 1991-1993, chair 1987-1991, task force on class 1993-1995), University Film and Video Association (board directors), Society for Cinema Studies (executive council).
Married Erica Fox.