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Brian Herskowitz
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/TEACHER
Brian Herskowitz
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/TEACHER
JoAnne
2012
Status: Completed
Fifty-two-year-old JOANNE BLANDA, divorced, unemployed, and desperately broke pawns her wedding ring to pay for her rent, only to be robbed by two street thugs. Contemplating suicide, she buys a gun at a pawn shop, but as she loads the pistol she spies on the men who robbed her. She finds them on the verge of making a drug deal involving a duffel bag filled with cash. Confronting them, JoAnne demands her purse, her life, her dignity back.
1736: Somewhere to Turn
2010
Status: Released
"1736: Somewhere to Turn" is a powerful documentary written, directed, and produced by critically-acclaimed screenwriter Brian Herskowitz and edited by George Missor. Beginning with an overview of domestic violence from the impact of the OJ Simpson case in 1994 to the year 2010, the film educates the viewer on the history of domestic violence including national statistical information. The film highlights stories of courage, survival, and hope for a safe and better future for the many children, women and families recovering from domestic violence at 1736 Family Crisis Center in Los Angeles.
Tour of Duty
(1992–1997)
Status: Released
Episodes:
The Raid (1990)
Payback (1990)
Three Cheers for the Orange, White and Blue (1990)
War Is a Contact Sport (1990)
Vietnam Rag (1990)
Acceptable Losses (1990)
Road to Long Binh (1990)
Dead Man Tales (1990)
And Make Death Proud to Take Us (1990)
Odd Man Out (1990)
Green Christmas (1989)
World in Changes (1989)
I Am What I Am (1989)
Thanks for the Memories (1989)
Cloud Nine (1989)
A Necessary End (1989)
A Bodyguard of Lies (1989)
Lonely at the Top (1989)
The Ties That Bind (1989)
Doc Hock (1989)
The Luck (1989)
The Volunteer (1989)
Hard Stripe (1989)
Sealed with a Kiss (1989)
Sins of the Fathers (1989)
Lonesome Cowboy Blues (1989)
Promised Land (1989)
Nightmare (1989)
Terms of Enlistment (1989)
Popular Forces (1989)
I Wish It Would Rain (1989)
Sleeping Dogs (1989)
Non-Essential Personnel (1989)
True Grit (1989)
For What It's Worth (1989)
Saigon: Part 2 (1989)
Saigon: Part 1 (1989)
This series offers an unflinching look at the "tours of duty" of several members of a platoon during the Vietnam War. Death is inevitable in war, and major characters do die. The protagonists face the Viet Cong, social disapproval, and sometimes themselves over the course of the series.
Until Someone Gets Hurt
2015
Status: Released
A team of "ghost hunters" from a TV reality show travel to a supposedly haunted house, and find that they are unprepared for what's in store.
Bucky and the Squirrels
2014
Status: Released
Back in 1968, a one-hit wonder rock band from Appleton, Wisconsin vanished in a plane crash somewhere in the Swiss Alps. Now, 50 years later, the aircraft has just been discovered with the Squirrels still inside - frozen alive. After they're returned home, thawed, and are struggling to return to their former selves, the IRS arrests them for owing a half century of back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Squirrels have to prove they can pay the money back by convincing the government they're capable of performing once again. Unfortunately, they're not.
With Us
2014
Status: Not Released
JAYDEN CHRISTINE, a child with imaginary friends and wonderful imagination, grows into a staid, orderly, dull young woman, but her world is turned upside down when her boss hires a new creative director, RYAN EIGENBLIDET, a quirky young man who reawakens Jayden's dormant imagination.
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