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Anthony Collins in Afghanistan in 2007

Anthony Collins is a producer-editor, teacher, musician, ethnomusicologist, writer, scholar, explorer, and social development media facilitator.

As a professional filmmaker for more than 25 years, Anthony has received international acclaim as producer/editor of more than 50 films and videos. His professional and creative work has been exhibited, broadcast and distributed in more than 20 countries. Notable achievements include two Ford Foundation Media Production Grants, a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Grant, a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, and others. He has also worked directly with many non-governmental, community-based groups in various countries---Philippines, Oman, Afghanistan, and Guatemala---facilitating community-based abilities to produce original media productions.

As a musician for more than 40 years, Anthony performs on acoustic instruments (viola, violin, guitar, others) and is expanding his interest to include electronic music. His musical interests are wide, varied and based upon a life-long pursuits in the study of music.

As a scholar and writer, Anthony’s activities include doctoral studies in educational theory, with extensive research writing in US legal history, ethnic studies, film studies, and cultural history.

Anthony has earned a doctoral degree in the field of Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University (California, USA); a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Film and Television Production from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Film and Television from UCLA; and a Master of Arts (MA) in Asian American Studies from UCLA. He worked for 10 years as a professor of digital media production in the United Arab Emirates, and pursued a range of creative, professional projects while in the UAE. Currently, Anthony is working as an educational consultant, media producer, and writer in the Los Angeles area, with ongoing projects worldwide.

Anthony is currently developing a television documentary about the relatively-unknown nonfiction writings and photographs of Jack London (1876-1916); and is writing a dramatic feature film script about Admiral Richard Byrd's second expedition to Antarctica where he spent five months alone in a hut near the South Pole. 



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