Hassan Jamal

(213) 413-8004

hassanj53@yahoo.com

I have done theater in Los Angeles either as actor, writer, director or producer for over twenty years.

Compilation of Work

2002-present                 ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER PJB ENTERPRISES, ENCINO CA  Coordinated inbound information for financial planning of medium sized to small film production.
1997-2002                 SET DECORATOR / ON-SET DRESSER  Independents, Studios, Commercials, Features, and Industrial production in California and Nevada.
1997                 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TWO WRITERS.  Two plays produced by Hassan, which included "Dark Comedy", a play about racial prejudice in 1940's Hollywood, written and directed by Hassan.  Glaxa Studio, Los Angeles. Music by Stew of "The Negro Problem".
1997                 DADA Show.  Participant in the 1997 DADA Show in Downtown Los Angeles. Constructed a room of poetry.
1995   THE POETS.  Film on video about counterculture poets in Los Angeles.  Produced and directed by Hassan.  Selected to be shown at the 1995 American Film Institute Film Festival.  Available to rent through the Los Angeles Echo Park Film Center.
1994   THE FILMMAKERS.  Public access talk show about filmmaking.  Produced, directed and hosted by Hassan.  Century Cable, Glendale.
1994    THANK YOU.  Staged reading of film script written, produced and staged by Hassan.  Grassy Knoll Theater, Los Angeles.
1993   FILM SHORT FESTIVAL.  Executive producer, Hassan.  Grassy Knoll Theater, Los Angeles.
1993   TV-48 LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE
                        -  Director/Producer/Editor Artist Corner (talk show)
                        -  Director/Producer/Editor "Mental Game" (music video for artist Prime  Rose)
1992   TEMPTATION. (links: 1, 2)   Play written and directed by Hassan which toured the city:  UCLA (received honorarium), Los Angeles City College, several Substance Abuse Recovery Center and Halfway Houses, and the Jan Clayton Center Halfway House.
1992    TEMPTATION. (links: 1, 2)   Staged reading of play written, produced and staged by Hassan, Cast Theater, Hollywood.
1991   THANK YOU.  Student film about how the homeless are ignored.  Written, produced and directed by Hassan.  Los Angeles City College.
1991   ESCAPE FROM JOHANNESBURG.  Student film about an escape from a South African prison.  Written, produced and directed by Hassan.  Los Angeles City College.
1990-91   Los Angeles City College, Film and Television Department, Certificate Program.
1990-91    TEMPTATION. (links: 1, 2) and DARK COMEDY.  Two plays written, produced and directed by Hassan.  Playwrights Express, First Stage, Hollywood.
1990   THE LOWER DEPTHS.  The classic Gorky play performed by professional actors and homeless artists.  Fund raiser for homeless charities.  Acted the role of the Baron and as associate producer, Hassan.
1989     TEMPTATION. (links: 1, 2) Play about overcoming drug abuse.  Runner-up at the 1989 Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center Playwrights Competition.  Written and directed by Hassan.
1985                 Associate of Arts Degree in Theater, West Los Angeles Junior College.