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State Information Officers Council Gold Award recipient. Defense Information School distinguished honor graduate. Worked in public service for 35 years. Aa a soldier, guardsman, reservist, and civil servant, served mostly in public affairs, also known as public relations (PR). In the words of Charles Dickens, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." After 26 years of disseminating external information to the news media, the public, and local communities, and command or internal information to fellow employees, he exited the PR arena, stage left, and focused on helping homeless veterans. As part of his official duties, he published A Study on the Status of Homeless Veterans in California, mandated by Assembly Bill 1080. Assemblywoman Gloria Negrete McLeod authored the legislation, signed into law by the governor in 2001. The report featured recommendations from the California Association of Veteran Service Agencies. The members included Vietnam Veterans of California, based in Santa Rosa, Swords to Plowshares, San Francisco, U.S.VETS, based in Los Angeles, New Directions, West LA, and Vietnam Veterans of San Diego. Steve felt privileged to collaborate with the executive directors, CEOs, and presidents, Peter Cameron, Michael Blecker, J.D., Stephen Peck, M.S.W., Toni Reinis, and retired Navy Cmdr. Al Pavich, respectively. Steve could not have completed the report without them, especially Stephen Peck, actor Gregory Peck's son, whose contribution was invaluable. Returned to public affairs in July 2005. Less than two months later, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. The heartbreaking scenes of death and destruction on CNN compelled him to request as much annual leave as his supervisor would approve and volunteer as a public information officer with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He requested New Orleans, but FEMA assigned him to hot and humid Texas where thousands of traumatized evacuees from Louisiana and other gulf coast states sought refuge. After two nights in Houston and a few days in Austin, he served the remainder of his temporary duty in San Antonio. At the former Kelly Air Force Base, he did some media relations, assisted a couple who lost everything except their car and the clothes on their backs, and, as part of a team, helped to reunite a husband and wife separated during the Superdome evacuation and bused to different states. “‘Twas a humbling experience indeed,” said Steve. Katrina and helping homeless veterans left a lasting impression. As Phil Ochs sang, "There but for fortune may go you or I."
stage PLAYS/MUSICALS Cesar and Ruben (Father McDonnell, Bobby Kennedy, Gray Davis) Something in the Valley (1849 Miner) screen PARTIAL LIST (For further details, refer to IMDb) FILMS A Fractured Life (Sara's Dad) Big Stan (Prison Guard, Prison Cook) Buddies (Max) Butterscotch (Max) Capital Women (Policeman) Dare to Believe (International Cab Driver, POTUS Aide #1) Dirt (Uniformed Policeman) Dreamed Vengeance (Cafe Patron) Gina's Journey: The Search for William Grimes (Constable / Wheelbarrow Man / Barbershop Customer #3) Lasso (Rodeo Patron) Milk (Conservative Audience Member, Harvey Milk/Senator Briggs Debate) Moneyball (VIP Executive) My Name is Khan (Spectator, State Capitol, Hospital) Petite Chardonnay (BTS videographer, funeral mourner) POV: K9 (Next Door Neighbor) Sagacity (cocktail party guest, art gallery) Saturday's a Rugby Day (Spectator) Seducing Charlie Barker (Movie Executive) Chef Joe, Academy of Art Institute, San Francisco (Restaurant Patron) Student Film, San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking (dream sequence) The Etruscan Smile (Restaurant Patron / Fundraiser Bartender) The Golden Tree (Samuel Brannan, location assistant) The Keeper of the Clay (Pedestrian) The Valley (Tech Executive) We Promised (George) Wolf Mother (Bank Patron) TELEVISION 13 Reasons Why (Deputy Sheriff et al) Behind The Screams (Undersheriff Ellison) Chance (Medical Conference Attendee) Cuff Me If You Can (Plain Clothes Police Detective) I (Almost) Got Away With It (FBI Agent #2) I (Almost) Got Away With It (Prison Guard) I (Almost) Got Away With It (Jail Cell Inmate #3) Sense8 (Pedestrian With Car et al) Trauma (Pedestrian) The World's Astonishing News (Inmate / Plain Clothes Policeman / Karate Student / Bank Patron / Plain Clothes Police Detective) When We Rise (SF Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval) War and Remembrance (Laboratory Technician) COMMERCIALS To Serve Ketchup (The Linguist) VIDEOS Bernooli (Rave Dancer/Cocktail Party Guest)
Following a 15-year hiatus I returned to acting and worked from 2005 to 2019 in Northern California including the Bay Area and Central Valley. From my home base in Sacramento County I traveled far and wide, from Tres Pinos to Sebastopol, Stockton to Magalia, El Dorado Hills to San Francisco, Grass Valley to Half Moon Bay, and to many locations in between. My theme song was "On The Road Again" by Canned Heat. Thanks to Colleen Kenneavy, Beau Bonneau Casting, San Francisco, my moment of fame occurred when I appeared in Moneyball (2011) with Brad Pitt. "I saw you, big as life, standing next to Brad Pitt in Moneyball. What a great shot," said my former colleague, Chris Davis, past president, California State Information Officers Council. During a lull in my acting career I turned to writing. Right out of the gate I found success. In 2014 separate panels of judges at Access Sacramento and Nevada County Television selected my screenplay The Wrecking Yard (2019) as a winning entry in two film festivals, A Place Called Sacramento and Here in Nevada County. In terms of output, 2015 to 2017 was my most prolific period in front of the camera. My best year ever was 2017. Thanks to Richard Falcon, the director, I even got a gig in live theater, Ed Begley Jr.'s Cesar and Ruben (2017). I was living the dream. As a sideline I sang and played acoustic-electric 6-string and 12-string guitar at sports pubs, wine bars, breweries, bars and grills, pizza parlors, restaurants, farmers markets, coffee houses and delis, and my favorite venue, Nicholsons MusiCafe in Folsom. I performed songs by popular American and British rock bands of the 1960s such as Buffalo Springfield, The Kinks, and The Beatles. My repertoire included For What It's Worth, written by Stephen Stills, Tired of Waiting For You, written by Ray Davies, and from the album A Hard Day's Night, Things We Said Today, credited to Lennon-McCartney, written by Paul McCartney.
To Pierce an Angel's Wings | R | 20:47 | Drama, Short | 23 December 2017 (USA) is an independent short film produced by Adobe Creek Films, directed by Andrew Wynkoop and co-written by his brother Chris Wynkoop. Over a period of one day and two very long nights, the Wynkoops, along with their cast and crew, filmed on location in the cities of Petaluma and Rohnert Park in Sonoma County and the city of Novato in Marin County in Northern California. The production commenced in the summer and concluded in the fall of 2017. The initial filming occurred from Friday night, starting at approximately 8 p.m., to sunrise Saturday morning and from Saturday mid-morning to mid-afternoon, Sept. 1 and 2, 2017. At the end of this long night's journey into day, Andrew treated his cast and crew to a late lunch at Amy's, a drive thru and sit-down restaurant in Rohnert Park that serves handcrafted organic, vegan, and vegetarian food to nourish hard-working citizens, busy families, and road-weary travelers, not to mention exhausted filmmakers and actors. Following a one-month delay due to scheduling conflicts, the third and final "day" of shooting took place from Sunday night, starting at approximately 8 p.m., to past midnight early Monday morning, Oct. 1 and 2, 2017. During filming on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, the temperature in Petaluma, Calif. hit a record 107 degrees. "It was a hellish shoot," said Andrew. "I must say that the project was an exhaustive epic that I shall never forget. Everyone was so dedicated and had a great amount of true grit. I think it was a testament to the film. Our blood, sweat, and tears bled through. We persevered like the great John Wayne." The film wrapped about a week before the catastrophic Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, engulfed the North Bay area including the city of Santa Rosa, 18.2 miles from Petaluma via US-101 North.