In 1967, after graduating from the University of Southern California with a BA degree (for Cinema) in Letters, Arts and Sciences, Don worked as a musician, singer and songwriter in The Penny Arkade, a rock band produced by “Monkee” Michael Nesmith. Moving to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California, Don professionally entered show business as an “extra” (a POW) in the movie Von Ryan’s Express (1965), the first of several such “roles.” He began his professional writing career in 1966, writing articles for and finally editing the magazine Modern Monsters. the Purple Monster) were eventually shown in theatres and on TV.
At age nine, already bitten by the film-making “bug,” he made Diplodocus at Large, the first of 41 amateur movies featuring dinosaurs, human monsters (Frankenstein’s Monster, Teenage Werewolf, etc.) and superheroes (Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, etc.) Some of these films made during the late 1960s (e.g., Spy Smasher vs.
GLUT has been professionally active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966.īorn in Pecos, Texas, Don grew up in Chicago, IL. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:56:20 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA153801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Ballantine Books hardcover ed.
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