Alan holds a BFA in Film and Television from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, as well as certificates from various institutions relating to the technical side of film and television production. Since the mid-1970’s he has worked in production and post-production for such companies as Showtime Networks, Tape Film Industries, NBC Television Network, HBO East Coast Productions, SMA Realtime/SMA Video and others. Alan is currently with AbelCine, NY, where he handles sales of high-end digital cinema and television production equipment and systems. He is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and TV Engineers and the Digital Cinema Society, and is a former member of the Writers Guild of America. Alan has also served as an Instructor at the NYU School of Continuing Education and as a Lecturer at the NYU Center for Advanced Digital Applications. A bass baritone, Alan enjoys singing and has appeared in musicals and plays staged by the Rockaway Theatre, Village Light Opera Group, Blue Hill Troupe, The Heights Players and others.