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-winning children's television series

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. His work as an editor on the documentary The Chemical People for

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garnered him an

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nomination. His first theatrical release feature, A Modern Affair, starring

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and

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, was invited to multiple festivals. It showed on HBO and was distributed by Columbia TriStar, which he produced and directed. His feature

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, a USA-Brazil co-production is in the preproduction stage. He lives in Chatham, NJ with his wife Mary-Jo Salerno and two children. His brother

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was executive producer and writer on several series of

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