Ted has lectured across the country at such Colleges and Conventions as:

LONG BEACH CA. CITY COLLEGE
CARNEGIE-MELON UNIVERSITY
COLUMBIA COLLEGE
L.A. CITY COLLEGE
FANGORIA
CHILLER
CINEMA WASTE- LAND
APPEARED ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL - IN SEVERAL SHOWS INCLUDING “ UNDERSTANDING THE PARANORMAL”
IS COVERED IN HUNDREDS OF MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
HAS HUNDREDS OF CREDITS AS WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR, AND DISTRIBUTOR.

 

 

 

Many of Ted’s films have achieved “Classic” status, and he has worked with many of the World’s outstanding celebrities. He has been credited with starting five to six thousand people in the motion picture industry.

Appointments can be made via the website: www.tedvmikels.com
(where you can view his background and partial list of credits), or email Ted directly at tvmstudios@aol.com .

Costs are $100.00 per half hour (person to person), by appointment, payable through Paypal, Money Order, or Check. The best times are Fridays, between 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM Pacific time.
Occasionally, Ted offers One and Two Day Seminars in his studio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Click on the button below to purchase the 30 minute seminar through PAYPAL:

Ted’s list of Credits:

FILM
2000/2006

* The Heart of a Boy:
* The Cauldron: Baptism of Blood
* Mark of the Astro-Zombies
* The Corpse Grinders 2 (horror/sci-fi) Copyright 2000 multi-media.

1999

* Two Feathers and Little Hawk (action/adventure) [director/producer/writer/editor] [note: uncompleted] 35mm
1998

* Female Slaves' Revenge (action/adventure) [director/producer/writer/editor/actor] 35mm.
* City in Terror (psychological horror) [director/producer/writer/editor] 35mm

1997

* Dimension in Fear (psychological horror) [director/producer/writer/editor] 35mm.

1990

* Mission: Killfast (martial arts drama) [director/producer/editor/co-writer] 35mm.

1986

* War Cat (action/adventure) [director/line producer/co-writer] 35mm
* Chad (action/adventure) [director/producer/writer/editor] 35mm

1983

* Space Angels (action/adventure) [director/producer/co-writer] [note:uncompleted] 35mm

1982

* Operation: Overkill (foreign intrigue) [director/editor/producer/co-writer] 35mm

1980

* Devil's Gambit (action/adventure) [director/producer] 35mm
* Kill the Dragon (action/adventure) [executive producer/production supervisor] 35mm

1979

* Knee-Dancing (drama) [director of photography] 35mm
* Ten Violent Women (action/adventure) [director/producer/editor/co-writer] 35mm.

1978

* The Aftermath/Zombie Aftermath (post-atomic horror) [executive producer] 35mm
* Cruise Missile (espionage drama) [co-producer] 35mm
* The Worm Eaters (comedy/horror) [producer] 35mm.

1977

* Alex Joseph and his Wives/The Rebel Breed (true-life drama) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 35mm

1974

* The Doll Squad (action/adventure) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 35mm.

1973

* Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (horror) [director/producer/editor/writer] 35mm.

1972

* Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (horror) [executive producer] 35mm

1970

* The Corpse Grinders (horror) [director/producer/editor/co-writer] 35mm.
* Scam (drama) [director/executive producer] 35mm

1969

* Up Your Teddy Bear (comedy/drama) [re-editor] 35mm

1968

* The Astro-Zombies (sci-fi/horror) [director/producer/editor/writer] 35mm.

1967

* Catalina Capers/Never Steal Anything Wet (foreign intrigue) [director of photography] 35mm
* Girl in Gold Boots (musical drama) [director/producer/co-editor/co-writer] 35mm

1966

* Agent from H.A.R.M. (action/adventure) [director of photography] 35mm
* I Crossed the Colour Line/The Black Klansman (drama) [director/producer/editor] 35mm
* The Undertaker and his Pals (horror) [distributor/re-editor] 35mm

1965

* And Eden Cried (drama) [director of photography] 35mm
* Day of the Nightmare (horror) [director of photography] 35mm
* Ghouls and Dolls/Orgy of the Dead (horror) [director of lighting and special effects]
[note: Ed Woods' last film] 35mm

1965 (cont.)

* The Hostage (psychological drama) [director of photography] 35mm
* House of the Black Death/Night of the Beast (horror) [director of photography] 35mm
* Little People (family TV pilot) [editor] 16mm

1964

* Brandy (exploitation) [cameraman] 35mm
* Games of Chance (drama) [director of photography] 35mm
* Genesis (drama) [director of photography] 35mm
* Jezebel (exploitation) [cameraman] 35mm
* One Shocking Moment/Suburban Affair (drama) [director/producer/editor/writer] 35mm
* Shepherd of the Hills (drama) [part photographer/co-editor] 35mm

1963

* The Doctors (comedy spoof) [director/producer/editor/co-writer] 35mm
* Money in my Pocket (comedy) [part photographer/co-editor] 35mm

1962

* Beauties of Central Oregon (travel/adventure documentary)
[director/producer/editor/writer/cameraman] 16mm
* The Skyliners (documentary) [editor/director of photography] 16mm
* Water Pageant (documentary) [editor/director of photography] 16mm

1961

* Camp Ruffitt (documentary) [editor/director of photography] 16mm
* Red Ryder Days (documentary) [editor/director of photography] 16mm

1959

* Strike Me Deadly (action/adventure) [director/producer/editor/writer] [note: released 1963] 35mm

1958

* The Black Sheep (drama) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 16mm
* Outdoor Paradise (travel documentary) [producer/editor/director of photography] 16mm

 

1957

* Indian Fighter (adventure) [stuntman/archery expert] 35mm
* Compelled (mystery/drama) [director/writer/producer/editor] 16mm
* Condemned Property (documentary/drama) [director of photography/editor] 16mm
* Day of the Outlaw (serious drama) [still cameraman] 35mm
* Disney's Tonka (action drama) [producer/actor/part-time still cameraman/horseman] 35mm
* Jungle Hell (action/adventure) [part photographer] 35mm
* Old Mexico (documentary/travel) [producer/editor/cameraman] 35mm
* Oregon Passage (action adventure) [actor/horseman/stunt rider] 35mm
* Yellow Roses (drama/romance) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 16mm

1956

* All About Blaze (documentary) [producer/editor/director of photography] 16mm
* Bag that Buck (documentary) [producer/editor/director of photography] 16mm
* Dream Man (dramatic fiction) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 16mm
* Fool's Prosperity (action/drama) [director/producer/co-writer/editor] 16mm
* Rodeo (documentary) [producer/editor/director of photography] 16mm
* The Long Wide Trailer (documentary) [producer/editor/cameraman] 16mm

1955

* ` Hoarfrost (documentary) [producer/director of photography] 16mm
* Reindeer Ranch (documentary) [producer/director of photography] 16mm
* Snow Monsters (horror) [director of photography] 16mm

SHORT FILM, DOCUMENTARIES & MUSICAL PROJECTS
1998

* Looking for a Man (one hour teleplay drama) Beta SP transfer to 35mm

1997

* War and Death in the Balkans (one hour war docu-drama) 16mm & 35mm

1996

* The Dreamer (musical drama - one hour docu-teleplay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King) 16mm & video

 

1992

* Casino Pro (teaching tape) video

1991

* Help Them Walk Again (dramatic introduction attempting to help quadriplegics) [director/producer/editor/co-writer/narrator] video

1990

* Back Yard in the Spring (children's one hour film of animals, bugs, snails and ducks) [editor/co-writer] video 1990 The Breath of Life (one hour docu-drama on institutional teaching film on health and Yoga living) [produced/writer/editor] video

1985

* In Search of Gold (documentary on smelting) video

1968

* The Dictionary (elementary school film teaching proper use) [producer/editor/director of
photography] 16mm
* Hart Mountain Hunt (documentary) [editor/director of photography] 16mm
* The Jimmy Allen Show (musical pilot) [director of photography/editor] 16mm
* North of the Border (Mexican-American relations and problem solving) [producer/director of
photography] 16mm

1962

* How Little, How Big (classroom film on relative sizes of objects) [director/producer/editor/co-
writer] 16mm

 

1957

* The Rockhound (a "how to" on finding, cutting and polishing of gems) [producer/co-writer/director of photography] 16mm

1954

* A Tall Tale (fairy tale) [director/co-written/editor] 16mm

COMMERCIALS (a brief selection of 300 or so)

1999

* Inventor's Acceptance Corp.
* John Robert Powers

1997

* Chris Rock

1989

* Interglobal Products [producer/editor/mixed/narrator]

1967

* Rex Allen (Lama Boots - an award winning commercial)

1966

* Joe DiMaggio (Bryl-Cream)

1965

* Phil Silvers

1965

* Smothers Brothers
* United Fund with Milton Berle

1957

* Horseman in 1950's

1956

* Stairway to Opportunity (sales promo documentary)

 

THEATRE WORK
(as director and/or lead performer - all from 1957-1963)

* The Diary of Anne Frank [director]
* Harvey [director]
* The Monkey's Paw [director]
* Charlie's Aunt [director]
* Time Out for Ginger [director]
* The Man in the Dog-Suit [director]
* The City Slicker and our Little Nell [director]
* The View from the Bridge [actor] (Mikels won an award)
* The Man who came to Dinner
* The Drunkard The Bat
* Presenting Gino (stage musical) [producer/editor/director of photography - 1991]

 

 

 

 

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