Myrl A. Schreibman

Myrl Schreibman began his career as a child actor with The Cleveland Playhouse appearing in productions such as Critics Choice and Sunrise at Campobello. In his teenage years he worked in theater during the summer all over Ohio. He went on to study for a period of time with Uta Hagen at The Herbert Berghoff Studios in New York where he continued his acting, taking classes at different times from Stella Adler and other luminaries of the theater.

He decided to get his college degree and enrolled at UCLA where he received his Bachelors in Theater with a specialization in Film and Television (only this time behind the camera). His classmates included Rob Reiner, Jim Morrison, Alan Daviau, Colin Higgins, Dan Gordon, Jeff Margolis, Louis J. Horvitz.

He continued his study in the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Theater with a specialization in Film and Television at UCLA at a time when the program only accepted four candidates a year. Here he studied with faculty that included Norman Jewison, James Wong Howe, Norman Corwin, Viola Spolin, and Marcelle Marceau. He also met and was given the opportunity to observe the legendary film director Jack Arnold (Incredible Shrinking Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space, and The Mouse that Roared) and after graduating from UCLA he continued (his study) for the next several years only now at the side of his mentor Jack Arnold.

During that time he got on the job experiences in various aspects of producing (including a stint as a cost controller for Sam Goldwyn Studios), and he produced his first feature film at the age of 28.

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