H. Paul Moon

H Paul Moon zenviolencecom is a filmmaker professor and attorney based in New York City and Washington DC whose work concentrates on the performing arts He teaches editing and manages a network of online communities at focuspullingcom and docofilmcom that keep pace with new camera technologies and documentary news Major works include Sitka A Piano Documentary about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos and Quartet for the End of Time quatuorxyz about Olivier Messiaens transcendent WWII composition Moons first feature an acclaimed and awardwinning documentary about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber samuelbarberfilmcom premiered on PBS and he is currently finishing another documentary feature about Western poetry westdocumentarycom His ongoing bicentennial multimedia works on poet Walt Whitman are featured at whitmanonfilmcom Moons latest film is an operatic adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol scroogeoperacom awarded Critics Choice by Opera News as a thoroughly enjoyable film version insightfully conceived and directed with firstrate and remarkably illustrative storytelling