Tom Ardavany

Thomas Ardavany hails from San Diego and for those of you that dont know where that is its in sunny California the beach babe capital of the world The son of a Navy man he was constantly on the move having to adapt to new locations and accommodate to his new friends which paid dividends down the road on the road to writing plays then eventually screen plays He idolized Chekhov Pinter and Shakespeare and learned to idolize William Goldman Billy Wilder and Ethan and Joel Coen so inspired by a grand parent that worked for United Artists Thomas headed to NYC to learn the craft of writing at NYU night school as well as numerous writing groups and workshops He dedicated himself to learning the rules so that he could expand on them just to break them as a creative test with non conformity To this end he earned a well rounded respect for his creative responsibilities as a writer initially by producing the plays he wrote His Independent spirit naturally led him into Independent social justice filmmaking dealing with issues like discrimination Pizza Man immigration An Immigrants Affair Crossing bullying Bullied to the Brink Poverty Blood Initiate and the heart break of war Check Point Thomas became acknowledged through wins and selections to various film festivals He began sharing his knowledge with other aspiring witting acting directors eventually opening a studio in Los Angeles where he developed The Ardavany Approach to OnCamera Mastery for 20 years These days Thomas has turned his attention to running his produced hilarious half hour sitcom around town called Betty Bs Spa selling his screenplays script doctoring and character development coaching occasionally directing and even landing an acting gig here and there like a character from the Hole in the Wall Gang Ben Kilpatrick in Chronicles of the Wild West on INSP network or a lead in a film called Avenged Thomas lives in Los Angeles Filmography The Idiots of Malibu 1994 Edens Mountain 1996 Sunsetter Shorts 1998 Pot Luck People 2000 Check Point 2005 Sex Party 2006?Pizza Man 2006?Crossing 2009?An Immigrants Affair 2009 The Invitation 2011 Blood Initiate 2014?Betty Bs Spa 2019 Bullied To The Brink 2020 ProducedDirected Plays Transcendent 1990 Together 1991 Felodese 1997 Short Eyes 2002 By Miguel Pinero Plays Transcendent 1990 Together 1991 Felodese 1997 ReWrite 2007 Screenplays Idiots of Malibu 1994 Edens Mountain 1996 Sunsetters 1997 Sunsetters Shorts 1998?Fat Chick Big Richards 1999?Pot Luck People 2000?The Way Of The Intercepting Fist 2003 Check Point 2005?Lost Angels 2005?Sex Party 2006?Pizza Man 2006?Sexy Science 2006?Tough Love 2007?Venice Project 2008?Crossing 2009?An Immigrants Affair 2009?Miriam Makeba 2012?Its Not The End Of The World 2013 Blood Initiate 2014?Florida 2014?Destined Relation 2018?Betty Bs Spa 2019?Ridding Wild Ones 2019?The Violent Sun 2020?Bullied To The Brink 2020