Perry T. Schwartz is a veteran Executive Producer and Director of film and theatre projects in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, and founder of Ol’ Black Bear Productions, LLC. Mr. Schwartz has written, produced and directed several award winning short documentary and narrative films, as well as two long format instructional videos for academic use. He has also produced and directed over 100 theatre productions at the college and professional levels and has been the artistic director for two theatre companies, Playwrights’ Co-op and the Washington Theatre Wing. Mr. Schwartz holds an MFA in theatre directing and filmmaking and has taught film and theatre at the college level for over 40 years. For ten years Mr. Schwartz was the coordinator of the East Coast American Film Institute Professional Training Division Workshops and taught filmmaking workshops for AFI. He is also the noted author of the textbook, “Enjoying Theatre Arts.”