In 1982 Wang Yaping from the Chinese Writers' Association in Beijing toured 20 U.S. states with a camera, asking Studs Terkel, the
Chinese American architect I.M. Pei, former heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali, and other Americans questions about what he saw.
Since this was his first visit to the U.S., there was a lot that Wang did not understand, so both his viewpoint and his areas of ignorance
present an interesting perspective. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
In 1985, I was invited by my friend Wang Yaping to come to China to help him with a documentary film he was making
about an international Wushu exhibition which was held in Xian. I later spent 3 months editing this film in Beijing.
From 1986 until the present, I have worked as a motion picture sound editor, supervisor, and sound designer on more
than 100 Hollywood films. Here is a partial list of my film credits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477179/
In 1992, I won an award called "The Golden Reel" from the Motion Picture Sound Editors organization for my
work on the successful action film, "Under Siege."
In 2009, I was invited by the Beijing Film Academy to give a series of lectures on sound editing and design to
the students there. In all, I have traveled to China on 5 separate occasions. For the past 2 years, I have been seriously
studying the Mandarin language. I have also worked as a private language tutor to several students from mainline China
and Taiwan here in Los Angeles. Recently, I had the great pleasure of working with several middle and high school
students in Hubei, China as a private English tutor. Here are the names of some English teachers and
parents in Hubei that you are welcomed to contact.

 I was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1952.
In 1970 I graduated from Salesianum, an all boys Catholic high school in Wilmington, Delaware where I played on the
basketball and baseball teams.
Later that same year, I enrolled at the University of Delaware where I majored in Graphic Design.
In 1972 I was the winner of the annual student competition to design the poster for the 12th Regional Art Exhibition for the
University of Delaware. In 1973 one of my art illustrations was selected to be put in a special exhibition at the Society of
Illustrators Gallery in New York City titled: "The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is." In 1975, I was
accepted to the Gray Film Atelier in Hoosick Falls, New York where I studied screenwriting and film production under
Paul Gray, a nationally known theater and film director who later became a script consultant in Hollywood. After
graduating from the Gray Film Atelier with a degree in film editing and screenwriting, I moved to Los Angeles, California,
seeking a job in the Hollywood film industry.
In 1982, I was the editor of a short documentary film called "East to West." Another member of that production team was
the famous Taiwanese director, Ang Lee.
A short synopsis of "East to West" appeared in the New York Times:

 外教9月3号到北京，旅游签证到10月份。