HERSHBERGER, Kevin 1973–
(Kevin R. Hershberger)

PERSONAL

Full name, Kevin Richard Hershberger; born September 7, 1973, in Indianapolis, IN; married Amber Dawn, December 10, 1995 (divorced, 1999). Education: Virginia Military Institute, graduated, 1995. Avocational Interests: Collecting antique military uniforms and equipment.

Addresses: Office— LionHeart Film Works, P.O. Box 17154, Richmond, VA 23226.

Career: Director, producer, writer, actor, and cinematographer. LionHeart Film Works, Richmond, VA, president, managing partner, and director. Virginia French Film Festival, board member, 2002. Virginia Military Institute Cadet Reenactment Battalion, president, 1994–95; participant in historical reenactments of scenes from World War I and World War II; presenter of acting workshops. Military service: Virginia National Guard, served as military intelligence officer.

Member: Virginia Screenwriters Forum (officer), Virginia Production Alliance (officer at large).

Awards, Honors: Short Film Award, best action short film, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, 1999, for The Nest; Genre Award, best action feature film, and Feature Film Award, best director, both New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, 2002, for Wicked Spring.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Producer and director, The Nest (short film), LionHeart Film Works, 1999.

Executive producer (with D. J. Perry) and director, Wicked Spring, TSN Distribution, 2001.

Supervising producer, The Flock, LionHeart Film Works/Road Less Traveled Pictures, 2001.

Producer and director, The Mystic Motel, LionHeart Film Works, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Confederate soldier, Gettysburg, New Line Cinema, 1993.

Dying Union soldier, Wicked Spring, TSN Distribution, 2001.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, director, and cinematographer, A Deep, Steady Thunder, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Cadet, Assault at West Point: The Court–Martial of Johnson Whittaker (also known as Assault at West Point ), Showtime, 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Appeared in "Reenact This!," an episode of Split Screen, Independent Film Channel; also appeared in Civil War Journal, History Channel.

Stage Work:

Costume designer and choreographer, Red Badge of Courage (musical), 1994.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Director and cinematographer, Far, Far from Home: Music and Camp Scenes from the War between the States (documentary), 2nd South Carolina/Kershaw's Minstrel Band/Calvin Historical Productions/Collective Development/LionHeart Film Works/Palmetto Productions, 2000.

Appeared as himself, The Making of "Wicked Spring, " LionHeart Film Works, 2001.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

(As Kevin R. Hershberger) The Nest (short film), LionHeart Film Works, 1999.

Wicked Spring, TSN Distribution, 2001.

The Mystic Motel, LionHeart Film Works, 2003.

Television Series:

A Deep, Steady Thunder, 2003.

Video Scripts:

Far, Far from Home: Music and Camp Scenes from the War between the States (documentary), 2nd South Carolina/Kershaw's Minstrel Band/Calvin Historical Productions/Collective Development/LionHeart Film Works/Palmetto Productions, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

LionHeart Film Works, http://www.lionheartfilmworks.com, July 3, 2003.