KEVIN MARDESICH
COMMUNICATIONS
WRITING, STORIES
& MARKETING
Kevin offers full-service communication skills. His writing, story, and marketing projects help Oscar, Emmy, and other industry leaders tell their stories. Kevin's credits include: 1) PR campaigns for National Geographic; 2) developing scripts for Oliver Stone; 3) Troika ad agency projects for ESPN and Apple; 4) documentary-shorts for USAID and UCLAx; and 5) writing/producing MTV's Emmy-winning interactive films, Take A Stand Against Violence -- which earned White House praise. Kevin also lectures at Stanford, Fordham, UCLAx Film, and USC's #1-ranked PR program.
Writer-Producer Kevin Mardesich directs a medical nonprofit
documentary-short from a hospital's rooftop in Cali, Colombia.
Kevin Mardesich helps train young PhDs, politicians, and activists from Eastern Europe re: the power of story as they stand-up for democracy.
Writer Kevin Mardesich with Oscar-winning writer, Oliver Stone.
Kevin's former-student producer Sol Aponte (left) and Writer Jennia
Frederique meet creative genius Steven Spielberg.
Writer-Director Oliver Stone has won three Oscars. He joined Kevin's UCLA Extension Story Masterclass to discuss Platoon.
Producers Janet Yang, George Linardos, and Story Editor Kevin (in black) developed the Golden Globe-winning Best Script The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Guest speaker horror-director Eli Roth talked best practices in Kevin's Story Masterclass.
Guest speaker Microsoft's Jen Buckmaster markets content across
Xbox. She helped broker a Ron Howard film alliance and more deals.
While running Oliver Stone's Story Department, Kevin called writer Geoff Fletcher for a meeting to champion Geoff's talent -- many years before his Oscar win. He speaks in Kevin's Story Masterclass today.
Kevin co-won NYU's hight-filmmaking honor, the Mobil, for his documentary.
Kevin's student/producer Jean de Meuron's La Femme et le TGV (The Woman and the Train) was Oscar-nominated for Best Short Film.
Kevin presents on Return of the Jedi in UCLA Extension's Story masterclass. He was interviewed to be VP of development at Lucasfilm.
Kevin served as a documentary jury member when documentartian
Stanley Nelson (above) received the Career Achievement Award.
Kevin wrote an article on war journalist Michael Lerner (above). He co-wrote the acclaimed true-life Beach Boys film Love & Mercy (trailer above).
Kevin interviewed producer Bryan Unkeless (left) of I, Tonya (Margot Robbie). Bryan also developed The Hunger Games.
Kevin and Dean Georgaris co-teach UCLA Extension's Story Masterclass. Dean is a showrunner and wrote The Manchurian Candidate starring Denzel Washington.
Kevin touring PIXAR for a writing assignment: an interview and profile article on FX director, Cody Harrington. As the photos show, PIXAR reminds us stories start with characters.
Kevin at the Silent River red carpet premiere.