Editing Never Split Tens (movie prospectus) (section)

===Appendix B.  Principal Profile -- Leslie M. Golden=== 

Les Golden (screenplay writer; co-producer) is an actor, stand-up comedian, jazz musician, writer, cartoonist, astronomy/physics professor, and professional card-counter. His writing is heavily influenced by his extensive work with Del Close, the improv guru of Chicago’s Second City improvisational nightclub.  His Laboratory Exercises in Physics for Modern Astronomy was published in November, 2012, by Springer New York and, based on his work with Close, he received a contract from Bantam/Doubleday to write The Scientific Approach to Creativity:  The Techniques of the Chicago School of Improvisational Theatre.  

A graduate of Cornell University in engineering physics and holding the Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley, in astrophysics, he has won numerous writing awards, including first prizes in the Eric Hoffer and Lili Fabilli Laconic Essay Contest, the International Compuserve Magazine Essay Competition, and the Senior Division of the Nicolaus Copernicus International Essay Competition.  

In addition to being a professional card counter, he has taught probability and statistics at the graduate student level and published “An Analysis of the Disadvantage to Players of Multiple Decks in the Game of 21” in the June, 2011, issue of the peer-reviewed journal The Mathematical Scientist.  He applies probability and statistics to popular casino games as a columnist for four London-based gambling magazines.  His paper, “An Empirical Analysis of the Risks and Rewards of Motion Picture Production,” has been submitted to the peer-reviewed Journal of Cultural Economics.  Mr. Golden is a member of Phi Beta Kappa (arts and sciences honorary), Tau Beta Pi (engineering honorary), Pi Delta Epsilon (journalism honorary), the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.  

Training

Del Close, Chicago, Second City, Improvisation
Don DePollo, Chicago, Second City, Improvisation
Ann Woodworth, Northwestern University, Acting
Lowell Manfull, Penn State University, Playwriting
Henrik Eger, Delaware County Community College, Screenplay Writing

Produced Scripts
“The Skull Caper” – One Act Comedy
“Murder by Mistletoe” – Two Act Murder Mystery/Comedy
“Tapioca Café” – Half-hour Television Comedy Pilot