Playwright / Screenwriter

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Mr. Bunzel has worked extensively as a writer/producer and production executive for nearly 20 years.

Circus Theatricals has produced the World Premieres and West Coast Premieres of his award-winning plays "Delirious" and "Gravity Shoes."

His plays have been produced at such notable venues as The Odyssey Theatre, The Manhattan Theatre Club, the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Matrix Theatre. In 1991, he wrote and produced the series, STAT, on ABC and developed two other series for the network. In 1995, he co-wrote the film Born To Be Wild for Warner Brothers. He has also been hired to write screenplays for many of the major studios including Paramount, Lorimar and Fox. In addition, he served as President/CEO of the Los Angeles Playwrights Group from 1991 to 1998, overseeing the development of over 200 plays, many of them going on to productions in North America and Europe.

Prior to being named President of Production at Alpine Pictures Inc., a production/foreign sales company in Los Angeles, in January 2000, Mr. Bunzel served as Vice President of Development at The Company. As President of Production, he oversaw the acquisition, development, financing and production of all Alpine projects, managed resources and personnel, and was instrumental in establishing The Company’s strategic foreign and domestic partnerships. Mr. Bunzel also was the executive in charge of production for The Convent, which was recently licensed to Lions Gate Entertainment and released in the United States.

When he isn't writing, Mr. Bunzel is a wealth manager with Merrill Lynch.

Writing/Producing Experience/Highlights

• Expecting Bobby (Odyssey Theatre) Playwright May 1996-September 1996

• Gravity Shoes West Coast Premiere (Circus Theatricals/Hudson Theatre) Playwright/Producer March 1996-August 1996

• Born To Be Wild (Warner Bros.) Co-Screenwriter July 1993-January 1994

• STAT (Series ABC) Writer/Producer December 1990-Jan 1992

• Death of a Buick (Pasadena Playhouse) Playwright February 1988-June 1988

• Death of a Buick (Manahattan Theater Club) Playwright May 1987-July 1987

• Delirious world premiere (Circus Theatricals/The Acting Studio, NYC

• Gravity Shoes World premiere (Circus Theatricals at The William Redfield Theatre, NYC)

• Delirious West Coast premiere (Circus Theatricals at Matrix Theater) Playwright March 1985-October 1985