John Naulin:
CLASS OF 1974
Central High SchoolClass of 1974
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix CollegeClass of 1976
Phoenix, AZ
John's Story
Life
My Spouse
She and Vicky Thompson were selling pickles outside of the play 110 in the Shade at intermission. I dated Vicky for a while and at the same time fell for her friend Shayna. Just celebrated our 30th!
My Pets
Beagle dog and calico cat.
My Kids
Dan is 26 and a digital Tecnical Director animator for films like Chronicles of Narnia and Sky Captain etc. He's married to a great woman who was born in Soviet Georgia and they have had their first child (our first grandchild!) Shelly Rai who will be 2 in September. He's grown into a really good person. Juliet is 16 and has been acting since 4 1/2 years. She is a Junior in High school, in Theater, on the honor roll and just a joy to be around.
My Job
I'm President of DzynZ inc. an entertainment production and service company. Our recent projects include Nip / Tuck and Team America. It's a daily challenge but very creative. I just Co-Produced Sondheim's "Company" at a local theater and will be Co- Producing the Ventura Film Festival and publishing my first book this year!
School
I had Polio as a child and was also badly burned when I was 8. The thing that I regret now is how angry this made me in my early school years. The discovery of Drama in High School gave me a constructive outlet for all that energy. The count...Expand for more
erpoint to that is that I was at home a lot and bedridden for a total of several months and I learned to read voraciously and to access the world of my imagination to escape the pain and confinement. I've used this in my career and studies as well as to heighten my enjoyment of life. In High School I also was lucky to have Coach Endres take me under his wing to help me build my body stronger. I still apply this today. I had a great time at Central. I made lifelong friends and met my wife. This all set the groundwork for an adventurous life that has teken us all over the World to entertain!
College
I was offered several scholarships to schools with more name recognition, but I chose PC to remain close to my girlfriend (now my wife of 29 years) and because of the remarkable Theater Staff of John W. Paul and Larry Soller. I have been in the film industry since 1976 and have found that I was well prepared by my time at Phoenix College. I've also been continually surprised how often I've used the math and hard science background my parent insisted on. Go figure! Phoenix College was a time of hard work, lots of great fun with great people, some politics and starting a new life with my wife. I don't know how we did it all, but we did ... and we saved enough to buy our first home at age 20!
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