Screenwriter, Playwright, Educator, Producer

IRV BAUER, has taught screenwriting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Film School, at Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Washington and The Australian National Film School as well as in Master Classes at Cornell. At the University of Bridgeport and The Minneapolis Playwright’s Lab he taught playwriting as well as at the New Dramatists in New York. In addition, Irv has taught workshops and seminars on screenwriting all over the world including special seminars for film and media communities in London, Paris, Sydney and New York and Los Angeles. His enormously popular annual two-week Summer Screenwriting Intensive in both New York in July and Spoleto, Italy in August are attended by students from all over the world.

Both playwright and screenwriter, Irv Bauer is the author of several screenplays among which are, The Elephant is Well, Captain of Paradise, Hunt and High Octane, as well as many commissioned rewrites for both Film and TV. On the animated musical feature film Jazzbo, Irv is the writer/creator as well as Executive Producer. On the animated series, Courage The Cowardly Dog for Cartoon Network, Irv was Senior Story Consultant as well as writer, for all four seasons. He is often called upon to consult on screenplays at various stages of production both in the United States and in other parts of the world. His many plays include, A Dream Out of Time produced at the Promenade Theatre in New York, A Fine and Private Place at The Showboat Theatre in Seattle, the book of the Broadway bound musical version of the film An American In Paris and the Broadway musical Rollin’ on the TOBA.