DennisAlfrey.com - About Me

.My favorites.

• Amusement park: Six Flags Magic Mountain

• Animals: dogs

frogs

• Architecture: American Colonial

Victorian

Greek Revival

• Artists: Mike Wilks, Mina Ramicone

• Audiobook: Harry Potter series with Jim Dale

• Bands: Dave Matthews Band

Matchbox Twenty

Queen

Aerosmith

Oingo Boingo

The Beach Boys

• Beers: Corona

Samuel Adams Triple Bock

Guinness

Yuengling

• Candy: Swedish fish

Gummi bears

Milky Way

Peppermint candy canes

Lifesavers

• Car: 1957 Chevy Bel Aire convertible

• Cartoons: Transformers

M.A.S.K.

Dungeons & Dragons

G.I. Joe

Schoolhouse Rock

Thundercats

Battle of the Planets

Visionaries

Pink Panther

• Catch Phrase: "There you go, there you have it, there it is."

• Cheese - Bucheron

Parmesan

• Cigar: Baccarat

• City: Philadelphia, PA

Charleston, SC

Hollywood, CA

• Clothing: 3-piece suit

scarf

overcoat and trench coat

turtleneck sweater

denim jeans

tuxedo

• Cocktails: Dirty martini

Mimosa

Mojito

Pina Colada

• Color: black, shades of gray

• Comfort foods: my mom's cooking

Apollo's Philly cheesesteak

pizza

stew

• Comic books: The Witching Hour by Jeph Loeb

Marvel Comics

Dark Horse Comics

• Composers: John Williams

Danny Elfman

Hans Zimmer

Howard Ashman & Alan Menken

• Computer games: Bejeweled 3

MYST series

Classic NES

Professor Layton series

• Cookie: oatmeal raisin

gingerbread

• Day: Saturday

• Dessert wines: Bartenura Moscato

Merryvale Antigua

• E-mail signature: Simply, D

• Fruit: strawberry

Granny Smith apple

pineapple

tomato

• Games: Othello

"Whiteboard" Pictionary

Farkle

Liar's Dice

Mahjong

Dungeons & Dragons

Craps

Bocci Ball

Darts

SET

Quiddler

• Girls: Mina Ramicone

Jessica Alba

Elisha Cuthbert

Elizabeth Banks

Christina Aguilera

Carly Pope

Billie Piper

Jennifer Holland

Kelly Albanese

Arielle Kebbel

Lacey Chabert

Eliza Doolittle

Regina Spektor

• Hobbies: filmmaking

reading

cooking

travelling

shadowchasing

hiking

blogging

websurfing

going to the beach

throwing darts

spelunking

solving lateral thinking puzzles

solving tavern puzzles

• Holidays: Halloween

Christmas

• Magazines: GAMES

Maxim

Wizard

Premiere

The Daily Variety

The Hollywood Reporter

Entertainment Weekly

Men's Health

Saveur

• Meats: filet mignon, ham

• Month: October

• Movies: Shawshank Redemption

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Usual Suspects

The Incredibles

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Shindler's List

The Game

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The Little Mermaid

Yankee Doodle Dandee

City of Lost Children

Serenity

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Matrix Trilogy

Star Wars Trilogy

Kung Fu Hustle

Blade Trilogy

Murder By Death

The Ring

Love, Actually

The Notebook

Dolores Claiborne

V for Vendetta

The Prestige

Max Dugan Returns

• Movie theater: Gold Class Cinemas

• Museum: Smithsonian Institute

• Musical instrument: piano, harmonica

• Musicians: Billy Joel

Elton John

Regina Spektor

• NFL team: Philadelphia Eagles

• Novel: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

• Pet: Jack Russell terrier

• Picture book: The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet by Mike Wilks

Masquerade by Kit Williams

• Restaurants: Pita Kitchen - Van Nuys, CA

Cheesecake Factory - Woodland Hills, CA

The Stinking Rose - Beverly Hills, CA

Ruth's Chris Steak House - Woodland Hills, CA

• Salad: Insalata Caprese

• Seafood: crabs

lobster

clams

salmon

rainbow trout

• Season: Winter

• Snacks: Philly soft pretzel

Rita's Italian water ice

TastyKakes

gourmet cheeses

ice cream

• Soft drink: Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer

• Songs: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

American Pie

My Ding-a-Ling

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

Root Beer Rag

• Sport: professional football

• Grocery stores: Whole Foods

Bristol Farms

• Timepieces: pocketwatch

Grandfather clock

• TV network: FOX

• TV shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

Firefly

X-Files

LOST

Mad About You

American Gothic

Quantum Leap

Chicago Hope

Seaquest

Will & Grace

Six Feet Under

The Equalizer

Moonlighting

M*A*S*H

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Dark Angel

Wildside (1985)

Shadowchasers (1985)

Party of Five

Columbo

Hell's Kitchen

The Practice

Married...with Children

Cheers

Survivor

The West Wing

Dirty Jobs

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

The Office (US)

Psych

Supernatural

Man vs. Wild

American Horror Story

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Once Upon a Time

Big Bang Theory

The Walking Dead

Breaking Bad

Person of Interest

Jericho

Survivors

Game of Thrones

Airwolf

Nowhere Man

Pushing Daisies

Six Feet Under

The A-Team

MacGyver

Stargate: Atlantis

Amazing Stories

Friday the 13th: The Series

The Twilight Zone

Dead Like Me

Castle

Tales from the Darkside

Night Gallery

Kolchak: Night Stalker

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Bionic Woman

Millennium

Knight Rider

The Dukes of Hazzard

Space: Above and Beyond

Mission: Impossible

Eerie: Indiana

Freaky Links

Sliders

Misfits of Science

The Chronicle

Warehouse 13

Eureka

Sanctuary

Regenesis

Burning Zone

V (80's version)

• US Region: Northeast

• Vegetables: asparagus

onions

garlic

• Websites: cinemaddiction

The Earth-61x Family

io9

Lifehacker

Hollywood Stock Exchange

OVGuide

Whedonesque

phillyBurbs

PhillyHistory.org

Philly.com

Google News

The Gutenberg Project

• Wine: Pinot Noir

.My creative influences.

• My mom, dad, and sister

• Corey Allen

• Joss Whedon

• Steven Spielberg

• Ron Howard

• Tim Burton

• Walt Disney

• Jean-Pierre Jeunet

• Aaron Sorkin

• Stephen King

• Stan Lee

• Mike Wilks

• Mina Ramicone

.Random facts.

• I am a left-handed Capricorn.

• I am a mirror-writer and microwriter.

• I share a birthday with Elvis Presley.

• I was born in Charleston, SC, raised in Philadelphia, PA and later in

Bucks County, PA, and now I reside in Los Angeles, CA.

• I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia College Hollywood in

California with a Bachelor of Fine Arts - Cinema degree. My focus

was Film Directing and my directing teacher was the legendary actor

(Rebel Without a Cause) and Emmy-winning director, Corey Allen.

• My college graduation ceremony was held in the Blossom Room at

the historic Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard, the same room

where the first Academy Awards ceremony was held.

• I interned for David Hoberman in the historic Old Animation Building

on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA.

• Directors and producers I've met personally include: Corey Allen,

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Tim Burton, Robert

Redford, Chris Columbus, Charles Band, Gore Verbinski, Jerry

Bruckheimer, David Geffen, Roland Emmerich, David Hoberman,

John Waters, Joss Whedon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Stan Lee.

• I once played the lead role in a television commercial for Genuine

Home Loans in Pasadena, CA.

• I am currently the Manager of Broadcast Operations and Digital

Media Distribution for a premium television network in Los Angeles

and located at Encompass, owned by William Tilson and Simon Bax.

• I helped redesign the highly acclaimed Special Services program for

British Airways at San Francisco International Airport.

• Billy Joel inspired me to learn the piano.

• Steven Spielberg inspired me to become a filmmaker.

• I was once a Pennsylvania firefighter.

• I own two copies of the smallest Bible in the world (featured in

Ripley's Believe It or Not).

• I own Cinemaddiction™

• I used to chase ghosts and collect comic books.

• My license plate reads "CINEMKR"