Biography

Philip D'Arbanville Executive Producer * Producer * Writer * Production Manager * 1st A.D.

Feature Films/T.V. [Exec. & Producer, UPM & 1st AD] Lady Liberty, 1890's Sewing Magnate, Isaac Singer's love triangle with Statue's famous model, Isabelle Living Wellness Global Raising Financing for an Independent Slate of Films 2018 - 2022 Shattered Trust, Inde Feature shot in Las Vegas, in underground bunker Mansion with Golf Green mystery Hard Drive, Inde Feature shot in So. California, a runaway computer love affair destroys a marriage The Restless Garden, A 'Mondo Moscow' shot in Russia, reveals a crippled society's cost for, 'Free Enterprise' Duke Ellington Boulevard, Feature Short shot in NYC: Midwest White Exec finds his truer Self in Spanish Harlem Ain't No Candy Mountain, with Kevin J. O'Conner, Bulle Ogier, Tom Waites, Joe Strummer, Dr. John, etc. Harem, with Nastassja Kinski & Ben Kingsley, Pasquelino DeSantos, DP, Arthur Joffe, Dir. Legs, NBC Movie of the Week, shot in Radio City Music Hall with Rockettes Laundry, Inde-Feature shot in NYC, young love commitment challenges artistic careers All Hallows Eve, Doc shot in Greenwich Village, NYC, features Mardi Gras like parade & characters

Screenplays [Writer, Original Story & Adaptation, Non-Union] Day of the Dons, LA Pueblo in 1851, big Latino Rancheros face attacks on land grants & gamble their fortunes on a wild horse race Blavatsky, First women to enter Tibet in 1840s, study with Masters & brings New Age to the West Vagrant Hearts, Boy's story overcoming family divorce and ministers sexual abuse in 1970's Greenwich Village Zanoni, Occult Romance sparks intrigue and sways Europe's 18th Century Revolution Once, Twice, Three, [Non-Union -Independent Production Company] A young threesome take off on road-trip to Mexico Wild Echoes, Young Black healer's son, in 1960s N. Carolina, seeks a medical degree in the midst of Civil Rights struggles Desert Requiem, Medium's Retreat brings group's hidden desires to the surface and a wronged killer's revenge from inner planes Moscow Flowers ,[Non-Union US-Russian Co-Production] Young American director gets caught in sick oligarch's web to make his film

Plays / Theatre [Writer, Director, Producer, Company Director] Monster Love, One Woman Show on Embodying Higher Awareness [development] Synapse, LATC Los Angeles, Young couple's inability to commit ricochets through multiple lifetimes together Black Son No Father, LACE Theatre, LA, ICA, England, National Festival, Scotland. Black boy overcomes drug dealing dad Spirited Passions, Musical Westside Players: Fully Scored in 3 Acts, SOHO Production NYC, Young mismatched couple find their way to love

Treatments [Writer, Original Story, Non-Union] Riches to Rags -The Kim Larsen Story Mahatma of Greenwich Village

Television[Production] The Cosby Show [Promotion] Disney & NBC with Michael Eisner The Sonny Spoon Show [Promotion]

Music Videos [Producer, UPM, AD] What's Love Got to Do with It? -Tina Turner [Award Winning] Private Party - Klymaxx [Award Winning] Heart Like A Stone - Cher It Can Happen to You - YES Animal Magic - Balouie Some Angel Baby - Angelika How Much Love - Vixen Love Song - Anne Murray Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

Commercials/Industrials [Producer, UPM, 1ST AD] Over a hundred top spots, NY & LA

World Music Concerts/Festivals Sounds of the Sacred Concert Festivals [Producer/Dir] "Sounds of the Sacred, Songs of the Earth" 2002-08 Produced with World Festival of Sacred Music, UCLA & The City of Los Angeles Living Wellness Foundation [Founding Director] LW Programs (1997- 2018) Living Wellness Books Author/Publisher

Education United Lodge of Theosophists - NY & LA (1975 -2017) N Y U Institute of Film & T.V. BA/MFA Program The New School for Social Research Film Editing Program City College of New York BA Program - English & Film H.B. Studios & The Neighborhood Playhouse - Acting
- IMDb mini biography by: Philip D'Arbanville

"Courageous Cry" Docu-Drama Series includes: "Sam & Nina" True, Deeper Story of Sam Waymon & Nina Simone, Brother & Sister, Artists, Performers. In Development & Pre-Production, Shooting began with Nina Simone Tribute Concert, featuring Sam Waymon Performing, Shot in Tryon, NC, their birthplace. April, 2022. Philip & Michele D'Arbanville, Director, Writers, Producers
- IMDb mini biography by: Philip D'Arbanville

"Sing Us Home" A Short Film with Original Music and Performances by Sam Waymon, Nina Simone, Joe Boggess, Patrick S. Jones and Laurie Siegel, Produced and Presented by Philip & Michele D'Arbanville. (c) 2025

This Short Promo Film sets the stage for the Full Length Concert Film, "Sing Us Home" Feature Film that will also include the New Opera, M.E.M. by Mem Nahadr. [a truly exquisite production with incredible music, too long to include in this short intro film] [Inherent in the film are technical glitches indicative of our zoom production over 4 states, and yet, the interaction between the artists, with each one pulling at the hearts strings in unique ways, exemplifies the passionate purpose we carry as a humanity and overcomes the occasional jump cuts.] In Post Production. 8-8-2025

"Sing Us Home" leads the way to our next Feature film,

"SAM & NINA" centered around Sam Waymon's over 15 years traveling, co-writing, performing and producing with his sister, Nina Simone. [aka Eunice Waymon, her birth name] Philip D'Arbanville has the special honor and privilege of friendship with Sam for many years, and has Sam's confidence that he will convey the true, loving story, of their challenges and joys through the magical matrix of their evolving, creative genius together. It is in Nina's honor that Sam's impelled to share their story, that the light of her passion for humanities' better angels will never grow dim In Pre-Production. 8-8-25
- IMDb mini biography by: Philip D'Arbanville, Writer, Direcor, Producer & Michele D'Arbanville, Producer; A Living Wellness Global Film, copyright 2025