Biography

Fred Medick is best known as the writer and director of short movies Turntables and The Story of I. Fred grew up in Summit, New Jersey. For high school, he attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, at the same time as writers Nicholas Thompson and Taylor Antrim, as well as director Henry Alex Rubin (director of Murderball and Disconnect).

Fred received his bachelor's degree in creative writing from Stanford University. He attended Stanford University at the same time as Nicole Krauss, poet and writer of Jerusalum, I Love You. At Stanford, Fred studied under noted authors John L'Heureux and Gilbert Sorrentino (author of A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles, and appeared in Gilbert Selby Jr.: It'll Be Better Tomorrow). During this time, Fred published his first short story, "The Loss of a Limb", in the literary journal The Mind's Eye. Fred also received a Golden Grant for his collection of short works "Improvisations on Palo Alto." After graduating from Stanford, Fred won a scholarship to the Squaw Valley Writer's Conference, where he worked with cult author Kem Nunn, who later became a producer on Sons of Anarchy.

Fred's first short movie, Turntables, was shot in San Francisco. Co-director Shane O'Connor also appeared in Danielle Cable: Eye Witness and The Butcher Boy, with Stephen Rea and Ian Hart. Turntables marked the debut of dancer / actress Kate Duyn, who later starred in Middle Man and Conventioneers, and featured a cameo by Alyssa Wendt (Frisk, Franci's Persuasion). Turntables premiered in San Francisco in 2000, and was screened at the M3 Festival in Canada.

Fred's second film, The Story of I, was co-directed by Sarita White, who went on to star as a contestant on Survivor: Redemption Island. Fred and Sarita also were romantically linked during that time. The Story of I starred Walter Barry, who also appeared in Meat Wagon and Mango Kiss, and boasted an appearance by writer and comedian John Reichmuth (Kasper Hauser).

Fred also worked as a freelance journalist, writing articles for the San Francisco Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Urb, and SOMA Magazine, among others.

After directing The Story of I (2002), Fred moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a creative consultant for 'Idiom Films [us]'.

Fred later attended Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors and received a Heyman Fellowship. After law school, Fred entered the prestigious Department of Justice Honors Program. As of 2012, Fred works as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous