Edward Tyndall(I)

Born in Durham, North Carolina, Edward Tyndall was the bassist for the 1980s punk band The Celibate Commandos. While still living in Durham, Tyndall wrote the underground political poetry series The Fruits of the Holy System. Tyndall received a BA in History and Classical Civilization and his commission as an Armor Officer in the US Army prior to earning his MFA in Film. Tyndall's award-winning films have screened at top international film festivals including the Tribeca and London Film Festivals. His screenplays have won and placed at premiere screenwriting competitions including the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, the Denver Film Festival, the Oaxaca Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival's Screenwriters Conference. His documentary work has aired on television in the US and Canada and has been distributed internationally. Tyndall served as the Program Coordinator of the Media Production Program at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and as Lead Programmer of the South Texas Cinematheque Screening Series prior to joining the Film and Television Faculty at The University of Colorado Denver where he works as a filmmaker and teaches screenwriting.