Filmmaker/Businessman Vernon Mortensen has led an amazing life. The son of Christian Missionaries, he was born in Bangkok Thailand and by the age of twelve, had traveled all over the world. After finishing high school in the USA, he went on to serve as a US Navy SWCC (pronounced "swick") commando in the Navy's elite Special Boat Teams where he would eventually meet his future business partner, Neil Trusso, a US Navy SEAL who deployed with Vernon to Somalia in 1994.
Vernon's life has always been very eclectic and although always considering himself to be a filmmaker and businessman, he has also worked as an engineer, a photographer, a bodyguard, an emergency medical technician, a private investigator, a librarian, and as a substitute teacher for the inner-city schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Vernon's life has always been very eclectic and although always considering himself to be a filmmaker and businessman, he has also worked as an engineer, a photographer, a bodyguard, an emergency medical technician, a private investigator, a librarian, and as a substitute teacher for the inner-city schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Vernon is a master storyteller and filmmaker who applies his wealth of knowledge and experience to fuel his creativity. As a writer, he has written screenplays, short stories, plays, novels, and essays in a variety of genres and subjects. As a filmmaker, Vernon's movies have been sold to markets all over the world and have been featured at many prestigious international film festivals. His movies include writer/directer/producer of the western thriller "The Sorrow" starring Kirk Harris, John Savage & Michael Madsen and he served as Co-Executive Producer of "The Kid: Chamaco" starring Maritn Sheen and Michael Madsen.
Vernon is currently studying for his MBA at Alliant International University (formerly USIU). He has a Master's Degree in Professional Writing (Screenwriting) from the University of Southern California's prestigious Professional Writing Program where he received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fellowship. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the world renowned Art Center College of Design, as well as Bachelor of Science from New York State's Excelsior College. In 1999, Vernon was selected for a highly coveted Director's Internship at the Los Angeles classical repertory theater, A Noise Within, where he studied under celebrated stage and theater director, Sabin Epstein.
Vernon is currently studying for his MBA at Alliant International University (formerly USIU). He has a Master's Degree in Professional Writing (Screenwriting) from the University of Southern California's prestigious Professional Writing Program where he received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fellowship. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the world renowned Art Center College of Design, as well as Bachelor of Science from New York State's Excelsior College. In 1999, Vernon was selected for a highly coveted Director's Internship at the Los Angeles classical repertory theater, A Noise Within, where he studied under celebrated stage and theater director, Sabin Epstein.
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