Frederick Ponzlov

Fred Ponzlov has been acting and directing stage work since the 1970s. He directed numerous plays at the Bellflower Theater Company and is co-founder and artistic director of the Long Beach Repertory Theatre. He was trained by Sanford Meisner of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, and as a former casting director for HBO, he teaches and coaches acting classes in Long Beach, specializing in the Meisner Technique.

Ponzlov wrote Plots with a View (USA title Undertaking Betty). In 2002, Variety wrote the film is "An enjoyable and entertainingly cast fable about love, death and fitting revenge, "Plots With a View" strikes a near-miraculous balance between the silly and the morbid." When the film screened in Los Angeles in 2005, Kevin Crust of Los Angeles Times made note of "the zany spirit of Frederick Ponzlov's script." The film was nominated for a Golden Hitchcock at the 2002 Dinard British Film Festival, and won a Cymru Award at the 2003 BAFTA Awards, Wales. His book, "Solomon Speaks on Reconnecting Your Life," co-authored with Dr. Eric Pearl, has been translated into over seventeen languages.