Tobias, Michael (Charles)

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TOBIAS, Michael (Charles)

TOBIAS, Michael (Charles). American. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays, Anthropology/Ethnology, Art/Art history, Environmental sciences/Ecology, History, Poetry, Physics, Sciences, Theology/Religion, Animals/Pets, Travel/ Exploration, Intellectual history. Career: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, assistant professor of ecology and humanities and adjunct professor of English, 1978-80; California State University, Northridge, visiting associate professor of humanities, 1983-85; KQED-PBS, San Francisco, CA, science and current affairs producer, 1985-87; Maryland Public Broadcasting, Owings Mills, MD, executive producer for national and international productions, 1987-97; JMT Productions, president, director, writer, producer, and executive producer, 1989-; director and producer of television programs. Publications: After Eden, 1985; Life Force, 1991; Environmental Meditation, 1993; Rage and Reason, 1993; Naked Man, 1994; World War III, 1993; India 24 Hours, 1995; Vision of Nature, 1995; A Day in the Life of India, 1996; Jan and Catharina, 1997; Nature's Keepers, 1998; Voices from the Underground, 1999; (with T. Timmers and G. Wright) A Parliament of Science, 2003. NOVELS: Deva, 1982; Voice of the Planet, 1990; Fatal Exposure, 1991; (with W. Shatner) Believe, 1992; (with C. Traub) Twimc, 2003; The Adventures of Mr. Marigold, 2004. EDITOR: (with H. Drasdo) Mountain Spirit, 1979; Deep Ecology, 1985; Mountain People, 1986; (with G. Cowan) Soul of Nature, 1994; (with J. Morrison and B. Gray) Parliament of Souls, 1995; Search for Reality, 1998; (with K. Solisti-Mattelson) Kinship with the Animals, 1998; (with P. Fitzgerald and D. Rothenberg) Parliament of Minds, 2000. Writer and director of numerous films. Address: c/o Julie Castiglia Literary Agency, 1155 Camino Del Mar Ste 510, Del Mar, CA 92014, U.S.A.