Donald Ian Bull grew up in San Francisco and attended UC Berkeley, moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA Film School and then stayed in Los Angeles to start a career in non-fiction TV and documentaries.
In
the early 90’s, documentaries were morphing into reality television, and he
worked as an editor, then director and producer on many shows, including The
Real World, The Osbournes,
and Dr. 90210.
The
Picture Kills is his first thriller
about Army Ranger turned photographer Steven Quintana. He is working on the
second book in the series, Six Passengers, Five Parachutes,
which will be completed at the end of 2013.
In
his TV career, Donald has worked with kids at summer camp, cheerleaders,
plastic surgeons, rock stars, models, actors, pot growers, soldiers, celebrities,
football champions, circus performers, surfers, kids with autism, and nannies
to rich people -- and now he brings those experiences to his writing.
He
has directed and produced short films, including "Dodgeball" and the comic documentary "Men Talk
Sex," and has written several award-winning screenplays. He also
wrote a how-to manual on how to direct true documentary reality TV, called The
Reality Manifesto, which is available through
Smashwords.com.
He lives in Los
Angeles with his wife and daughter. In his free time, he likes to follow them
around with a notebook and write down all the hilarious things they say.
He
loves his family first, writing second, and California third. He also wants to
be mayor of San Francisco or Los Angeles someday, but his wife won’t let him
enter politics.
