Heil, Douglas, Professor
Program Coordinator
Office: A/C W113
Phone: 424-3134
Email: heil@uwosh.edu
Office Hours

M.F.A. in Film, Northwestern University. B.A. in Rhetoric (English), University of Illinois.

Douglas Heil teaches courses in narrative scriptwriting and film production. He has been awarded both the Distinguished Teaching Award and an Endowed Professorship at UW Oshkosh, and he was selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among America 's Teachers, 2005. His book Prime-Time Authorship was published through Syracuse University Press. Essays and creative work have appeared in Creative Screenwriting, The Pacific Review, Journal of Film and Video, Film & History, and Literature/Film Quarterly. He was writer/producer/director/cinematographer/ editor/composer for the short film Learn to Get Along, which won the Silver Award for Best Community Relations Video at the Quasar Awards in New York City . He also was writer/co-producer for the short film The Story of the Cat, which won over 10 awards and has aired on HBO, Cinemax, and Showtime. Seven songs from his musical Jason & Medea: What Really Happened have received citations in national songwriting contests.
Favorite Quotes: “Television can teach. It can illuminate. Yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box.” (Edward R. Murrow) “What you do for others will live on. What you do for yourself will go to the graveyard with you.” (Joe Clark, N.J. Principal, 1994 speech to UW-Oshkosh students)