A selection from Michael Sinelnikoff's Background: Acting Credits: Quick Jump: [Acting]  [Directing]  [Teaching]  [Writing]  [Adjudication] THE LOST WORLD SERIES PILOT (Dr. Summerlee) ¤ STARRING  John Landis/Village Roadshow/Telescene - directed by Richard Franklin TIME AT THE TOP ¤ PRINCIPAL  (Mr. Reynolds) with Timothy Busfield  Time at the Top Prods./Showtime Network - directed by Jimmy Kaufman CONAN DOYLE'S LOST WORLD ¤ FEATURED (Prof. Summerlee) with Patrick Bergin  Shostak/Rosner Productions -- Directed by Bob Keen TAXMAN ¤ PRINCIPAL (Jeremiah) with Billy Zane & Patrick Bergin  Taxman Productions -- Directed by Alain Zaloum CRIMINAL LAW ¤ PRINCIPAL (Professor Clemens)  with Gary Oldman  Hemdale -- Directed by MARTIN CAMPBELL H. P. LOVECRAFT'S BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP ¤ PRINCIPAL (Prof. Armitage)  Ciné Qua Non Productions/Bravo Network - directed by Raymond St-Jean IF LOOKS COULD KILL ¤ PRINCIPAL (Haywood) with Frederick Coffin  Warner Brothers -- Directed by WILLIAM DEAR VOICES FROM A LOCKED ROOM ¤ PRINCIPAL (Sir Charles Devlin) with Jeremy Northam  Locked Room Productions -- Directed by Malcolm Clarke CURSED ¤ FEATURED (Dr. Roberts) with Ron Lea  Pax Film International -- Directed by Mychel Arseneault THE FINAL HEIST ¤ 3RD LEAD (Mark Bradford) with Jan-Michael Vincent  Cleo 24 -- Directed by GEORGE MIHALKA DAY ONE ¤ PRINCIPAL (Lord Rutherford)  with Michael Tucker  Spelling/AT&T Theatre -- Directed by JOE SARGENT BARNUM ¤ PRINCIPAL (Lord-in-Waiting)  with Burt Lancaster  Filmline/Halmi/CBS -- Directed by LEE PHILLIPS STALKING DANGER ¤ PRINCIPAL (Sir Cyril Sharpe)  with Joe Cortese  Filmline/NBC -- Directed by WILLIAM FRIEDKIN CHOICES ¤ PRINCIPAL (Jonathan)  with George C. Scott  ABC/Filmline -- Directed by DAVID L. RICH SPEARFIELD'S DAUGHTER ¤ PRINCIPAL (Dr. Hynde) with Christopher Plummer  Metromedia -- Directed by GILBERT SHILTON MON AMI MAX  (in French) ¤ PRINCIPAL (Le Vieux Professeur) with Genevieve Bujold  Les Productions Verseau -- Directed by Michel Brault Performed many leading roles on the stage, Ottawa Little Theatre, 1952 - 1956 Winner of the Dominion Drama Festival 1962: Best Director, Best Actor (runner-up), Best Production ("Look Back in Anger") Winnipeg 1962 Many principal roles in American and Canadian feature films, and major TV productions (ABC, CBS, NBC) 1985 - 1993 Directing Credits: Quick Jump: [Acting]  [Directing]  [Teaching]  [Writing]  [Adjudication] First Director of Quebec's International "CIRQUE DU SOLEIL" 1984 Produced and directed 68 Televison Dramas in the CBC Montreal "Teleplay" series. 2 Years with "Festival" (top national TV Drama series) as Story Editor and Freelance Producer/Director CBC Toronto ("Willow Circle" ,"Epiphany") La Poudrière International Theatre, Montreal ("Dear Liar") Centaur Theatre, Montreal 1975 ("The Real Inspector Hound") Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal ("Awake and Sing") The Piggery Playhouse, North Hatley, PQ. ("Gaslight" ,"Mixed Doubles" ,"The Secretary Bird", "Dear Liar") Concordia University ("Sleuth") Montreal 1976 Cinema Parallele & Théatre de Quatre Sous ("Macho Man") Montreal 1986 Nova Scotia Drama Festival (DDF), seven awards including Best Play, Best Director ("Invitation to a March") 1963 Teaching Credits: Quick Jump: [Acting]  [Directing]  [Teaching]  [Writing]  [Adjudication] Voice and Acting Workshop, Dept. Of Adult Education, Ottawa, 1955 Television Drama Workshop sponsored by CBC, Montreal, l972 National Theatre School Instructor, Television Drama, 1973, 1974 Various Acting and Directing Workshops in Quebec area, sponsored by Quebec Drama Festival, 1975 - 1978 Founding Faculty Stephenville Festival of the Arts, Nfld. Director and Instructor. Television and Film private Advanced Acting Techniques Workshop (self-administered) Montreal and Toronto, 1988 - 1993 (ongoing) Writing Credits: Quick Jump: [Acting]  [Directing]  [Teaching]  [Writing]  [Adjudication] CBC/TV "Festival" Drama: ("The Spirit of the Deed") Toronto 1967 CBC/TV "Teleplay" Drama ("Compassion Circuit") Montreal 1968 Translations (professionally performed) of French-Canadian plays: ("Moman" by Louisette Dussault, "Bachelor," by Saia/Roy/Rivard) Adjudication Credits: Quick Jump: [Acting]  [Directing]  [Teaching]  [Writing]  [Adjudication] Screener and Counsellor, Quebec Drama Festival, 1975, 1976 Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL/DDF) 1975, 1977 Maritime Drama Festival, Newfoundland (DDF) 1979