Raymond Ferris Abelin
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Born in the Hollywood area of California, Raymond Ferris Abelin is a writer/director and Director Member of the Directors Guild America, sponsored into the DGA by Richard Donner. Arthur Hiller, past President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the DGA, selected R. F. Abelin as one of the members of the DGA's landmark Creative Rights Negotiating Committee. Abelin holds degrees from both UCLA and USC film schools, as well as professional degrees from Harvard's Graduate School of Design and the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. He has developed international academic programs in the US, Europe and Asia, linking creative and business interests, but he began his career as the youngest in-between animator at Hanna-Barbera Productions, animating the original Scooby Doo series in the 1970's. He is the founder of New Media, LLC.