Expertise: Classic Movies, Film History

Available for in-person lectures in: Central FL

Available via Zoom? No

To book Frank, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

Frank Eberling made his first film in Florida 57 years ago. Since then he has made over 3,500 film and television programs, including over 100 documentaries for Florida PBS, as writer, producer, director, cinematographer. He wrote and directed two micro-budget feature films, including one with Burt Reynolds. He also served as a college instructor for twenty-six years, and taught alongside Burt Reynolds for ten years at the Burt Reynolds’ Institute for Film & Theatre. Along the way he has won numerous awards, including a CINE/Golden Eagle, and an EMMY®, and was the first winner of The Florida Governor’s Screenwriting Competition in 1985.

Expertise: Florida History

Available for in-person lectures in: Central FL

Available via Zoom? Yes

To book James, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

Jim Clark is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Central Florida. He received a doctorate in Florida history from the University of Florida after receiving a master's degree from Stetson University. He is the author of 11 books on Florida history and the editor of a three-volume anthology of Florida literature. He has been honored by the Florida Historical Society, the Florida Magazine Association, and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. He has given more than 300 talks from Pensacola to Key West.

Expertise: Piracy, American History

Available for in-person lectures in: Central FL

Available via Zoom? Yes

To book David, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

David Head is associate lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida and Distinguished Faculty Fellow in History at Kentucky Wesleyan College. An award winning historian, Dr. Head has published five books, including Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic; The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates; and A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution, which was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. Most recently, he is the co-editor of A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation. Dr. Head grew up in Western New York and received his B.A. from Niagara University and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo.

Expertise: Florida & African-American History

Available for in-person lectures in: Central FL

Available via Zoom? Yes

To book Anthony, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

Anthony E. Dixon, Ph.D., is a public historian whose expertise is on African American and African Diaspora history and culture. In 2007, he received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in history where he concentrated on African Diaspora History, He also holds a Master’s of Information Science from Florida State University. His earlier studies, which include a Bachelors (1994) and Master’s degree (2001) were conducted at Florida A & M University. As a historian, he served on the Florida African American History Task Force under the Florida Department of Education where he assisted in the creation of the African American History curriculum for the state of Florida. This curriculum has drawn national attention as a result of the changes instituted by Governor DeSantis. During his fifteen years as a professor, in 2017 he was awarded a grant by the National Endowment of the Humanities and established a Public History program at Bethune Cookman University.

He is a published author of three books: Up From Incarceration: Dispelling the Myths of the Thug Life, Florida’s Negro War: Black Seminoles and the Second Seminole War 1835-1842/em>, and A TImeline of the African Diaspora Experience in Florida. Florida’s Negro War is the basis to which a full feature length film is in the works.

Currently, he is the Founder and President of Archival and Historical Research Associates, a public history firm that works with libraries, museums, and historical sites dedicated to the African American as well as African Diaspora experience throughout the country. This work includes being the archival consultant for several museums and libraries as well as the lead historian and content expert for the State of Florida Museum exhibit entitled “Civil Rights in the Sunshine State”.

Expertise: Florida Film History

Available for in-person lectures in: Central FL

Available via Zoom? Yes

To book David, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

David Morton is a Lecturer in the Film Department at the University of Central Florida, where he received his Ph.D. in Texts and Technology in 2019. His book, Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry, is now available for purchase through the University Press of Florida.