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Local commercial director wrote a book

June 12, 2024

Donald Silverman spent his years in Richmond as a producer/director for numerous commercials and videos. He recently published a book titled Oddball Thoughts, a collection of random thoughts and observations. We’ll look back at the flush days of the production industry plus:

– How he happened into directing commercials

– Creating spots for Howard Stern

– Going to school with Billy Crystal

– Getting into the stock footage business

– The “Other Donald” campaign

– Becoming a painter

– Why he wrote a book (plus an excerpt)


LINKS

Donald’s book ODDBALL THOUGHTS on Amazon

Donald’s painting website

Chrissy Offutt’s podcast