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The son,
of the son, of a printer with an artist
mother, Caravan spent his childhood
learning to paint, play the guitar,
working in graphic design, and studying
film, radio, science, art and philosophy.
He grew up in Atlantic City and
Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
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By the time he
graduated high school, he had already produced and
directed his first short film, wrote original songs
in a band and hosted a weekly radio show. While
attending college (and during summer breaks) he
published a series of very successful resort dining
and entertainment magazines at the Jersey Shore; in
which he wrote the articles, took the photos, sold
the ads and designed the layouts. This notoriety
landed him a job in Philly, working for a national
marketing firm, where he became the youngest member
of the prestigous Television and Radio Advertising
Club of Philadelphia. It was here, back in the late
70s, while working with many of the top 100
advertising agencies, that he became aware of his
natural abilities in this industry. However, having
taken too much time off from his studies, he
decided to return full-time to college, where he
continued his coursework in writing and filmmaking;
and became the president of The Pennsylvania State
University student government.
After college he
worked in New York City in the advertising and
publishing industries for a couple of years. During
this time, he bought an old hotel in his home town
and ended up running a jazz club for a spell --
also managing a few new wave bands -- one ended up
winning the MTV Basement Tapes. But realizing this
was a sidetrack from his life goals, he packed up
and moved to Washington, DC where he worked on
Capitol Hill for Roy Cohn. He wrote his first
screenplay while living in D.C., but soon the
insane politics of that town became too much, so he
returned to New York. He worked for Columbia
University, supervising the production of the
The Daily Spectator, Law School
Journal and Columbia Guide to New York.
Still young (and
confident), Caravan left the university and started
his own film company -- traveling to Australia and
England and ultimately ending up in (Hollywood) Los
Angeles. He split his time between movies, talent
management, writing and advertising. With desktop
publishing in its infancy, he and a business
partner set up a service bureau on the Sunset Strip
that showcased the first high resolution laser
printing from personal computers. But after too
many years of the Hollywood scene, he left his
Malibu beach house and actress wife and returned to
Pennsylvania.
Back home, he
upgraded the family printing business with his
computer innovations form LA, and then started a
magazine, opened an art gallery, and somehow ended
up managing a rock radio station. When his brother
bought out a Johnstown advertising agency, he soon
took over as creative director and maintained a
solid base of local and national accounts for over
15 years.
When the internet
began to take hold in the mid-90s, Caravan set up
an internet publishing company, and hosted one of
the first live streaming media radio shows. His
innovations continued in the late 90s when he
conducted the first ever live satellite audio
webcasts from the Himalayas, Antarctica and the
North Pole.
Becoming involved
in environmental and climate research, he began
working with international firms to study ice melt;
where he ultimately combined advanced technologies
to assist in building a solar and wind-powered
research base in Antarctica; and produced the first
live video feeds from both polar regions.
Currently Caravan
is semi-retired; still writing, producing and
working on next-generation hand-held device and
paper-less technologies. He runs his own boutique
advertising agency in Johnstown; where he directs a
sometimes full and sometimes part-time staff of
interns and creatives, whom he hopes will continue
in his footsteps -- not in the pursuit of fame and
fortune -- rather, in finding creative
satisfaction, happiness and "making a difference."
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