Debra Markowitz serves as Director of the Nassau County Film Office. In this capacity, Ms. Markowitz presides over the Nassau County Film Commission, now known as the Nassau County Film Advisory Board, and chairs as its Executive Director. Ms. Markowitz also serves as Vice President of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, Long Island's most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Debra Markowitz is also a freelance writer and novelist. Her latest novels are her Karmic Wind Trilogy (Naked in the Rain,Sarah and Caleb, and concluding with Karmic Wind) Ms. Markowitz is an award-winning writer, director, producer and casting director on movie,television and commercial projects. Debra Markowitz, an avid practitioner of yoga, lives on Long Island with her husband, John Marean, and their rescued wonder dog.
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