Mitchell Lane

Author Mitchell Lane is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a self-taught author who began writing at an early age. At thirteen he wrote and published his very first book, “The World as I See It” a book of poetry. He is an accomplished actor who has appeared as a stand-in and extra in the movie, “Rumble Fish” starring Laurence Fishburne, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Nicolas Cage and Diane Lane, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He also served as a stand-in for Laurence Fishburne a second time in the movie, “Tuskegee Airmen.”

At age 18, Mr. Lane was the youngest person in the state of Oklahoma to ever serve as Program Director for a major theater company (Theater North). He later opened his own acting and talent studio in the state of Oklahoma with over one hundred students enrolled. He attended Kim Dawson Acting & Film School in Dallas, Texas where he majored in Acting. He toured the U.S in an Off-Off Broadway stage play entitled “Jesus of Nazareth” which starred TV actor, Richard Hunter.

He later attended Rice University in Houston (C/O - The Hollywood Film Institute) for Film Producing, Scriptwriting and Film Finance. Legendary Film Instructor, Dov S. Simens, who also taught film director, Quentin Tarantino as well as actors, Will Smith and Malcolm Jamal-Warner; taught the classes.

Lane wrote, directed and produced a video documentary about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 which he later adapted and wrote a follow-up screenplay entitled, “Red Summer”. He wrote and self-published his first book entitled, “Black Voices – An Inside Look at Black Relationships, Behind the Veil”. He later wrote, directed and produced a documentary film based on the same subject. This is Mr. Lane’s first children’s book.