When I turned 40 I lived in Los Angeles and the phone calls for auditions as an actress literally stopped. I was working in the accounting department of a commercial production house at the time and watching what the producers did, I thought, … “I can do that”. I didn’t think I could do it there however and since it was time to come home to Oregon… I did … and in about a month I was a producer for an ad agency and did not have a clue what I was doing.

For my first project I hired a director and long time good friend who when we were out on the road shooting, I would take aside and say… “OK, what do I do now?” I would go back to the motel room each night and cry… but after a couple of weeks on the job I thought… this is a piece of cake… I can do this!!

And I have been doing it ever since. Sharon Knorr Productions started in 1990 … Selling hamburgers, athletic shoes and clothes, safe driving, safe boating and seat belts, great hospital care, exercise machines, say yes or no on different political measures and best of all telling stories on video of inspiring companies and individuals.

I have the sometimes-unique qualifications in the artistic world of being both creative and possessing good business/organizing skills. I am good at managing people and not afraid to make decisions. Because I am also an actress, I am very good at casting talent and as a union signator, I can process any SAG or Aftra paperwork for you. I feel very comfortable in presentations and know what makes a successful “show”. In 2008, I wrote, produced, directed and performed my own one woman show Why Can't I Marry the Cute Beatle.

I feel passionately that art and story telling in any form is a powerful force in our world. My way has always been that if I don’t know how to do something, I will figure it out or find someone who can.