Travis Fine

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1. First role

   At seven years old, Fine was cast as John Henry in Member of the Wedding, a stage production at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, which began his acting career.

2. First role

   Fine was twelve years old when he first appeared on screen, in A Time for Miracles, which starred Lorne Greene.

3. Big break

   Fine's role as Ike McSwain, a bald and mute Pony Express rider, brought him notice in 1989. The character appeared on The Young Riders, ABC's Western series.

4. Behind the camera

   Fine wrote The Lords of the Sea in 1994 and sold it as his first screenplay to Howard Koch Jr. That sale led to writing work on episodes of Diagnosis: Murder and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

5. Early training

   Fine studied at the New York Film Academy in 1996, and while he was there he wrote, directed and produced a number of short films.

6. A change of course

   Fine began a commercial aviation career in 2002 when he went to ATP flight school. The next year, Chatauqua Airlines took him on as a first officer on Embraer regional jets.