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== Early life ==

Frentzen was born in [[Oakland, California]], and was raised in [[Orinda, California]]. His father was an insurance adjuster and his mother a stay-at-home mom. He graduated from the [[University of California]].

== Journalism, Non-Fiction Books and Novels ==
He began his career in print journalism, and was the first managing editor of ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', a movie special effects journal where he also published movie reviews. He has written for ''[[Video Watchdog]]'' and ''[[Fangoria]]'', and thenduring movedthe to1990s published a now-defunct online movie review website, ''Dark Waters''. His lengthy career in computer high-tech trade press magazines began at [[International Data Group|IDG]] and then moved to [[Ziff Davis|Ziff-Davis]], includingand included ''PC Week'' (later ''[[eWeek]]'') and eventually [[CNET]], leaving that firm in 1997 in an executive role. He is credited with co-creating one of the first commercial websites, in 1993, called ''PC Week Online'', and helped develop an early content format for podcasting (''PC Week Radio''). He has been active as a film producer-writer-director since 1997, and continues to work as a journalist in the high-tech and medical industries. He was an executive producer for [http://aesthetictv.com/ ''Aesthetic TV'',] an online TV production house, from 2012 to 2017.

In 2012, Frentzen directed his first film, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513864 House on the Hill]'', for which he also co-wrote the script and co-produced. The film premiered In Europe in competition at the Monaco Charity Film Festival in May, 2012. Prior to that, Frentzen had moved into film production in 1997 when he partnered with German expatriate director [[Ulli Lommel]], with whom he worked on several productions. In 2000, they made ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228596 Danny and Max,]'' a Germany-produced, English-language children's film shot in Arizona, with Frentzen receiving screenwriter credit and with Lommel directing. In 2005, Frentzen and Lommel formed a movie production company, The Shadow Factory, where they made several micro-budget horror movies that were released by a Lionsgate Entertainment subsidiary, Artisan. In 2012, Frentzen directed his first film, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513864 House on the Hill]'', for which he also co-wrote the script and co-produced. The film premiered In Europe in competition at the Monaco Charity Film Festival in May, 2012.

In 2014, Frentzen wrote the documentary, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3910582 Ode To My Mother]'', and has also produced or directed a series of music videos for folk rock performer Janine Ferguson. Frentzen is credited as screenwriter of [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150503 Georges Chamchoum]'s feature film, ''9 Women'', which is still in development.