EPISODE · May 5, 2021 · 1H 10M
Episode 45 with Ed Hooks
from Pivot Point with Joseph DeBeasi · host Joseph S. DeBeasi
Today Joseph chats with Ed Hooks. Ed is an actor for almost thirty years. He's written several books on acting and became a respected acting coach. He was trained as an actor in New York, where he appeared in many stage plays plus TV Soaps and hundreds of TV commercials for major companies like AT&T, Bounce Fabric Softener, Dawn Dishwashing Liquid, Excedrin, Traveler’s Insurance and McDonald's. In 1996, Ed was invited to teach acting to animators at PDI/DreamWorks in Palo Alto, California, when that company was working on the movie “Antz”, starring Woody Allen. After the film was released, Ed wrote the book “Acting for Animators”, and it was quickly embraced by the entire animation industry. Today, it is available in a revised 4th edition, published by Routledge in London.
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Today Joseph chats with Ed Hooks. Ed is an actor for almost thirty years. He's written several books on acting and became a respected acting coach. He was trained as an actor in New York, where he appeared in many stage plays plus TV Soaps and hundreds of TV commercials for major companies like AT&T, Bounce Fabric Softener, Dawn Dishwashing Liquid, Excedrin, Traveler’s Insurance and McDonald's. In 1996, Ed was invited to teach acting to animators at PDI/DreamWorks in Palo Alto, California, when that company was working on the movie “Antz”, starring Woody Allen. After the film was released, Ed wrote the book “Acting for Animators”, and it was quickly embraced by the entire animation industry. Today, it is available in a revised 4th edition, published by Routledge in London.
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