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Chris Pope Birth name John Christopher Pope Born May 20, 1978
GeorgiaJohn Christopher "Chris" Pope (born May 20, 1978) is a producer, social media expert, technical trainer, and podcaster. He lives in Georgia with his wife Melanie, daughters Avery, Ema, and Lily.
Chris first gained internet notability in 2001 when "The Day Report" announced his breaking of the Arcade Pac-Man Turbo world record as recorded by chief scoreboard record keeper Walter Day with Twin Galaxies.[1] In 2008 he launched Tech Jives LLC,[2] a social media and podcast production company. Chris is the creator of multiple live interview based podcasts that include some of the first to do live interviews with celebrity film and voice actors, including Robert Clotworthy (Voice of Jim Raynor), Rob Paulsen (Voice of Raphael, Yakko Warner, and Pinky), Jen Taylor (Voice of Cortana) [3] In 2010 Chris also launched as part of The Tech Jives network an entertainment industry focused social media publicist company called "Social Stars Web" which handles web hosting, Twitter management, Facebook fan building for people involved in film acting, voice acting, writing, and singing. Ellen McLain who voices "GLaDOS" on the popular video game series Portal and Portal 2 as well as her husband John Patrick Lowrie are amongst a couple of people in which he manages.[4][5]
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Production
In April 2010 Chris's show "Apptastic iGame Reviewers" was the first ever to interview the makers of the number one selling game in America Angry Birds.[6][7]
Chris also produces audio for celebrity voice actor Rob Paulsen's "Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen" as well as provides the social media publicity.[8] Celebrity voice actor Bob Bergen (the voice of Porky Pig since 1990) is another of people Chris works with. Bob's show "Speaking of Voiceover" which comes out Fall 2011.[9] is produced by Chris and airs on The Tech Jives Network.
Social Media Publicist Work
Since November 2010, Chris began working with some of the cast from the web series The Guild in effort of building their celebrity profiles on the web. Robin Thorsen who plays "Clara", Vincent Caso who plays "Bladezz", Brett Sheridan who plays "Mr. Wiggley", J. Teddy Garces who plays "Bruiser" and Sean Michael Becker who is the Director of the show are amongst a few.[10][11]
Notably on the web series "Sound Advice On The Web" he worked extensibly with creator J. Teddy Garces on fan, publicity, web, and social media presence.[12]
In May 2011, after doing a interview with Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn (plays Hodor), Kristian has recently began work regarding his entire web presence with Chris and is in the process of starting a new audio production podcast that will include fellow friend and actor Jake Stormoen.[13][14]
References
- ^ Pac-Man Turbo Record Broken
- ^ The Official "The Guild" podcast interviews Chris Pope and Mark Eoff
- ^ Voice Interviews with On Vox
- ^ Ellen McLain Voice of GLaDOS
- ^ Actor/Author John Patrick Lowrie Ref
- ^ "Interview with the makers of Angry Birds"
- ^ Rovio Mobile Interview
- ^ Talking Toons with Rob Paulsen Web
- ^ "Speaking Of Voiceover"
- ^ Robin Thorsen
- ^ Social Stars Web Clients
- ^ "Sound Advice On The Web Staff"
- ^ Beyond The Wall Interview
- ^ Kristian "Hodor" Nairn on The Web
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Categories:- Living people
- 1978 births
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