- Scott Brick
Infobox person
name = Scott Brick
caption = Scott with his Horbucher Fan Club
birth_date = birth date and age|1966|1|30|
birth_place =Santa Barbara ,California ,US
occupation =Actor ,Writer ,Narrator
website = [http://www.scottbrickpresents.com/ Scott Brick Presents]Scott Brick (born
January 30 ,1966 ) is an American actor, writer and a prolific, award-winning narrator of hundreds ofaudiobooks , including "In Cold Blood ", "Dune ", and "Fahrenheit 451 " for a number of high profile authors including Joseph Finder, Nelson DeMille, Harlan Coban, Brad Meltzer, Frank and Brian Herbert, Orson Scott Card, Steve Berry, Gene Wilder, Tom Clancy, Phillip K Dick, David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Douglas J Preston, Lincoln Child, Stephen J Cannell, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Clive Cussler and Isaac Asimov, among others.Career Overview
Audiobooks
In 2000, Brick began narrating
audiobooks and quickly found himself a rising star in that arena. He has won over 40 Earphone Awards as well as the 2003Audie Award for "".Audiophile Magazine named him “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy." [ [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/brick.shtml Audiofile Magazine Narrator Page for Scott Brick] ] "The Wall Street Journal " would seal his audiobook celebrity with a front-page article in November, 2004 declaring him "a golden voice" [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB109995102369967998.html Wall Street Journal Article From November of 2004] ] and in 2007, Scott was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6403003.html Publishers Weekly 2007 Narrator of the Year Article] ]With over 400 recordings under his belt and a rapidly increasing demand for his talents, Scott formed his own audiobook studio with the goal of streamlining production and ensuring consistency throughout his body of work. In May of 2008, Brick By Brick Audio released
Stephen R. Donaldson 's "Lord Foul's Bane " and "Fatal Revenant ", with more releases to follow. When completed, this debut project will result in new unabridged audio narrations of all 10 of the "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever ":The First Chronicles trilogy was released in print from 1977 to 1979, The Second Chronicles trilogy was released in print from 1980 to 1983 and The Last Chronicles tetralogy released in print and audio format from 2004 to 2013.
creenwriting
In 2000, Brick was hired to adapt
Arthur C. Clarke ’s "Rendezvous with Rama " for the big screen byMorgan Freeman andRevelations Entertainment . [ [http://countingdown.com/movies/546768/news?item_id=931480 Rendezvous With Rama Interview of Screenwriter Scott Brick] ]tage & Cinema
Brick spent 10 years with the LA-based traveling
Shakespeare troupe, Will and Company, performing for schools throughout California. He has appeared asCyrano ,Hamlet , andMacbeth in productions throughout the country. Recently, he collaborated with authorOrson Scott Card to adapt a collection of the latter’s short stories for the stage in a production titledPosing as People .In 2008, Brick appears in THE DELIVERY, a short film from
Stefan Rudnicki ,Gabrielle DeCuir and Skyboat Films starringEfrem Zimbalist, Jr. ,Michael York ,John Rubinstein ,Stephanie Zimbalist ,Harlan Ellison andOrson Scott Card among others. THE DELIVERY was named a 2008 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival Selection. [ [http://filmfest.dragoncon.org/filmfest08.htm Dragon*Con 2008 Film Festival Selections Webpage] ] The trailer for THE DELIVERY can be viewed online. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZ5qQPw5to Video Trailer for the Short Film THE DELIVERY] ]Fiction Writing
Brick is currently writing his first
novel , a modern-day supernatural thriller based on an 18th century murder inNew England .Biographical Information
Born in Santa Barbara,
California onJanuary 30 ,1966 , studied acting at writing atUCLA before embarking on his professional career in 1989. [ [http://www.scottbrickpresents.com/wordpress/bio/ A Biography of Scott Brick From His Website] ] He lives in the GreaterLos Angeles area with his two dogs.elected Bibliography
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Blade Runner :Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? " byPhilip K. Dick
*Devil in the White City " byErik Larsen
*Dune " byFrank Herbert
*Legends of Dune " Prequel Series:
** " byBrian Herbert andKevin J. Anderson (2003 Audie Award-Winner) [ [http://www.dunenovels.com/news/jihad_award.html Webpage for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad] ]
** " byBrian Herbert andKevin J. Anderson
** " byBrian Herbert andKevin J. Anderson
*Shannara " Series - Initial Prequel andOriginal Shannara Trilogy :
**First King of Shannara " byTerry Brooks
**The Sword of Shannara " byTerry Brooks
**The Elfstones of Shannara " byTerry Brooks
**The Wishsong of Shannara " byTerry Brooks
*Ender's Game " byOrson Scott Card
*Fahrenheit 451 " byRay Bradbury
*The First Counsel " byBrad Meltzer
*Foundation " byIsaac Asimov
*The Godfather Returns " byMark Winegardner
*In Cold Blood " byTruman Capote
*It's Superman " byTom De Haven
*Light in August " byWilliam Faulkner
*Mystic River " byDennis Lehane
*The Omnivore's Dilemma " byMichael Pollan
* " byMark Kurlansky
*Sideways " byRex Pickett
* [http://www.scottbrickpresents.com/wordpress/library/ Additional Bibliographic Listings]Notes
External Links
* [http://www.scottbrickpresents.com Scott Brick Presents - Primary Artist Site]
* [http://www.tantor.com/NarratorDetail.asp?Narrator=Brick_S Tantor Media Narrator Detail Page for Scott Brick]
* [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6403003.html Publishers Weekly 2007 Narrator of the Year Interview]
* [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/brick.shtml Audio File Magazine Golden Voice Interview and Audiography]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UO0fzAICN8 Video of Scott Brick reading Harlan Coben's novel THE WOODS]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZ5qQPw5to Trailer for THE DELIVERY - a Short Film in which Scott Brick Appears]
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