Scott Brick

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Scott Brick
Born January 30, 1966 (1966-01-30) (age 46)
Santa Barbara, California, US
Occupation Actor, Writer, Narrator
Website
Scott Brick Presents

Scott Brick, born January 30, 1966 (1966-01-30) (age 46) in Santa Barbara, California, is an American actor, writer and a prolific, award-winning narrator of hundreds of audiobooks, including In Cold Blood, Dune, and Fahrenheit 451. He has narrated works for a number of high profile authors including Joseph Finder, Nelson DeMille, Brad Meltzer, Stephen R. Donaldson, Terry Brooks, Frank Herbert and Brian Herbert, Orson Scott Card, Steve Berry, Gene Wilder, Tom Clancy, Philip K. Dick, David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child, Stephen J. Cannell, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Clive Cussler, Robert Ludlum, Ayn Rand, and Isaac Asimov, among others.

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[edit] Career Overview

[edit] Audiobooks

In 2001, Brick began narrating audiobooks and soon found himself a popular choice for agencies and authors alike. AudioFile Magazine named him “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy"[1] and in a front-page article in November 2004, The Wall Street Journal declared him "a golden voice."[2] In 2007, Brick was named Narrator of the Year by Publishers Weekly.[3] To date, he has won over 40 Earphone Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for his work on Dune: The Butlerian Jihad in 2003.

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. On May 16, 2008, Brick By Brick Audio released Stephen R. Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane and Fatal Revenant, and by April 4, 2009 the other two titles in the initial trilogy, The Illearth War and The Power That Preserves, had been completed and released. 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.

In addition to the Thomas Covenant productions, Brick has been working on creating unabridged audiobook versions of The Phoenix Legacy'', a science-fiction trilogy originally released in book form by M K Wren in 1981. An audiobook version of the first volume in the trilogy, Sword of the Lamb, was released on December 4, 2008[4] and an audiobook version of the second volume in the trilogy, Shadow of the Swan, was released on January 11, 2009.[5] The third and final volume in the trilogy, House of the Wolf, was released as an audiobook on February 4, 2009.

He has also begun offering audiobook versions of classic "First Editions". The first entry in that line was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. That particular version made use of the original 1818 text as written by Mary Shelley instead of the modified version released in 1831.

For Christmas 2008, Brick also released a special audio presentation of the classic Charles Dickens work, A Christmas Carol. The CD version of this release includes four audio disks as well as a fifth disk of bonus material, which include the original 1843 First Edition illustrations by John Leech and a photo of Mr. Brick playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1995 stage production of A Christmas Carol.

Brick cites as his favorite audiobook readings Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (released under the film adaptation's title, Blade Runner) and Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run?. "I would have them back just so I could redo them year after year after year. Because they never get old for me."[6]

[edit] Screenwriting

In 2000, Brick was hired to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama for the big screen by Morgan Freeman and Revelations Entertainment.[7]

[edit] Stage & Cinema

Brick spent 10 years with the LA-based traveling Shakespeare troupe, Will and Company, performing for schools throughout California. He has appeared as Cyrano, Hamlet, and Macbeth in productions throughout the country. Recently, he collaborated with author Orson Scott Card to adapt a collection of the latter’s short stories for the stage in a production titled Posing as People.

In 2008, Brick appeared in The Delivery, a short film from Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle DeCuir and Skyboat Films starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Michael York, John Rubinstein, Stephanie Zimbalist, Harlan Ellison and Orson Scott Card among others. The Delivery won First Place in Fantasy at the 2008 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival.[8] The trailer for The Delivery can be viewed online.[9]

[edit] Fiction Writing

Brick is currently writing his first novel, a modern-day supernatural thriller based on an 18th century murder in New England.

[edit] Biographical Information

Brick studied acting and writing at UCLA before embarking on his professional career in 1989.[10] He lives in the Greater Los Angeles area with his West Highland Terrier.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ AudioFile Magazine Narrator Page for Scott Brick
  2. ^ Wall Street Journal Article From November of 2004
  3. ^ Publishers Weekly 2007 Narrator of the Year Article
  4. ^ Brick By Brick Audiobooks Product Announcement Page
  5. ^ Brick By Brick Audiobooks Product Announcement Page
  6. ^ eMusic Q&A: Scott Brick - eMusic Spotlight Todd Burns, Sep 4, 2008
  7. ^ Rendezvous With Rama Interview of Screenwriter Scott Brick
  8. ^ Dragon*Con 2008 Film Festival Awards Web Page
  9. ^ Video Trailer for the Short Film THE DELIVERY
  10. ^ A Biography of Scott Brick From His Website
  11. ^ Webpage for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad

[edit] External links

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