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Mari Hampton (Valhovd)
Character: The voice of "Zooch"
Mari grew up in North-central North Dakota, 50 miles from the Canadian border. She is a “natural” in any type of acting environment, whether it is voice-over, on-camera or on stage. It is an ability that has been with her, since long before she started pursuing a life-long acting career. She believes that, “Unless a person utilizes their God-given talents, there will always be a part of that person that is left unfulfilled.” Ever since she was a child, she has always been very animated, yet, when required, can also give a riveting dramatic performance with great ease.
Mari was the voice of “Marilyn Monroe” in the “Hollywood Premieres” Corporate Training Video for Hunter Douglas. She also performed the voice of “Magic” a Newfoundland Puppy in the “All About Animals” radio show. She has a very broad range of Character and Animation voices, as well as the ability to perform many different “styles of reads” for various copy and text. In addition to accomplishing numerous and on-going free-lance projects, she has worked in radio broadcasting for many years, starting off as a Music Host/DJ and currently as a Writer/Producer. She has voiced and produced literally hundreds of radio commercials: Big Idea Productions – Veggie Tales, Compa - Thanksgiving Outreach, Zondervan, Bandimere 4th of July Family Festival, 9News Health Fair, and too many more to briefly mention.
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Heidi Gunn
Characters: "Hank and Daisy (Mom)"
Heidi Gunn's God-given gifts and passion for the arts has motivated her ever-growing ministry, which includes singing, modeling, acting, dancing, drawing, painting, and writing, in addition to her foreign missions work.
Heidi's ministry with her husband Randy and their band "GunnPoint" allows her to take Christ outside of the church as they reach countless people across the country at citywide outreaches and major cowboy and rodeo events. Her love for horses has helped her in the competitive sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting, where she won a national title and gained respect and acceptance in the Cowboy world. That has helped her in her prayer to influence the lives of that community.
Heidi, Randy, and their band have been recognized for their vocal and musical talents, winning numerous entertainment awards. Heidi has begun work in the recording studio for her solo-debut CD, as well as a new CD with Randy. The couple's "A Colorado Christmas" will be released in the fall of 2009. Heidi enjoys drawing and painting; she is contributing art for the new GunnPoint calendar and a GunnPoint book, which will also include her writings.
A talented and gifted lady, Heidi is best known for her love of God and people. Her heart's desire is to take the gifts that God has given her, and use them for His glory.
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George Flynn
Characters: "Narrator and Charlie Redworm"
Actor / Writer & Director
George is an Award Winning Actor, Writer and Director and the Host of the “Words of Freedom” Radio Show. He has Co-Produced three independent feature films and written screenplays on assignment for production companies in California & Colorado.
Mr. Flynn has over 40 years of Scriptwriting, Directing and Acting experience. He's familiar with all facets of media production and has worked on numerous Film, Television & Theater projects in New York, Florida & Denver for such clients as: United Artists; Hanna-Barbera; HBO; Turner Entertainment; AT&T; IBM; Putnam/Berkley and many others.
Since 1980, he's been a highly active participant in the Colorado Media Production Industry and is well-known as a vigorous ally of the Colorado Film Commission and the Denver International Film Festival. He's served as both President & Vice President of the Colorado Film/Video Association.
For decades, Mr. Flynn has been teaching Filmmaking and Voice Acting classes for the University of Colorado, Arvada Center for the Arts, Colorado Film School, Art Institute of Colorado and others.
Recently, he was the Screenwriter and one of the Producers on the Motion Picture "Set Apart" starring Richard Roundtree, (Shaft & Speed Racer) John Schneider, (Dukes of Hazzard & Smallville) and Jennifer O'Neill, (Rio Lobo & Summer of ‘42). “Set Apart” is a Sony Pictures/Provident Films release.
Additional info about George Flynn can be found at: www.GeorgeFlynn.com
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George Gray
Character: "Dad (Sherman)"
George Gray is a Colorado native and co-hosts the radio morning show “AM Colorado” on 1310 am KFKA. George is also a professional Elvis impersonator with a 16-member band and has performed in Las Vegas, Houston, TX, the South Padre Islands, and several large events throughout Colorado. Active in the local theater scene, he is the proud father of two beautiful daughters.
George Gray and the Elvis Experience Band www.kingrockandroll.com
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Jeffrey Forman
Character: "Tom"
Jeffrey Forman has been a professional actor for over twenty years. He has worked in movies, television, theatre, commercials, print media, voice-over and promotional activities.
Jeff also has an extensive background in production. He has produced and directed theatre, television and exercise videos. His company, Lucky 7 Productions, LLC., owns the rights to several screenplays which are being marketed in Hollywood. He along with his partner Keith E. Renninson, own and operate Golden Years Videos, LLC., which produces exercise videos geared toward the senior market.
Jeff is a native of Colorado.
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Brett McEntire
Character: "Bill"
Brett is a Denver based voice over/on-camera actor who has done work for such clients as COORS, Starz/Encore, McDonalds, The US Navy, US Forest Service and the Denver Visitors Bureau. He has also been featured in 2 local independent feature films “Bacon Head” and “Strange Kind of Woman”. Currently Brett is part of the Zooch the Pooch animated series for children. Brett is also a musician with over 20 years of live and studio experience as well as producing his own Ambient/Space Music CD
“Timeless Perceptions”. You can visit Brett at his website: www.brettmcentire.com/index.html
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C. J. Lewis
Musician, scored the original soundtracks for "Storytime with Zooch"
CJ Lewis began his music career at the age of 3 on his grandmother’s knee. He was privy to classical piano lessons in his youth, which only left him hungry for more. After high school, he broadened his horizons traveling to places both exotic and mundane, and performing with many and various musical artists, from jazz to country to pop. These experiences all served as the fertile ground for his richly eclectic musical stylings today.
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Rance Poole
Graphic Artist, Coloring Book Designer & Animator
The lifelong pursuit is becoming a reality, Character Animator Rance Poole has always been "drawn to life" and to the wonderment of Traditional animation, as he animates Zooch and his friends and gives them life beyond the pages of books. The Graduate from CU Boulder's Fine Art department, with an emphasis in drawing and painting and a minor in graphic design; it wasn't until a television special on Walt Disney Animation that I realized just how powerful a drawing could be, and I became inspired, to learn as much as I could about this art form and all its endless wonders and possibilities. Zooch the Pooch is the first footprint in the sand and promises to be a memorable one.
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Mark Derryberry
Sound engineer & owner of Derryberry Studios in Northglen Colorado
Mark Derryberry is an Award winning Audio Producer/Engineer. He has recorded numerous audio books for various publishers including Zondervon House, and Norton Books. Specializing in “Theater of the Mind” style audio books, Mark uses his experience in film sound and sweetening to enhance multi-actor recordings with sound effects and music. His extensive knowledge of Digital Audio Workstations and all formats of recording allow audio book producers to get very creative. He is President of Derryberry Audio Inc, a full service audio production facility in Metro Denver.
Mark immediately become interested in the project when he read the first script.
“The Pawsibilities’ crew is sensitive to the values we need to teach our children, to prepare them for today’s world. Simple concepts and messages children need, to overcome the violent and desensitizing nature of most media they are subjected to daily, presented in a very entertaining way.” We all understand the beauty of Audio books is that you still get to use your imagination! Mark has poured his heart into this project and hopes you enjoy every minute of it.
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Jon Husband
Co-Producer/Director
Jon began his filmmaking career as far back as the 1954 high school science fair where he pieced together a movie about the wild life of Yellow Stone National Park. Three years later he was making films for the U.S. Army while on active duty. In 1970 he came to Denver to pursue film production till the present day. His resume is loaded with animal and nature films.
The current animation series about Zooch the Pooch and the adventures with his family attest to Jon’s animal interests and his upbringing in small town Montana where dogs and family were ever present.
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Keith E. Renninson
Twinkletopia LLC Principle, Screenplay Writer, Producer, and voice characters of the "Fire Chief & News Reporter"
Keith spent 30+ years in the insurance and financial planning arena while quietly acting and doing voice-over work. He has authored or contributed to three books and many articles in multiple magazines and newspapers and online. He co-authored the original "Zooch the Pooch" book with Michael Conrad Kelley. Keith developed a passion for the “Zooch” project because of how it helps children to learn good habits, virtues and values.
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