Alan Semok

Background

About Alan Semok

Professional experience includes:Actor (theatre/film/television); children's television (as performer, writer, composer, and producer); stand-up comedy; voice acting (television, radio,motion pictures); songwriter/composer (with lyricist Joe Barbarotta), and puppet designer/puppetmaker/puppetry consultant (for television, commercials, and motion pictures). Specialties: Actor; Character Voice Actor/Narrator/Announcer; Consultant (with expertise in Ventriloquism/Puppetry performance and history); Pianist/Musician/Composer (Rock & Roll, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Avant- Garde); Sculptor; Photography; CinematographyWork as a ventriloquist and/or puppetry consultant has included work for Yale Repertory Theatre; HBO, Nickelodeon; The Today Show; Elegant Films/Miramax; Smithsonian; Charles Ludlam and The Ridiculous Theatre Company; The BBC and ITV/ Grenada Television (London); Touchstone Pictures; Trigger Street Productions; Walt Disney Productions; Vent Haven Museum; Detroit Institute of Art; and others. Work as a teacher of the art of ventriloquism has included providing one-on-one training for a number of noted actors including Academy Award winners Adrien Brody and Kevin Spacey, with lessons and subsequent coaching in preparation for motion picture portrayals.