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CHAT WITH DR. BRUCE COOK

Dr. Bruce R. Cook has been active in film production, producing and/or directing eleven features since 1978. He has also produced and directed dozens of short subjects, commercials, and industrials. He has written more than twenty screenplays. Eight of these have been made into finished films and several are still in video distribution. They include Hold Back the Darkness; The Census Taker (AKA Husbands, Wives, Money & Murder); Line of Fire; Nightwish; and Deadly Intruder. He did camerawork on a dozen feature films, including Avenging Force; Phoenix 2000; and Big Bad Mama II. 

Since 1973 he has taught at a variety of film schools, including five years at USC and twenty-nine years at Los Angeles City College. His former students number in the thousands. Among his former students are Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), actor Laurence Fishburne, Paramount VP of Marketing Lucia Ludovico, six Academy Award nominees and winners, numerous directors and producers, and twelve Emmy nominees and winners. 

In 1996 Dr. Cook was invited by ABS-CBN, the largest television network in the Philippines, to teach a series of seminars on improving the production techniques of the film and TV industry. While there, he also addressed an assemblage of 2,000 Filipino film industry professionals.

The seminars brought him to the attention of former Secretary of Agriculture Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez. He returned to the Philippines to conduct market research on Southeast Asian film production. The research served as the basis for his novel Philippine Fever.

Bruce Cook is the author of Philippine Fever.  He lives in Castaic, California.

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DOOR PRIZE

Dr. Cook's publicist has donated a copy of Philippine Fever. This will be awarded to a lucky chatter at the mid-point of the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to win!

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

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