Martin Beck's Resume

Resume

Past and Present Clients

Coke-Pepsi-Wheaties-Wendy's-Coppertone

Sominex-Six Flags -L'eggs- General Electric

Barq's Rootbeer-Hanes-McDonalds-Domtar

Days Inn-Georgia Pacific-Oxydol-TranSouth

Mainstay -Nabisco-Pilgrams Pride-Hardee's

Duke Power-BlueCross BlueShield- Royster

Wrangler-SCNB-Murphy Oil-McCain-SCE&G

Cheerios-South Central Bell-Golden Griddle

Scotties-Piedmont Natural Gas-Burger King

BubbaJunk.com-Rotostyler-Charlotte Opera

Lecture Experience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Charlotte,

Duke University, Appalachian State University,

Central Piedmont Community College,

University of South Carolina at Columbia

and many others.

Cinematographer Richard Aldridge and

Director Martin Beck on Location

in North Carolina

Subjects

High Budget Commercial Production,

Low Budget Motion Picture Production,

Film Production in the South,

Comedy In Television,

Acting for the Camera and Stage,

and "The Audition".

Teaching

In 1973, Martin Beck, in association with the Jan Thompson Talent Agency (JTA) started teaching professional actors the nuances of auditioning for commercials and motion pictures. This course was called "The Audition". He continued to teach private classes or small groups of actors until he left Charlotte, NC in 1991. In 1997 he was given the challenge of teaching one gifted 12 year old, Margaret Wommack. Now Margaret is an advanced 20 year old actor who is a sophomore at Vassar and Martin is teaching private lessons to a select group of very talented young people. His course has been expanded to include performing for the stage as well as for commercials and motion pictures. He bases his theories on his own acting experiences and on his 30 plus years as a director. He also uses the studies of the great American master acting teachers, Stella Adler and Uta Hagen.

To check out Martin's young actors click

My Best Students

Acting Classes taught in the "Actors Studio"

at the Judith McCarty School of Dancing

Martin Beck started his directorial career in 1970. Based in Charlotte, NC. he

worked primarily on the East Coast from New York to Atlanta to Miami, directing television commercials, documentaries and motion pictures.

In the past 30 years he has directed over 2000 television commercials. Martin has received awards from every major broadcast competition for his work, including the New York Art Directors Show, the Clio and Addy awards, the New York, Houston and Hollywood International Film Festivals. His work has appeared on the NBC Special, The Best TV Commercials.

Martin has also directed national award winning documentaries for the Sterling Research Institute, Ford Motor Company and industrial films for Coca Cola, Wendy's, Shakespeare and Wrangler, to name just a few,

In 1973, Martin directed his first full length motion picture Challenge, which grossed over 20 million dollars. Challenge was produced by the EO Studios of

North Carolina and has twice been on Variety's top 50 list. Martin has worked on 17 other films in almost every capacity, from assistant director to production manager, from make-up artist to sound engineer, from associate producer to music supervisor. He directed the motion pictures The Brass Ring and The Manhunter, co-starred

as the heavy in Dark Sunday, worked as associate producer on Wolfman and directed and edited Last Game.

In 1991, Martin returned to his hometown of Texarkana but continues to direct regional and national projects in the Texarkana, Little Rock and Dallas areas. He

has worked primarily for Westbrook Productions and BubbaJunk.com owned by

Jay Wommack. Martin also teaches a small group of hand picked, talented young actors and lectures in many parts of the country, sharing with new actors and film makers some of his experiences,

The 21st Century started out grand for Martin Beck, producing and directing

one national television commercial for BubbaJunk.com, directing a national infomercial for Rotostyler and producing and directing one national sporting event

for TNN...

The best may be yet to come~