Harold Cronk: Perbedaan antara revisi

▲| birth_place = [[Reed City, Michigan]]

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▲== Early life ==

▲Born in [[Reed City, Michigan]], Cronk went to school in the [[Baldwin, Michigan|Baldwin]] School District until about sixth grade and then attended school in [[Scottville, Michigan]], where he was active in the Theatre department and graduated from Mason County Central High School in 1993 <ref name="Mlive Interview"/><ref name="Matson and Cronk Background"/> Cronk graduated from [[Central Michigan University]] in 1998, with a Bachelor of Science in Art and K-12 Education.<ref name="Mlive Interview"/><ref name="Matson and Cronk Background"/>

▲== Career ==

▲During [[Spring break]] (2000), Tailford landed a job as the Art director on a television pilot. ''Dear Doughboy'', Cronk and Tailford traveled to Los Angeles to perform Production Design and Art Direction duties for the show.<ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|2}} The experience in Los Angeles motivated the pair to try their hand at producing Cronk's screenplays ''South Manitou'' and ''The Agent''. Using their own funds, Cronk and Tailford completed the ''South Manitou'' and ''The Agent'' projects and considered the life-experience as equivalent to [[film school]] coursework.<ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|3}} Upon completion, a film screening was set up by [[Compass College of Cinematic Arts]] with producer [[Ralph Winter (producer)|Ralph Winter]] in attendance. Winter enjoyed the film(s) and encouraged Cronk and Tailford to continue with film-making, buoyed by the reception of the work, Cronk moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2004.<ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|3}} Within months of the relocation to Los Angeles, Cronk and Tailford found themselves on location in Ireland, working on the ''[[Secret of the Cave]]'' (2006), starring Kevin Novotny and [[Patrick Bergin]], with Cronk as [[Production Designer]] and Tailford as [[Art Director]].<ref name=Fandango/><ref name="Secret of the Cave"/> Other assignments followed, direction of a [[Magic Johnson Foundation]], [[Lincoln Navigator]] commercial starring [[Magic Johnson|Earvin “Magic” Johnson]]<ref name=Celeb/> and Cronk directed, [[Eve Ensler|Eve Ensler's]], ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'', [[V-Day (movement)|Vday]] West (2006) at the [[Ivy Substation]] during this time period.<ref name=Celeb/>

▲Cronk and Tailford also had greater ambitions to develop their own screenplays, Cronk found that he enjoyed directing and Tailford was interested in producing and acting. With some industry experience behind them, they returned to Michigan to create a ten-minute short, ''War Prayer'', based upon [[Mark Twain|Mark Twain's]] short story, ''[[The War Prayer]]'', a controversial war-story that was embargoed by ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', until six years after Twain's death.<ref name=MarkTwain/> A wind-damaged stand of pine trees near [[Evart, Michigan]] served as the set and battlefield props were fashioned from junkyard remnants.<ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|4}} After receiving several rejection notices from various film festivals, the ''War Prayer'' was accepted by the [[Beverly Hills Film Festival|Beverly Hills International Film Festival]], the festival's Best Director Award for 2006, going to Harold Cronk, came as "... a total shock."<ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|4}}<ref name="Canyon News"/>

▲{{See also|10 West Studios}}

▲Cronk is currently the CEO of [[10 West Studios]]. The win for Best Director, at the [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]], resulted in a three picture deal with Origin Entertainment.<ref name=ReelChicago/> The location of 10 West Studios was never in doubt, Cronk just had to work out the details of which part of Northwest Michigan the studios would be located in. Cronk had already spent a year and a half on his screenplay, set in West Michigan, ''[[Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy]]'', a children's comedy adventure film.<ref name="Mlive Interview"/><ref name="Matson and Cronk Background"/><ref name=mynorth/>{{rp|2}} In search of a location for their production company and studio in 2008, Cronk and Tailford decided upon [[Manistee, Michigan|Manistee]] in western Michigan, the town has a Victorian look with nearby farms, forest, beaches and sand dues on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]]. Seven large buildings in the marina were converted to five [[sound stage]]s and an iron-works factory was converted into production offices.<ref name=10westAward/>

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