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NORMAN
CORWIN is the premiere writer and producer of radio theatre in America’s
‘Golden Age’ of radio, creating some of the most important
programs such as The Columbia Workshop. Corwin wrote for and directed
such talents as Orson Welles, Groucho Marx and Jimmy Stewart. Corwin
has won two Peabody Medals, an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar nomination
for his script of Lust For Life. Corwin was inducted into the Radio
Hall of Fame in 1993. Now in his 90's Corwin continues teaching and
writing. Ray Bradbury has hailed Corwin as “the greatest director,
the greatest writer and the greatest producer in the history of radio."
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DIRK
MAGGS is internationally recognised as one
of the greatest audio theatre producers working today. His many awards
include a Writer’s Guild Award and a Talkie for his production of An
American Werewolf in London and an American Audie for Superman:
Doomsday and Beyond. Maggs combines the populist sensibility of
American OTR entertainment with state-of-the-art digital production
and cinematic soundscapes. On hearing his work, the late Douglas Adams
chose Dirk Maggs to adapt and direct the last three novels of the Hitchhiker’s
Guide To The Galaxy for BBC Radio 4. |
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PAUL DEELEY, a director
of the Soundhouse studios, London, is one of Britain’s leading figures
in radio theatre. Besides engineering scores of radio plays each year,
Deeley has also worked closely with producer Dirk Maggs on many of his
most noteworthy productions including Batman, Spiderman & Superman. |
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SUSAN SHERIDAN
is one of Britain's leading voice actors in a career spanning 3 decades.
As well as being Trillion in the original Hitchhiker radio series, Susan
has also voiced countless animations, commercials, stage and film work
and appeared in scores of radio plays. |
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YURI
RASOVSKY has created hundreds of audio drama productions heard around
the world and has won numerous awards including one Grammy, two Peabody
broadcasting awards, two Audie Awards and the Bradbury Award.
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PHIL PROCTOR has
received 3 Grammy nominations as a member of the comedy troupe The Firesign
Theatre. A leading voice actor in Hollywood, Proctor is a cast member
of Rugrats, the voice of American Big Brother as well as voicing scores
of animated features for Disney, Pixar and Nickelodeon. |
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TOM LOPEZ is President
and driving creative force behind the ZBS Foundation. He is a writer/producer
who has written over 140 hours of daily radio serials and weekly series.
Lopez has received various awards, including the Prix Italia Special
Prize for his binaural radio opera, "The Maltese Goddess."
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SUE ZIZZA is the
Executive Director of the National Audio Theatre Festivals [ NATF
]. Zizza's work as writer, director and sound designer, has been honoured
by The Gabriels, The National Federation of Community Broadcasters,
The International Radio Festival, and The Communicator Awards.
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