John Zak - Warm, friendly, engaging, upbeat, elegant

Warm, friendly, engaging, upbeat, elegant

• John Zak is registered with Voice123 since Jun 02, 2011.
• John Zak started his/her voice over career in 1996.
• Currently John Zak is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 6
• John Zak was last active on Voice123 3 days ago

Voice Description

Upbeat, warm, engaging for commercials and IVRs. Smooth, friendly, upbeat, intelligent, for narrations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Hollywood, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

BBC World Service sound, Educated British, Cockney, Southern Gentleman, Texan, French, Character Latino, Character Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern.

My Voice Experience

Credits include Voice over narration for THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL on CBS.

Spokesperson for radio commercial campaign for spas and healing centers.

Narrated HAWAIIAN HEALING, HAWAIIAN MEDITATIONS, and PULE WAILELE, award-winning feature length documentary films.

Emmy and Telly Award winner.

My Training

David Lawrence Voiceover Intensive Classes - Voice Over Pro

BA UCLA Department of Film and Television
UCLA Professional Program in Producing
UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting

Extensive background as producer, director (DGA) and documentary film maker. Emmy winner and nominee, DGA Award Nominee

Member: DGA, SAG-AFTRA, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Former Governor), The Recording Academy

My Studio Equipment

Mac computer using the following:

Mbox and Apogee audio interfaces, Neumann, Rode, Shure, Sennheiser, and Electrovoice studio mics.
Audio Technica USB mic
Protools, Audacity software programs
Ability to generate files in various formats.
YOU SEND IT and e mail capabilities for delivery of auditions and projects, phone patch capability.

Additional Skills

I speak Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese and have traveled to over 60 I am a filmmaker, published photographer with network and international credits as a producer, director and as a production consultant for companies such as Endemol, BBC, and France 2.