Morton Redner

I don't do impersonations.

I first began announcing music and news at commercial radio stations during my college years. I was once a tour guide at NBC studios in New York. After graduating with an M.A. in English literature I worked with Mad Men, writing and producing TV and radio commercials at the top ad agencies in NY -- Young & Rubicam, Grey Advertising, and Interpublic. (I once directed a recording session with Ed McMahon for Breck Shampoo.) Although we worked in New York, it was cheaper to film in Los Angeles, where we could take advantage of the infrastructure at the big studios, Paramount, Universal, Warner. I began doing voice-over eLearning in the 1990s. Earlier this year I produced multimedia presentations at Intel. The team leader asked me to do all their voice-overs. I had not done anything with my voice in so many years it came as a great surprise. A month later at a PowerPoint workshop, I was showing the class one of my presentations and the instructor said, "Morton you have a nice voice!" "It would be great if I could make some money off it!" I replied. "Get an agent," she said. Now Voice 123 is my agent. B.A. Hobart College 1961 - English lit. M.A. University of California at Berkeley - English lit. I learned announcing working as a music and news announcer at my college radio station and at commercial radio stations during my college years. I announced at WGVA in Geneva, NY and WFAS in White Plains, NY. I learned how to do quality professional broadcasting when I worked in advertising on Madison Avenue, writing and producing TV, radio, and print for major national consumer brands including Chrysler, Texaco, Jell-O, Revlon, General Electric, and many others. During those years I worked with, and let myself be guided by, some brilliant film and art directors. It was the most painless and enjoyable form of education anyone could imagine -- the hotels, the travel, and food all paid for by the clients. I work with an A-List Hollywood sound editor who produces music, documentaries, and feature films at his sound studio in Sunland, California. I earn much of my income as a technical writer and instructional designer. I write and produce computer manuals, online training, multimedia presentations, engineering reports, and assembly procedures for manufacturers. I have written software requirements specifications for the US Navy at Port Hueneme, and for the Navy's new DDG-1000 destroyer at Meggitt Safety Systems in Simi Valley, CA. At Credit-Suisse/First Boston I supervised publication of a stock market weekly which First Boston distributed to a closed circulation of institutional portfolio managers. This kind of detail is probably putting you to sleep, but I wanted to give you a glimpse of the range of subject matter I am comfortable with. If you have any questions or would like more information or a resume, call me, tell me, and we'll talk. (805) 584-1321