Resume

Objective

To find a career that utilizes my writing experience to enhance and contribute to creative development.

Professional Experience

POPCULTUREBEAST.COM                                                                                         02/2007 – Present
Founder, Editor, and Writer
Duties include creating posts consisting of news, reviews, and opinions related to pop culture and the entertainment industry.  Maintaining relationships with studios and PR agencies by ensuring they are aware when posts related to their products have gone live. Responsible for assigning stories, products, events and more to a growing staff of writers.
 
BLOGCRITICS.ORG                                                                                                     05/2008 – Present
Writer
Duties include creating articles covering reviews of DVD, Music, Literary, and Theatrical releases.
 
DOORQ.COM                                                                                                               10/2007 – Present
Contributor
Duties include creating articles related to horror, science fiction, and fantasy from the perspective of the gay community.
 
POPSUCKER.NET                                                                                                       11/2007 – 01/2008
Writer
Duties include creating posts related to pop culture for a wide audience.
 
AZEROTHWN.COM                                                                                                          07/2007 – 10/2007
Writer
Duties included creating posts related to the MMORPG “World of Warcraft”.  Posts were written as news articles in character reporting on in game events and activities.
 

Additional Experience & Recognitions

Work featured on theissue.com, Rob Zombie’s personal blog, Morpheus Tales Magazine (April 2009) and more.

Short story collection “Demonic & Other Tales: The Short Fiction of Garon Cockrell” and novella collection “The Darkest Hours” to be published by Digital Fabulists in 2011

Experience with screenplays (3 Features and numerous shorts), short stories, poetry, song lyrics, taglines, and more.

Very knowledgeable in Pop Culture and has been described as a “Master of Dialogue.”

NextTV Pitch/Writing contest Quarter Finalist

2 projects currently being filmed through Los Angeles Valley College are based on his short scripts.

Education

Los Angeles Valley College – Los Angeles, California                                              09/2009-Present

Major – Screenwriting

Media Arts/Cinema – Directing, Aesthetics of Film/TV, History of Film, Understanding Motion Pictures, Beginning Film Production Workshop, Advanced Screenwriting (including The Hero’s Journey/Christopher Vogler/Joseph Campbell), Developing Content for Movies

Theatre – Playwriting

Sociology – Human Sexuality

Certification in Screenwriting and Producing

 

For writing samples, please visit:

www.popculturebeast.com

www.garoncockrell.com

www.forgefirepress.com/garoncockrell

 

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