Teaching

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David Brooks CPCC, CDC
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Education
Boston University, Boston, Mass
Principia College, Elsah, Ill., B.A. English 1969

Teaching
Orange County School District, Substitute Teacher, Orange Country, CA 1970
Navajo Tribal School, English Teacher, Rough Rock, Ariz. 1973
Teacher-Counselor, Desert Sun School, Idylwild, CA 1978
Seminar Leader, Bring Forth Aliveness, Assisted Living Centers, Santa Monica, CA 2004
Acting classes, Weingart Salvation Army Youth Center, Volunteer, Hollywood, CA 2004
Choice Point Coach, Life Coach, private client 2004-Present
Seminar Leader, Authentic Power for Camera and Speaking, Acting Classes, Los Angeles CA 2005
Seminar Leader, Acting and Presentation Skills, Fox River Country Day School, Chicago, Ill. 2005-Present
Acting Coach, Disney Studios, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006
Teacher, Film Acting, Script Analysis, New York Film Academy, Burbank, CA 2005-Present

Employment
Gardner Advertising, St. Louis, MO. Writer 1971
Vilas Advertising, Orinda, CA. Account Executive 1972
Navajo Tribal School, Rough Rock, Ariz. Teacher 1973
Carol Cox Book Wholesaler, Fremont, N.J. Western Sales Rep. 1974-77
Desert Sun School, Counselor-Teacher, Idylwild, CA. 1978
Elite Models, New York, Paris, Model, 1978-87
J.M. Bloom Agency, New York, Commercial Actor 1978-88
Triad Agency, New York, Los Angeles, Actor 1985-91
Cunningham Escot Dipene, Los Angeles, Commercial Actor 1992-Present
Candy Entertainment Mgt., Los Angeles, Actor 1999-04
Orange Grove Group, Los Angeles, Actor 1998-04
Life Coach, CPCC; Certified Professional Co-Active Coach 2004-Present
Life Coach, CDC; Certified Dream Coach 2005-Present
Seminar Leader, Bring forth Aliveness, Your Authentic Power for Camera and Speaking

Professional Credentials and Affiliations
Actor’s Studio, New York City, Member 1997-Present
Fulfillment Fund Teen Mentorship Program 2000-03
Hospice Volunteer, Agape Intl., 1995-00
Acting, Voice, Movement classes 1978-04
Therapy and personal growth work 1978-Present
Men’s weekly peer group 1994-present
Weingart Salvation Army Youth Center, Volunteer, Hollywood, CA. 2005

Coaches Training Institute, Certification Program, CPCC, 2003-04
Co-Active Space, graduate of ten month Leadership Program, 2003-04
Certified Dream Coach, Marcia Weider’s Dream Coach Certification 2005

Biography

David Allen Brooks has been a professional actor for thirty years. He has to his credit over twenty-six films, many commercials, and television series where he has been the lead and co-star player. He is a member in good standing of the renowned Actor’s Studio in New York City

Before becoming an actor, he taught school on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, moving on to teach in private and public schools in California. He then moved to New York City where he trained and lived as a successful actor for over seventeen years. His work has taken him throughout the world.

As an actor and a coach, he is presently a certified, professional life coach in Los Angeles and is teaching and coaching at the New York Film Academy.