Feature Filmmaking

Tom Marcoux is an award-winning film director. Tom won a special award at the EMMY AWARDS after earning a degree in psychology and television production. Tom is the author of 101 Acting Secrets: A Director's Tips for Your Acting, Auditions, Movie Roles, and Self-Promotion. He conducts acting workshops and workshops on "Self-Promotion for Actors" Along the way, as a faculty lecturer, Tom has taught technical communication and digital filmmaking at Cogswell Polytechnical College. Tom currently teaches graduate students and undergraduates cinema related to Science Fiction and Fantasy -- at Academy of Art University.

Currently, Tom leads teams within Tom Marcoux Media, LLC producing a trilogy of science fiction motion pictures entitled TIMEPULSE. [above image -- Attached to the Golden Gate Bridge is a Hive built by the Shynnadth, who are insect/human hybrid people of 300 years in the future. Rendered by Benjamin Litteer. Background photography by Johanna Mac Leod.]

Tom Marcoux's Book for Actors

101 Acting Secrets for Success Cover
New book: (see Table of Contents below...)
101 Acting Secrets:
A Director's Success Tips for Your Auditions, Acting, Movie Roles and Self-Promotion
by Tom Marcoux, Motion Picture Director and Actor

Available Now as an E-Book (246 pages, 74,943 words, revealing secrets)
SPECIAL WEB SITE DISCOUNT price: ONLY $14.95 (regular price $25.95)
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SPECIAL NEWSFLASH: Secrets of Digital Filmmaking Revealed in 101 Acting Secrets!

Table of Contents

SPECIAL BONUS: sprinked through the book are stories about THE MATRIX, TITANIC, INDIANA JONES, and many top feature films...and stories about Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, Helen Hunt, Danny Glover, Jackie Chan, Kate Winslet and many other top stars...

BOOK 1: Get the Part: A Director's Secrets for Your Successful Auditions

  • 7 Strategies based on "What the Director is Thinking While You're Auditioning"
  • SPECIAL INTERVIEW with Randi Acton, Casting Director, Break-A-Leg Casting
  • 101 Acting Secrets for Success
  • Increase your confidence (quickly find 'beats' and 'objective')
  • 4 methods to create instant rapport with Directors and Producers
  • 3 methods to Increase Your Comfort
  • 3 ways to handle "butterflies in your stomach"
  • 6 methods to avoid Audition Mistakes!
  • 3 ways to be seen as an interesting person
  • 4 methods to be seen as a good team member
  • 3 ways to let go of fear
  • 3 methods to bounce back after rejection
  • 3 ways to avoid coming across as 'needy'
  • 2 ways to easily recover from any conversation mistake
  • Put the person at ease with you based on "personality styles"
  • 4 methods to energize yourself even if you don't feel like going to the Audition
  • Make time for yourself to feel refreshed - before the Audition
  • 5 Secrets from mingling and networking masters
  • 3 methods to comfortably follow-up with the casting decision-maker
BOOK 2: The Actor on the Set
  • How to talk with the Assistant Director or Director
  • 6 Strategies for Successful Action Performances
  • Enhance Your Safety on the Set
  • Terms You Must Know and Requirements to be Professional
  • The Actor and Digital Filmmaking
  • Effective Actors Exercise, Sleep Well and Enjoy Excellent Nutrition
BOOK 3: Self-Promotion for Actors: Get an Agent; Work with Casting Directors; Get Parts on Your Own
  • Use the S.E.L.F.P.R.O.M.O. process to Get an Agent and Roles
  • Work a Lot by Getting Passionate about Self-Promotion
  • Crucial Key Elements of Self-Promotion for Actors
  • Key Steps to Get an Agent
  • Key Steps to Work with Casting Directors
  • Key Steps to Get Roles on Your Own
  • Break the 4-second Barrier with Industry Professionals
  • Techniques to avoid "Rapport-Breakers"
  • 24 Secrets of Self-Promotion for Actors
  • Strategies to Gain Immediate Credits to Show You Are a Good Actor
  • 10 Strategies for Getting Footage from Filmmakers for Your Demotape
  • Make Your Demotape and Be a Producer-Actor
  • Strategies to Make Your Demotape with Excellence
  • Make Good Decisions for Your Acting Career
  • Influence Casting Decision-Makers
  • How to appear on TV/Radio and Appear in Articles in Newspaper/Magazines
  • Techniques for Being on Television
  • Techniques for Being on Radio
  • Primary Listening Skills for Networking Events
  • Using an Actor's Web Site and Email in the Digital Age
  • Make Yourself Attractive to the Media
  • Get Photos with Big Stars and When to Use the Photos
  • Connect with Casting Personnel - and Avoid Being a Pest
  • Gain and Use Testimonials
  • Get your Actor Business Card in the Hands of Producers, Directors and Casting Personnel
  • Places to Meet Directors, Producers and Casting Personnel
Available Now as an E-Book (246 pages, 74,943 words, revealing secrets)
SPECIAL WEB SITE DISCOUNT price: ONLY $14.95 (regular price $25.95)
Click here to Don't Miss This!/ Buy Now

"Tom has been an
NAB Conference favorite
for six years.
And he is very energetic."

John Marino, Vice President,
National Association of
Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.