Harold Cronk
| Harold Cronk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Harold David Cronk October 27, 1973 Reed City, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University |
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Writer |
| Known for |
God's Not Dead Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy Jerusalem Countdown |
Harold David Cronk (born October 27, 1973) is an American writer, director, producer and founding partner in 10 West Studios and EMC Productions. Cronk won the Best Director award at the Beverly Hills International Film Festival in 2006.
Born in Reed City, Michigan, Cronk went to school in the Baldwin School District until about sixth grade and then attended school in Scottville, Michigan, where he was active in the Theatre department and graduated from Mason County Central High School in 1993 Cronk graduated from Central Michigan University in 1998, with a Bachelor of Science in Art and K-12 Education.
Cronk taught high school Art courses and was voted Teacher of the Year, for two of his four years at Evart High School. When the Reed City elementary school hired another art teacher in 1998, Cronk made a point of introducing himself to the new-hire, Matthew Tailford. The two teachers found that they had a lot in common, both had participated in college athletics, both had studied sculpture and both had acting experience in school.
Back then, Cronk concedes, “I didn’t even know people made livings as art directors.” To him, movies just appeared on the screen, almost magically. “I didn’t understand that it could take hundreds of people on a movie set to make it happen.”
In 2000, Tailford landed a job as the art director on a television pilot, Dear Doughboy. Cronk and Tailford traveled to Los Angeles to work for the show. The experience in Los Angeles motivated the pair to try their hand at producing Cronk's screenplays South Manitou and The Agent. Using their own funds, Cronk and Tailford completed the South Manitou and The Agent projects and considered the life-experience as equivalent to film school coursework. Upon completion, a film screening was set up by Compass College of Cinematic Arts with producer Ralph Winter in attendance. Winter enjoyed the film(s) and encouraged Cronk and Tailford to continue with film-making, buoyed by the reception of the work, Cronk moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2004. Within months of the relocation to Los Angeles, Cronk and Tailford found themselves on location in Ireland, working on the Secret of the Cave (2006), starring Kevin Novotny and Patrick Bergin, with Cronk as Production Designer and Tailford as Art Director. Other assignments followed, direction of a Magic Johnson Foundation, Lincoln Navigator commercial starring Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Cronk directed, Eve Ensler's, The Vagina Monologues, Vday West (2006) at the Ivy Substation during this time period.
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