Appearance on "The Grabowskis"

In the Summer of 2007, I was ready for a change. I decided to return to my earliest passion, acting. I searched the craiglist postings far and wide, and managed to come up with a call for actors for a web tv series. This episode was filmed at the "Palamino" bar/restaurant. I was 26 and excited to be part of an exciting series. It was one of my first chances to be involved with something "serious" and my appearance was a prelude to my being cast in "Spirit Lake" a year and a half later.
S3 - Honey's Wings

First (and Only) Warsaw Poland Performance

It was summer time, and I had recently (1999) done a web design favor for a Polish community centre. In exchange for helping them with their web site they agreed to help me promote my "improv talents" by booking me at the Dzielnicowy Centrum Promocji Kultury in Warsaw Poland. I was booked around August of 2002, and was surprised to see they had actually printed posters for the event, which mentioned my performance as part of a chronological list. I also, posted my own fliers around Warsaw to try and promote the performance. Needless to say, only a handfull of people attended. Below is a sample from the performance.

The Streeters Cartoon Series

In 2002 I was employed by the now-defunct "Sugar Star Design" as a web designer. At the time I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. I had been a college (UW-Milwaukee) dropout and was just sailing through life. While working on some minor graphics projects, the owners of the company asked me if I wanted to help them with a television show they were going to be working on. I agreed and provided my voice talents to the program. I recorded the majority of my performances during an 8 hour recording session in a studio in Milwaukee,WI. I was 21 at the time, and glad to be part of a project where my talents in voice-over were realized. I hope you enjoy the clip, and look for my two appearances as the voice(s) of:Mr.Smyth and Cuddles the Bear.

"The Streeters" Episode 25 from Erik West on Vimeo.

Student Film Discovered

I recently found an old student film I starred in called "Commonplace". It was directed by Derek Dobbels, and written by Derek Dobbels, with some of the dialogue from the office scene improvised by me. The movie was filmed in the winter-time in Milwaukee,WI sometime around 2006.
Commonplace

Spirit Lake: First Shoot

I will be participating as an actor in an upcomming feature film by Joe Shakula or BibSimmons called "Spirit Lake." I am just hoping that I don't freeze my bones, it's quite cold today. For more information on the production visit the official website at:http://spiritlakemovie.com/

Aono Trailer

I am in the new Matt Wichlacz short film [AONO] premiering this March 2009. I enjoyed the production and I was happy to get cast in a speaking role, and such an interesting film.

My First Impressions of AONO

Last year I performed a supporting role in the Matt Wichlacz short film Aono. When I previewed the rough cut at Ma Fischer's in Milwaukee, it was 7:40pm and I was interested to see what this movie might look like. I had my doubts, after all the director was still in highschool during production, he had very little film experience, and had just purchased the video equipment for the film. The filming was as professional as a film with a $2000 budget could be,including some catering; french fries and coffee. Well when I started watching the film I was impressed with the look and feel-the entire project is in black and white, a fitting color for a Milaukee short. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say, stay tuned for the movie premier which is set for sometime in March. Thanks to everyone who was involved,it's great to be part of a project that exhibits the importance of characters and story over stale drama and action sequences.