Hello,
As an Actor, Writer, and Producer of Creative Entertainment I named my Production Company... "Vigorous Imagination Productions" (V.I.P) because creating fun and profitable productions and product is my life's passion.
I have developed my talents from the ground up experiencing most fields of Writing, Development, Directing , Acting, and Production.
My company V.I.Productions is currently in Development of a TV Sitcom Pilot, a Animation Series, and well as a thriller feature film.
The exposure to Writing and Directing has strengthened my Acting skills to a high level of professional confidence that I love..
I look forward to take part with another great production and be part of the creative process.
Gary W. Hoffman
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Specialties: Winner of Sony Video awards, winner 1st place Animation short at LACC, Colgin Commercial Awards, and Proud SAG/AFTRA member.
The Del Show
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TV Mini
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A Fictionist Mind
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Film
(Short, Drama, Mystery and Sci-Fi)
Actor Larry arrived Hollywood to pursue his dreams as a Sci-fiction writer. With only a suitcase and a few dollars on his pocket he decides to stay in the City of The Angels for a while and escape the pain left at home by his father's death, reason why decides to write novels. Now in town, he needed a place to stay and without notice ends up in an old Hollywood suburban house. During the first days at the place, he met his roommate, Billy, a Hollywood actor. Billy it's a schizophrenic and during one his trance offers Larry one of his medications, a gateway to altered states of conscience. Like devil seducing a child, Billy convinces him to swallow the pill that moves Larry into a dream state where he finds himself and his fears.
Chaos in the Valley
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Film
(Short and Comedy)
Actor Add a Plot »
Plaything
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Film
(Short, Comedy, Drama and Horror)
Producer Plaything is a dark comedy about one mans final night with his favorite toy. It explores the loss of what or whom one loves. Even if it bucks societal norms.
Assistants
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Television
(Comedy)
Director A TV Sitcom.
True Blood
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Television
(Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance and 1 More)
Actor The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid living in Louisiana who can read people's minds, and how her life is turned upside down when the Vampire Bill, walks into her place of employment two years after vampires 'came out of the coffin' on national television. Written by Tommy Stewart
Community
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Television
(Comedy)
Actor A former lawyer attends a community college when it is discovered he faked his bachelor degree. In an attempt to get with a student in his Spanish class he forms a Spanish study group. To his surprise more people attend the study group and the group of misfits form an unlikely community.
Cougar Town
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TV Series
Actor
See Dad Run
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Television
(Comedy, Drama and Family)
Actor After a decade on television, actor David Hobbs becomes a stay-at-home dad so his soap-opera star wife can get back in the spotlight, but he quickly realizes that playing a dad on television is much different from the real thing. He has to take care of his three kids, Emily, Joe and Janie with the help of his best friends, Marcus and Kevin. Written by Anonymous
Serial Night
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Film
Actor
The Galaxy
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Film
Actor
What is the Electric Car?
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Film
(Documentary)
Camera and Electrical Department The Electric Vehicle is a booming industry. EVs are 400% more efficient than gas cars. Watch Interviews with manufacturers and drivers. Visit the Petersen and Ford Museums, Jay Leno's Garage and the Detroit Auto Show. A documentary for anyone who drives. Written by Anonymous
Lie to Me
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Television
(Crime, Drama, Mystery and Thriller)
Actor Dr. Cal Lightman teaches a course in body language and makes an honest fortune exploiting it. He's employed by various public authorities in various investigations, doing more when the police etc. fail to go the extra mile. So he can afford to constitute a team of his own, which like clients and others has to put up with his mind-games. Written by KGF Vissers
East
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Film
(Short, Adventure, Drama and Family)
Actor Add a Plot »
Nip/Tuck
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Television
(Drama)
Actor Two plastic surgeons - one a dedicated family man and one an unscrupulous playboy - strive to maintain their business whilst having to work their way through numerous hardships ranging from personal relationships to clients with criminal connections. Written by Paleman
Cold Case
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Television
(Crime, Drama, Mystery and Thriller)
Actor Lilly Rush is a Philadelphia police detective working for the department's homicide squad and being assigned 'cold cases': crimes that were committed many years before and have not been solved. Lilly must try to re-think the crime scenes and interview other people involved with the victims to find a link to solving the cases. Written by Anonymous
Little Black Book
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Film
(Comedy, Romance and Drama)
Actor Stacy Holt, an associate producer for a daytime talk show, is confounded by her boyfriend Derek's unwillingness to talk about his previous relationships. Egged on by her co-worker Barb, Stacy sneaks a look at his personal digital organizer, scores the names and numbers of his exes, and sets up interviews with them--all in an effort to get closer to her man. Her plan starts to unravel, however, when she becomes friends with one of the women. Written by Anonymous
Little Heroes 3
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Film
(Comedy and Family)
Art department Add a Plot »
Lip Service
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Film
(Comedy and Drama)
Art department Two very different former college roomates reunite under strange circumstances.
Big Momma's House
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Film
(Action, Comedy and Crime)
Miscellaneous Crew FBI agent Malcolm Turner is known best for being a brilliant, master of disguise. Malcolm's latest assignment sends him to small-town Georgia, where he's assigned to trap a brutal bank robber (and a recent prison escapee) who they suspect will be coming down to visit his ex-girlfriend Sherry and her son. Malcolm sets up a stakeout across from the home of a larger-than-life southern matriarch known as Big Momma, who's about to be visited by Sherry. It's a simple plan, but there's one big problem: Unbeknownst to Sherry, Big Momma has unexpectedly left town. So Malcolm, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny. Using a few tricks of disguise, he completely transforms himself into Big Momma, even taking on the corpulent septuagenarian's everyday routine-from cooking soul food to delivering babies to "testifying" at the local church. In the mean time, Malcolm starts falling for Sherry, who may or may not be hiding some stolen cash. Now, Malcolm/Big Momma must somehow find a ... Written by Anonymous
My Little Assassin
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TV Movie
(Drama)
Actor 1981: Marita Lorenz checks into an Havana hotel and, in a flashback, remembers 22 years' before. At 19, visiting Cuba from New York, she comes to the attention of Fidel Castro, the country's rebel president. He invites her to be his secretary and to be part of the making of the new Cuba. She accepts, but soon learns he already has a capable secretary; Marita's duties lie elsewhere. She becomes pregnant. She's also come to the attention of the FBI and the CIA, so when she wakes up in a US hospital after what may have been a botched abortion against her will in Cuba, her government presses her into service as an assassin: her job, to go back to Cuba and kill her former lover. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Invasion for Flesh and Blood
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Video
(Comedy, Horror and Sci-Fi)
Actor Something strange is afoot in the suburbs of New Jersey! Carnivorous entities from out of this world have invaded the Garden State, seeking out the tastiest dish in the entire universe: human flesh! Now only a gang of burnt-out metalheads and one sexy psychic starlet can stand up to the alien invaders devious plans of world domination and human consumption! Written by Troma Entertainment
The Island
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Film
(Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror and 2 More)
Actor In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda's Triangle area. Maynard is divorced and his ex-wife sends their son Justin to stay with him while she is traveling with her boyfriend. Maynard brings Justin with him and promises to go to the Disneyland with him. However he tells Justin that they will travel to the Bermuda's Triangle but their plane crashes in an island. Maynard rents the boat of the local Dr. Brazil to fish barracuda with his son. But they are attacked by pirates and Maynard kills one of them in self-defense. They are captured and find that they are trapped in an island with pirates under the command of John David Nau. Maynard is forced to be the substitute for the husband of the widow Beth and Justin is brainwashed and converted into a pirate. Now Maynard tries to find a way out from the pirate island. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Johnny Jones
TV Movi
Producer