Amateur Pool Player is a national tournament to crown the top amateur pool players. Players will start out competing for a spot in the national tournament by winning a regional qualifier throughout the US. The finalists of each of these qualifiers will come together to compete for the top 16 amateurs. The top 16 finalists will be housed by Amateur Pool Player as they are trained by professional pool players and instructors. The players will be trained in all disciplines of billiards from 8 ball, 9 ball, 10 ball, one pocket, straight pool, bank pool, beat the ghost, defensive, etc. The top two finalists in the house will compete for the national crown of Top Amateur Pool Player.
As a top amateur pool player myself, I want to fill the gap between top local tournament players and professional billiards. AmateurPoolPlayer.com is going to crown top amateurs based on their performance in regional qualifiers where they play for a spot in our national tournaments. AmateurPoolPlayer.com was developed to showcase pool players at the amateur level but on a national stage. The ability to view top billiards on television has also become almost non existent. We are going to fill both of these gaps with a world class television production that brings true grit pool playing into homes around the world through a syndicated reality series. The series will follow these top amateurs through the final stages of their national title competition and capture the highs and unfortunately the lows of highly competitive billiards.
Brian McBride is an accomplished billiard player, league operator and tournament director in the Florida area. Brian
has been a top 5 finisher is many regional events throughout the Florida area. His latest accomplishment
was finishing 3rd in the NAPA Nationals 8 Ball Masters/Grand Masters division this May. He also finished 9th
in the US Amateurs event in 2012.
Brian is also a self employed software engineer having run his
own development company for part and full time for over 10 years. Having worked with his wife in the technical
aspects of her business for the past 11 years, he saw a great opportunity to bring their two worlds together
in their cooperative venture AmateurPoolPlayer.com
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Working on set for over two decades Robert’s production credits include "Donnie
Darko", "Borat", and "Dolphin Tale". He worked on over 200 productions in
Los Angeles while producing and directing music videos, commercials and
feature films to continue his pursuit for the passion of filmmaking. His expertise
encompasses production, film packaging, distribution contracts, script sales, film
sales, motion picture funding, and talent attachment. He has produced seven
feature films, three shot in Florida, and directed two features. Robert has been
responsible for developing many companies within the business, from fundraising
to distribution.
Robert resides on the advisory board of directors of the Gasparilla International
Film Festival. He is one of the founding board members and co-chairs the
Educational Panels. The festival, in its seventh year, was featured in the Top 25
film festivals in Moviemaker magazine.
Currently, Robert is working with students and graduates at the International
Academy of Design and Technology to provide insight and an integration
strategy to help pave their individual path into the creative industry. He is also
developing several feature films, consulting for creative agencies, and delivering
his latest feature to domestic and international distributors.
With
an Associate’s in Graphic Design and in Computer Animation/Multimedia already under his belt, Danny chose to
broaden his career path with video production. The growing popularity of visual effects in blockbuster movies
were his fascination and inspiration for one day creating similar masterpieces.
A full-time graphic
designer by day and student by night, Danny spent many sleepless nights learning, practicing and mastering the
art behind the making of feature films. Well praised by instructors, classmates and clients, his work raised
the bar and his passion was one for others to follow. While a student, Danny’s art has been featured in the
school's ARTISTIK Magazine, he partnered with a friend and classmate to produce full-production projects,
and interned at a local marketing and production company creating motion graphics marketing pieces that greatly
impressed both his employer and client.
Today, with his Bachelors in Post Production, Danny works
at a local TV news station, putting his tricks of the trade into practice. "Veni, Vidi, Vici", once spoken by
the ambitious Julius Caesar, or for a more modern reference, Jay-Z- "I came, I saw, I conquered". This is the
dedication that Danny lives by. Always looking for his next mountain to climb and climb it to the very top and
to be successful in everything that he does.
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