Actor Eric Shook was born and raised in a small town in Illinois. As a young child growing up he had a fascination with filmmaking and created many super 8 and 16mm films using a film camera his uncle gave him as a gift. Eric Shook at the early age of nineteen joined the United States Army where is was assigned to the 194th armored brigade at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After being honorably discharged from the army he later transferred into the United States Air Force where he eventually served in the Persian Gulf War. His first full feature movie that he directed and produced was a movie called "Star Force." In 2002 he released his second full feature movie "Lost on Mars" and in 2004 he directed the movie "Empire of Danger," which was released worldwide. Director and actor Eric Shook has three college degrees and he is the founder and owner of Westfield Entertainment a movie production and entertainment company.