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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Project team leader supervising in-house and global network of vendors crafting the aesthetics and technology of visual storytelling in new ways. Facilitate the creation of memorable experiences in a variety of contexts across retail, educational, industrial, and entertainment-oriented spaces.Specializing in interactive and immersive virtual-reality experiences that put filmmakers "inside the movie" during production. Other projects include remote education with augmented virtual-reality experiences for museums and other multimedia platforms.Our “Museum Of The Future” project will allow curators and exhibit developers to have easy access to new exhibit technologies that are inexpensive and easy to use. Virtual reality exhibitions are able to merge the real and virtual worlds that make it possible for museum visitors to gather around a historic artifact and then be transported to a different time or place.

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Organizational leadership for 25-member Academy education group to research and disseminate information and analyses on the impact of new technologies in the production of the motion picture industry. Establish and sustain technology solutions that benefit digital feature production. Includes duties in public outreach and education. Founder and Chair of new Academy committee that will release its first publication, "The Oscar Docs," a history of Oscar-winning documentaries. Member of Book Publishing Committee, 2010 - 2012.

Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Represent AMPAS at public screenings, demonstrating the art of production and visual-effects techniques in classic studio films. Co-host panel discussions with VFX artists, producers and historians with sound designer Ben Burtt. Past programs have included presentations of "Modern Times," "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Forbidden Planet," and "Wings."

Los Angeles, California, United States

Instructor for “The World of Visual Effects,” a course on how visual effects are forever tied to the mystery of film, how the medium works and its enduring power to beguile and enchant.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Co-host VFX presentations from classic films of the Hollywood studio era with sound designer Ben Burtt for the TCM Network, Podcast, and Classic Film Festival. Past presentations include "The Wizard of Oz," "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," "Foreign Correspondent," and "The War of the Worlds."

New York, New York, United States

Featured on Blu-ray documentary supplements demonstrating film production and VFX techniques developed in classic films such as "Citizen Kane," "Modern Times," "Safety Last!," “The Thief of Bagdad,” “It's a Wonderful Life," and "The Incredible Shrinking Man."

Berkeley, California, United States

Supervised the art direction and creation of CGI environments for feature films, television, electronic games, and special projects requiring visualization and design. Assisted the Vice President of Business Development with marketing presentations and studio budgets that attracted new clients.

Novato, California, United States

Provided managerial, strategic and artistic leadership to a company that created realistic visual effects (2D and 3D environments) for feature films, television, electronic games, special projects requiring visualization design and IMAX large-format productions. Pioneered new CGI visual effects techniques through collaborations with Software Company LightScape, creating a breakthrough cinematographic accomplishment employing Radiosity rendering that was rapidly adopted by the industry.Successfully negotiated and delivered on over 90 studio contracts with major Hollywood studios, including Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers Studios, Sony Pictures, Marvel Studios, Universal Studios, and The Walt Disney Studios. Created and managed teams tasked with accomplishing specific, measurable, time-bound goals for projects for directors George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Tim Burton, Jim Henson, Robert Altman, Ron Howard, David Fincher, Philip Kaufman, Sydney Pollack, and Barry Levinson.

San Rafael, California, United States

Staff member: 1979-1984, Production Supervisor: 1984-1988Helped to develop a state-of-the-art film facility creating matte painting and visual effects. Promoted to Camera Department Head and Director of Matte Photography. As Department Head, coordinated with the engineering team to create special purpose equipment such as Automatte camera system and matte painting process projectors; these advancements received various technical Academy Awards® for innovation. Created composite matte-painting and visual effects scenes on landmark productions and actively contributed to ILM’s ten Visual Effects Academy Awards® for such films as "The Empire Strikes Back," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," and "Return of the Jedi."

Honorary Doctorate Of Letters, Phd, Motion Pictures And Television

Honorary Doctoral Of Letters, Ph.D., Cinematography And Film/Video Production