I provided expert management, reliable field testing, and sound financial planning for digital media development, production, and exhibition. With a global network of secure partnerships, our teams excelled in delivering innovative projects across various entertainment sectors.

Design and Instruction of courses including Virtual Production, The Business of Visual Effects and the History of Gaming/Visual Effects as part of Gnomon’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Production. A full-time program designed to produce production-ready artists who are versed in general academic knowledge, foundational arts, and production skills.

Dane holds the position of Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at The Third Floor, where he leads projects involving previsualization, virtual production, and real-time content creation. He is known for his keen interest in emerging technologies and his proficiency in designing cross-functional teams. This combination drives the development of practical technical applications and creative solutions for clients.

Executive oversight of Global New Business, Casting and Production efforts.

Strengthening our competitive position through strategic market analysis, evaluation, and realization of new expansion opportunities for existing and new client relationships. I act as the key representative to external parties (Studio Management, Directors and Producers), and work closely with business unit employees and senior management throughout the global organization.Responsibilities include:• Serving as TTF’s Brand Ambassador in all of our technical and creative affairs.• Working with multiple technologies and colleagues to assess capabilities, IP, partnerships and collaboration opportunities.• Leading the global team in formulating marketing goals, objectives and strategies and direct the execution of contract awards and related goal achievement.

Chapman’s B.F.A. in Animation and Visual Effects is all about gaining the skills and knowledge to realize your artistic vision. Graduates are great candidates for jobs in major gaming, VFX or animation studios, including Pixar, Disney, Blizzard and more. The Digital Media Arts Center provides students with access to the very latest technology so that students are well-prepared to work as professionals on Hollywood’s most technically sophisticated projects.

Management and planning of resources related to the development, production and exhibition of digital media.Responsibilities include:
• management, coordination and delivery of digital assets for multiple OTT platforms• animation production/oversight of a slate of CG animated features• management of global creative, architectural and technical partners• development, execution and delivery of large format, HFR/CG animated media in 24.1 audio, including virtual cinematic contentProject Roster:BBTV ( OTT channel launch)COSMIC CRUSADERS VR / KAPOW Entertainment (Virtual Reality)Mr PORTER VR / HULU (Virtual Reality)SWORD ART ONLINE/ Hollow Realization VR (Virtual Reality)MATTEL MASH UP – CG Animated Feature / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SAN RIO - CG Animated Feature / UNIVERSAL STUDIOSTETRIS ( Feature Film) SUN SEVEN STARS Entertainment & Media Group THE MANSION:TIVR/ Dir. JONAS AKERLUND (Virtual Reality)UFC: TIVR (Virtual Reality)OCEAN ADVENTURE (Dome Projection)HISTORY OF FLIGHT: Northrup Grumman (3D Projection Map)

TV Spot: "Staircase" (Client: NEW BALANCE)Feature films - Thor: The Dark World (Marvel Films), The Dark Tower, The Walk (Sony Pictures),Warcraft (Universal Pictures), Hell or High Water (CBS Films), Deadpool, Keeping Up With The Joneses (Fox), Abattoir (Radical Pictures),Gangster Squad, Heart of the Sea, Keanu, San Andreas, Blended (Warner Brothers), Sinister 2 (Focus Features), Star Trek Beyond,Star Trek: Into Darkness, Rings, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Selma, Transformers: Age of Extinction (Paramount Pictures), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2; Sword of Destiny (China Film Group), The Wedding Ringer, Deliver us from Evil, Think Like A Man 2 (Screen Gems), Need for Speed (Dreamworks), Expendables 3 (Millennium)The Ashram, The Little Hours, The Chattering, Office Uprising (Independent), Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate) Television - Game of Thrones S:5, Silicon Valley S:2, S:3 (HBO), Outlander (Starz), Cosmos; A Spacetime Odyssey S:1 (FX), Eureka, Body of Proof, The Americans, Mistresses, Power S:3, Rush Hour S:1, CSI: Cyber, Battle Creek S:1, The Good Wife S:4,5,6,7, NCIS S:12, The Blacklist S:3 (CBS), Key & Peele S:2(Comedy Central), Dominion- Pilot (SyFy)OTT - Seedlings S:1 (Netflix), Pee-wee's Big Holiday (Netflix) Man in the High Castle S:1, S:2 (AMAZON)Stereoscopic Producer: Hansel & Gretel 3D, RIPD, James Cameron's Deep Sea Challenge: feature filmsResponsibilities include:• Client-facing communication, creative development, and strategic management• Bidding, negotiation and execution for delivery of final VFX• Planning of VFX pipeline from script to final DI delivery• Stereo 3D conversion, VFX, Stereography, 3D, Editorial and DI• Servicing Lidar, Cyber & 3D scanning including all production-related VFX, cross-polarized texture photography, & photogrammetry.• Maintaining and developing trust-based relationships with major studio clients and prospective customers.

The Amazing Spiderman: feature filmResponsibilities included:• Scheduling and planning VFX deliveries• Managing workflow and schedule of off-site vendors • Ensuring timely turnovers and deliveries of stereoscopic VFX elements• Overseeing marketing requests• Approving change orders

Looper: feature filmResponsibilities included:• Working closely with the Visual Effects Supervisor, Editorial Department and Executive Producer to maintain overall budgets and project schedule• Preparing key dates, schedules and assumptions including overall project planning, for all 2D and 3D artists. • Negotiating rates with multiple domestic and foreign vendors to maintain creative, technical and budgetary guidelines

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 & 2 / Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1: feature filmsResponsibilities included:• Consulting, staffing, producing, managing production of stereoscopic features and VFX • Liaise with executive producers and VFX Supervisor• Client-facing communication

Workflow/Process/Organization of Artists, Post-Production staff and support staff for fast-paced, deadline-oriented theatrical film production. Projects included VFX driven live action as well as stereoscopic feature animation titles.Shoot the Hero, Peep World, The Wackness, The Haunting Hour, Bunraku, Battle for Terra 3D: feature films Responsibilities included:• Conduct initial consultations with key creatives to establish artistic goals• On-set VFX project management• Final approval of all payables• Primary contact for all department heads including creative, legal and executive personnel• Pipeline development, research, and testing of CG production including compositing, editorial, and design• Overseas location management of all aspects of VFX production

Terra, Anthro, Plus/Minus, The Freak: Short filmsTears for Fears "Closest Thing to Heaven": Music VideoWrinkle in Time: TV Movie Star Trek: Enterprise: TV SeriesNCIS: TV series LAX: PilotSummerland: Pilot Concept, pitch, bid, budget, schedule, supervise and deliver material across multiple media platforms (TV, commercials, online/viral and feature film). Including related tasks of:• media relations• business affairs• financial development

Reviewed, evaluated and recommended short films submitted for consideration to the American Film Institutes Los Angeles Film Festival. AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.

Helped screen, evaluate and recommend International features for the Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.

Coordinated media contact, managed public relations and developed media presence for Brooklyn based film cooperative. Rooftop Films is a non-profit film festival and production collective that supports, creates, promotes, and shows independant films worldwide and in a weekly summer rooftop film festival.

As a credentialed member of the press I covered top tier film festivals and markets for a Paris based online festival portal and Fest21.com blog. Coverage included photojournalism, critical reviews and interviews with Actors, Directors and guests.

A mentoring program that funds short projects to develop into feature films produced by Fox Searchlight.

Developed screenplay "Cherry Terry" through weekly live staged rehearsals. Managed and marketed industry contacts to secure production financing. Development and marketing of numerous screenplays. Liason between artist and production companies/financiers/cast.

Responsibilities included:• Scheduling/contracting production for deadline-oriented Television/Film VFX projects • Supervising artists and production staff including oversight of daily production goals • Recruiting external freelancers and maintaining outsource workflow

A mentoring program for Award-winning producers whose feature projects were selected to be developed with the IFP writing/directing Labs resources.