David Dez Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Creative Director. Writer. Artist. Content Creator."Dez" is a professional creative director & consultant. He is also a published author with a series of popular children's books published by Harper Collins. Hernandez played a major role in the theme park “Immersive Land Renaissance”. As a Creative Director, Dez creates and leads the design of large theme park projects valued in the hundreds of millions. Working with many iconic IPs for Universal, Disney, Sony, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Dr. Seuss, MTV, Fox, Nintendo, Boston Dynamics, & Nickelodeon. Hernandez is a go-to consultant for all things pop culture, including theme parks, animation, movies, books, and toys.Hernandez also directs live-action, animation, voice over, storyboards & music production.The Vision Keeper and Creative Director on all Super Nintendo World projects for nearly 9 years until handing off to builders. Dez maintained his original intent and vision at all Universal Theme parks. Dez and his team established the Nintendo theme park brand, story, environment, characters, gaming, scripts, logos, media, and food menu, overseeing all design for the new lands, while working closely with Nintendo executives in Japan. Hernandez was also the Creative Director on Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi's Adventure, Skull Island: Reign of Kong, Springfield USA, Minion Mayhem, & SpongeBob Storepants for Universal Studios.Career highlights include:•Creative Director Super Nintendo World•Puppet Designer - Nickelodeon Blue's Room•Creative Director Donkey Kong Country•Creative Director Yoshi's Adventure•Creative Director - Kong: Skull Island•Screenwriter for the film “Ornaments”•Licensed Disney & Lucasfilm Artist•Official Minion Artist for illumination •Art Dir. Star Wars Celebrations for George Lucas & Jon Stewart•Art Dir. Star Wars Weekends - Hollywood Studios.•Writer & Storyboards for Minion Mayhem - Annie winner: Best Special.•Concept Artist - Dora the Explorer 3D Film.•Creator of the Chef Toad character for Nintendo.•Concept Design & Animation for Nickelodeon live shows SpongeBob, Blue's Clues, & Dora the Explorer.•Member - Disney Century of Dreams•Hired by Stan Lee personally! Finally, Dez enjoys appearing as a public speaker: traveling, writing & lecturing at schools and conferences on pop culture, literature, design, art, education, and cinema.Memberships & Awards:• THEA Award Winner• SCBWI • IAAPA Award Winner• Mensa• TED speaker• SWG of America• WGA• Comic Book Guild Award Winner• TEA• Latino Professionals

Listed skills include Entertainment, Illustration, Film, Storyboarding, and 45 others.