Mike Boas Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York

Owner/operator of freelance business, providing animation for features, shorts, and commercial work, as well as film editing and graphic design. Website presence at maddogmovies.com * Animated titles for documentary Quentin Tarantino: The First Eight * Cartoon animation segments for documentary The Blue Whitetail * Animated titles on video releases of Army of Darkness (Red Shirt Pictures), Scanners (Criterion Collection) and Roger Corman's Nurses Collection (Shout Factory)* Animated titles/segments for documentaries That Guy Dick Miller and American Grindhouse (SXSW premieres)* Producer, Editor on live action feature Hero of the Underworld* Editor, First A.D., Animator/Compositor on live-action feature "3.14..." * Contributed animated segments to the independent feature Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated. * Created promotional videos for film festivals, including San Francisco's Another Hole in the Head, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and Rochester's 24 Hour Horror Fest. * Produced H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods, official entry to the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and several other festivals. Screened on three continents. * Animated award-winning fan film Jason: The Rebirth, 1st place NecroComicon Film Contest, 2nd place ManiaFest "Cut 'Em Up" Film Contest. * Co-host and producer of The MAD DOG MOVIES Podcast, a behind-the-scenes show about independent film production* Producer, Editor on Mind Rip, a live-action feature in development

Rochester, New York

Animation and production instructor teaching undergrad and graduate students at the RIT School of Film and Animation.

Rochester, New York

WEBSITE: www.animatusstudio.com* Provided visual effects and cartoon animation for independent film "Bubble Girl"* Animated opening titles for The Right Stuff on Blaze TV* Supervising Animator on three Buju & Ziggie Cat Food webisodes for Wegmans Food Markets. Winner of a Bronze Telly.* Animator and Flash programmer for "Help Mikey Make It Out" interactive fire prevention teaching aid. Winner of an APEX Award for Publication Excellence.* Supervising Animator on "Clicker Clatter" and "Sirens," two shorts from director Benjamin Radford.* Animator for the Dinner Dogs music video, "Totally Me."* Contributed to the Derf the Viking cartoon series, which have screened at Rochester’s Little Theatre, the Rochester International Film Festival, and other venues.* Authored DVD releases for It Came From Animatus, The End of the Line - Rochester’s Subway, and Irondequoit: Lacrosse Town U.S.A.* Developed websites for Animatus Studio and other clients.

Rochester, New York

WEBSITE: www.animatusstudio.com/workshops* Teaching students hand drawn animation, digital ink and paint, lip sync, editing, and sound design.* Directed student animation project "Dreams," for the Rochester International Children's Film Festival* Mentored teens in producing "Don't Get Caught Up," an animated PSA.. * Guided students in producing Frederick Douglass biographical short film for International Underground Railroad Conference. * Worked with student groups to create shorts honoring women in history for the High Falls Film Festival / 360 | 365 Film Festival. * Tutored several young filmmakers whose shorts have gone on to play in festivals.

* Technical direction and management of Rochester's top rated morning show and radio personality, Brother Wease, with a 50,000-watt presence in Western and Central New York.* Produced shows for on-air talent including B.J. Shea, B.J. and the Bull, and the Beth Donahue. * Arranged interviews, performed audio production, coordinated live remotes, screened calls, acted as board operator.