Anthony Christov
Art Director - Pixar
Art Director at Pixar with such animated features as: Wall-e, Finding Nemo, Cars, Titan A.E., The Incredibles, and more.
Also teaching Visual Development and Drawing in Film at Academy of Arts, San Francisco.
Brian Spencer
Architect
US registered architect with over 40 years of experience. Member of the American Institute of Architects. His projects are spread in the United States, Europe and the Pacific. First Curator for Architecture at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Lectured in over 70 major universities, museums and societies in 21 countries. Professor at the International Academy of Architecture, member of the Russian Academy of Architecture & Construction Sciences, Honorary Visiting professor at the Politechnika Gdanska, member of the Board of Directors of the Taliesin Fellows. Also served on the Board of Directors of the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Program. Has published numerous articles on contemporary American architecture.
Cesare DeRossi
Photography & Game Graphics
Digital artist at Guerrilla - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Professional in webdesign, illustration, 3D graphics and photography since 1998.
Besides working in the video-games industry as shader artist Mr. DeRossi also runs his own studio for digital and film photography in the Netherlands.
Mr. DeRossi is currently working as shader artist on undisclosed title at Sony CEE - Guerrilla and previously acted as main shader artist for Sony's PS3 flagship title Killzone 2 during a 3 year production period.
Dave Dwire
Photography & Game Graphics
20+ years in Animation, Game Graphic development, VFX, and Photography.
Work includes: Games: BAJA: Edge of Control, MX vs ATV Unleashed, ATV Off-road Fury II, MX Unleashed, Star Wars Racer Revenge, Splashdown, Motorcross Madness II.
Animation/Vfx: Blue Planet, Centipede, Alice in Wonderland, Ninja Turtles, Missile Command, Action Man
David Stipes
David Stipes, Visual Effects Supervisor / Consultant
David Stipes is a three time Emmy® Award winner with over 30 years of experience in the film industry in various aspects of visual effects and animation.
Mr. Stipes worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor on four Star Trek series: "The Next Generation," "Voyager," "Deep Space Nine," and "Enterprise". Mr. Stipes championed the use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) for Star Trek, which completely changed how the visual effects are created for the shows.
Prior to Star Trek, Mr. Stipes created visual effects for a number of science fiction television series including "Buck Rogers," "Battlestar Galactica," "The Flash," "V" and "Intruders." David also operated his own studio for more than 12 years producing visual effects for such feature films as "Circuitry Man," "Creepshow," "Lawnmower Man," and "Real Genius."
Mr. Stipes has had over twenty industry related articles published and is currently an instructor at The Art Institute of Phoenix.
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Elizabeth Rosensteel
Interior Designer
Graduate of the Art Institute of Pitsburg. Over 30 years of experience in interior design. Her projects are regional, national and international. Many of them published in leading magazines. Elizabeth is an Advisory Counsel member for the Art Institute of Phoenix, Board Member for the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Board Member for Taliesin Architects, where she also served as a Principal of the Interior Design Department. Her previous experience include project design for Carter Hawley Hale Group of Broadway Department Stores. Her expertise include high end residential homes, club houses, hotels, commercial offices, convention centers.
Gary Goldman
Animation
Don Bluth / Walt Disney/ Fox Animation
Animator, Director and Producer of animated films. A few examples: "The Land Before Time", "Anastasia", "Titan A. E." Received many awards.
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Gary R Boodhoo
Graphic designer and artist
Gary R Boodhoo is an interactive designer and artist recognized for contributions to the game industry. His interface designs have provided rich media user experiences for AAA titles by Electronic Arts and LucasArts Entertainment. His current work focuses on applying gameplay mechanics to social media. Nis previous experience is in design of motion graphics for broadcast and corporate clients including Turner Broadcasting, The Golf Channel and the United States Navy.
Ivan Shongov
Architect
US registered architect with over 20 years of experience. Graduate of Arizona State University MArch. Member of the American Institute of Architects. Licensed in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, NCARB. His projects are regional, national and international. Mr. Shongov’s expertise is in commercial, institutional, educational and residential buildings. Team Award for Design Excellence by the American Institute of Architects.
International competitions, exhibitions and publications. Previous experience include 8 years as an Associate Architect at Taliesin Architects, the firm established by Frank Lloyd Wright. Associate Professor at the FLLW School of Architecture Masters Program.
Jack Peterson
Architect
US registered architect with over 45 years of experience. AIA Emeritus and Professor Emeritus. Bachelor of Arts and Philosophy at St. Olaf College, Bachelor of Architecture at University of Minnesota, Master of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Mr. Peterson has served many years as Professor of Design at School of Architecture at Arizona State University and Interim Director of the same as well as a Principal at Peterson & Associates. Mr. Peterson has designed many commercial, high tech engineering, residential and institutional buildings. Numerous awards for design excellence, including two AIA Honor Awards for Sperry Flight Systems Facility and an AIA Honor Award for Salem Lutheran Church.
Jose Grinberg
Architect
Mr. Grinberg is a Fellow of the Mexican Academy of Architects and the National Academy of Architects of Mexico. More than 26 years as a Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Universidad Anahuac. Member of the Merit Board at the Colegio de Arquitectos de Mexico. Received many awards. First prize for urban housing complex “CIDECO” by Universidad Anahuac and Placido Domingo, First prize for the national competition Mexico’s educational spaces, First prize at “Casa de Francia” competition with architect Paul Andreu, First prize at international competition New Jalisco State Public Library 2005, First prize CEMEX, social housing in Torreon, Mexico, 2006.
Richard Thomas
Photography
22+ years of professional career in the media industry. Including: Getty Images, working with developers & publishers to provide central resource for images, footage, audio, research, rights & clearances.
T.A.R.R.T. Cross Media specialists: Concept, Design, Funding, Talent, Production and Publishing.
Working on all media platforms. TV / Cable series; Feature Film; Reality show, in addition to 3rd party consultation and development.
Clients: BBC, Citibank, WPP, Saatchi & Saatchi, Disney, Universal, Ascent Digital Media, Grey Worldwide, Bank of Scotland, Communisis Group, BSkyB, Virgin, Puma.
Robert Schmidt
Broadcast Graphic Design
20+ years in Broadcast Design and Development of Graphic Systems for high end onair GFX production and automation.
Vizrt, Danish TV2, Norwegian TV2, CNN, BBC, ABC, NBC, ESPN, SKY, and more.
Sara Topelson
Architect
Named Mexico’s Woman of the Year 1996. Mrs. Topelson was President of the International Union of Architects (UIA) 1996-1999. She is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Japan Institute of Architects, the Royal Institute of Australian Architects, Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Spanish Council of Architects and the Associations of Architects of Nicaragua and Venezuela. Mrs. Topelson is an Academic Felow at the Academia Nacional de Arquitectura and at the Academia Mexicana de Arquitectura. Partner in the architectural firm Grinberg & Topelson. Served as a professor at the Universidad Anahuac. Awarded the Academic’s Merit Medal for Excellency. Mrs. Topelson served also as a Director of Architecture of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico. Currently she is the Undersecretary for Urban and Regional Development of the Federal Government of Mexico
Scott Whitworth
Sculptor & 3D modeling
14+ years of work in the field of modeling - both traditional sculpting as well as digital modeling. Mr. Whitworth worked on many triple A titles for THQ/Rainbow Studios, such as Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, MX Unleashed, MX vs. ATV Unleashed, and Pixar's Cars: Mater-national. He also worked on features films such as X-Men, Red Planet, and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, while at Digital Domain.
Till Nowak
Motion Graphics / VFX / Film
A digital artist, designer and filmmaker, running his own studio "frameboX" since 1999. Mr. Nowak is based in Hamburg, Germany, but during the last years he spent more time at film festivals around the world. His animated shortfilm "Delivery" (2005) brought him international attention. Mr. Nowak's work has been exhibited in hundreds of international film festivals, featured in books and at SIGGRAPH 2006, 2007 and 2009, and has been awarded with more than 35 first prizes. Examples: in Annecy and at the AFI Fest Hollywood. Besides his studio work, Mr. Nowak has given lectures about his work process at international events as well as at several universities in Korea, Germany and Australia, at the 361° conference in Mumbai and the NIFFF in Neuchatel. Mr. Nowak has also served as a jury member at various film festivals.
Timur "Taron" Baysal
Generalist - Animation & Modeling
StationXStudios in Los Angeles to 2000. Next - Computercafe (CafeFX) to 2004. Switched to development with pmG worldwide, creating messiah:Studio. Project work for Hollywood productions from home studio.
Mr. Baysal was involved in movies like Dogma, Battlefield Earth, Impostor, Spy Kids 2, Dracula 2k, Gothika, Syriana, Ghostrider and more. Career positions vary from digital artist to animation director, head of R&D, lead designer and animatior as well as director of rendering technologies. Work involved covers nearly every aspect of visual effects creation from modeling, texturing, animating, shading and rendering to compositing, layout, lighting and camera development.
Tom Granberg
Generalist
Fields of expertise include, Graphic Design, Modeling, VFX, Motion Graphics, Particle Systems and Broadcast design.
21+ years of experience in the fields of film, game and broadcast VFX production. Including, but not limited too, Starship Troopers, The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt (A&E Special), Fox 24, Nagano Winter Olympics, Broadcast News design, Broadcast Sports design, Motion graphics, promo production, A/D work, Technical Game R&D on particles, Lighting, Shader and rendering systems.
Particle systems used in such shows as Battle Star Galactica, Animation/Vfx work on such shows as Donner winter special, Roughneck Chronicles, and numerous pilots.
Many Tripple "A" Games: Tiger Woods Golf, MCM2-Academy "AIAS" winner in 2000 for Best Sports Game of the year, SplashDown I & II, MX Unleashed, MX vs ATV Unleashed, MX vs ATV UNTAMED, MX vs ATV Reflex.