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SKILLS
Seasoned
artist & writer; knowledge of traditional and digital production
processes and tools; web design (this site and others);
deep knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, print design and production;
versatile communication abilities; art direction; team building and
management; editorial proficiency; presentation/pitch experience.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE
ILLUSTRATION
& PHOTO RESTORATION 2001 -
PRESENT
IMAGE
INVENTION EXPERT PHOTO RESTORATION (OWNER) San Francisco
PRINCIPAL
ARTIST
1999 - 2001
Games.Com!
/ HASBRO San Francisco, CA
- Repurposed dozens of
Hasbro's top board games (Monopoly,
Clue, Sorry, etc), and Atari
Arcade Games
for online use
- Managed Projects
- Strategic planning
and brainstorming
- Created online ad mock-ups
for sales and clients
- Prepared comps for
in-house web use and print
DIGITAL
ARTIST/WRITER
1998
XULU ENTERTAINMENT San
Francisco, CA
- Contributed to real-time
Adventure Game Development design
- Conceptualized Virtual
Worlds and scripted game scenarios
- Created and mapped
textures with digital graphic tools, eg. Photoshop and Painter
- Prepared comp backstory
presentations
SCREENWRITER,
FREELANCE WRITER/EDITOR 1989-99
- Sold and optioned screenplays
- Wrote treatments and
pitched feature and television stories to Dreamworks SKG, 20th Century
Fox, Warner Bros., MGM, Disney, New Line, Amblin Entertainment, Paramount
- Freelance interviewer
for Step-By-Step Graphics magazine
SELECTED FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
& TELEPLAYS:
- 1999 "THE
LONG HELLO" fantasy/thriller
- 1997 "MONSTER"
science-fiction
- 1996 "GUNPOINT"
MGM, action / comedy
- 1996 "DOUBLETIME"
MGM, fantasy / thriller
- 1992 "ART BURN"
comedy, H2 Productions
- 1991 "TRUTH
OR DARE" (co-writer) H2 Productions
- 1990 "DEATH
IN DUE TIME" Cinecorp, film noir fantasy
- 1990 "MEMORIES
OF A FATHER" Sherwood Anderson short story adaptation
- 1989 "THE HELLGRAMMITE
METHOD" The New Twilight Zone (MGM/UA)
FREELANCE
ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN STUDIO 1982-89
MIND'S EYE STUDIO
(OWNER/ART DIRECTOR) Columbus, OH and Los Angeles
- Hired, trained and
managed staff of five artists.
- Advertising Illustration
for national clients: Tropicana
Orange Juice, Coca Cola, Ballantine
Books, Random House, American Airlines, Wendy's,
Compuserve, Paper
Moon Greeting Cards, Dole, Mattel, Disney, AMC
Cinemas, NBC Television.
- Freelance production
illustrator and matte painter at DreamQuest Images
and Geoffrey-Sullivan Studios in Los Angeles.
TEACHER
- ADVANCED ILLUSTRATION 1983-85
CCAD
- COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Columbus, OH
- Lectured and demonstrated
advanced illustration techniques in airbrush and mixed media.
- Mentored; helped students
set goals.
ART
AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ILLUSTRATOR 1978-82
FACTORS,
ETC., INC. Bear, DE Imprinted Sportswear/Iron-On Transfer Company
- Spearheaded successful
effort to make Factors Etc. Inc., the world's largest Iron-On Transfer
Company, increasing sales by 300% in four years
- Revamped art department
- Created new product
lines and illustrated hundreds of designs
- Acquired copyrighted
characters and products
- Directed design of
licensed T-Shirts for film and television - Star Wars Trilogy, Superman
feature films, dozens of motion picture and television programs
- Designed company catalogs
and magazine advertising
EDUCATION
- Ohio State University
- BA English, Art History minor
- American Film Institute
- Screenwriting Major
RECOGNITION
- Numerous Illustration
Awards, including NYC Society of Illustrators; Ohio Art Directors
Club Gold Medals; included in "25 Years of Classic Heavy Metal
Magazine Covers" Hardcover (2003); check out the JUNE/JULY 2003
ISSUE #68 of the STAR WARS INSIDER for an article and photos about
my rare Star
Wars Cantina Poster.
- Writing Award: Scott
Newman Award for the teleplay "The Hellgrammite Method",
The New Twilight Zone, 1989
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