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Appendix B: Guest Experts' Information
Bazley, Richard
ð A Lead Animator on such films as Disney's Hercules and Warner Bros.' The Iron Giant ð Now heads a studio that can deliver top-notch animation in 2D or 3D for film and broadcast ð Clients include the BBC, Channel 5, High Eagle Ent., Telemagination, 4:2:2, Grove International, Mousepower Productions, The ALKEMI Group, Future Publishing, Varga, Hahn Film, Bermuda Shorts, and Hart TV ð Richard was one of the first to use Flash for a theatrically released animated short, The Journal of Edwin Carp, sponsored by Macromedia and Wacom and featuring the voice of Hugh Laurie (Stuart Little, 101 Dalmatians) ð Richard's most recent work can be seen in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Steve Oedekerk's Barnyard The Movie, and Cartoon Network's Flash series Puffy Ami Yumi.
Brown, Scott
ð Graduated from Art Center College of Design with a degree in product design ð Has worked in new media development for www.guess.com and did interface design for www.rampt.com ð Teaches Flash classes for Art Center College of Design ð Scott currently runs his company, Spicy Brown, a clothing brand of deliciously cute characters.
Corsaro, Sandro
ð A pure Flash animation specialist trained in traditional animation ð Has created projects for Sony Pictures, Intel, McDonalds, MCA Records, Nestle, and E Music ð Author of The Flash Animator (New Riders Publishing, 2002) and Hollywood 2D Digital Animation (Course Technology PTR, 2004) ð A featured speaker at leading conferences, including SIGGRAPH, FlashKit, and FlashForward ð Sandro has taught Flash animation seminars for Art Center of Pasadena and for lynda.com's Ojai Digital Art Center ð Currently working as Creative Director for Crest National in Hollywood ð Always working on independent animation projects for broadcast and theatrical release.
Diana, Carla
ð Carla Diana is an interactive designer, programmer, and educator focused on the balance between the creative and the technical ð Her award-winning design studio handles a range of interactive projects from Web sites and interactive installations to integrated displays in electronic products ð Recent client work includes projects for Mazda USA, Scholastic, and frog design ð She is part-time faculty at the Savannah College of Art and Design and creator of the interactive online project repercussion.org.
Elliott, Shane
ð A designer, programmer, teacher, and writer with more than a decade of online design and Web experience ð Has worked with top advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and TBWA\Chiat\Day as well as many large institutions such as Siebel, Energizer, Toyota, and Infiniti to create compelling client-driven Flash designs and applications ð Recently developed a university-level Flash 8 course with www.Ed2Go.com ð Shane now focuses on his creative endeavors at www.timberfish.com and continues to expand his writing and design portfolio.
Kroeger, Craig
ð Creates Flash-friendly, vector-based pixel fonts perfect for large or small screen applications; available at www.miniml.com ð The purpose behind miniml is to encourage functional and beautiful design by providing inspiration and resources ð Craig is the graphic designer for the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ð Miniml.com was nominated for typography in the Flash Film Festival at FlashFoward NYC, 2003.
Lott, Joey
ð Author of many books on Flash, ActionScript, and Internet technologies, including the companion to the Flash Bible, the Flash ActionScript Bible (Wiley, 2004) ð Note from the authors: Joey is too busy writing books to write a long bio, but he is a friendly guy so e-mail him if you really want to know more!
Moock, Colin
ð An independent Web guru with a passion for networked creativity and expression ð Author of the world-renowned guides to Flash programming, ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly & Associates, 2003, 2001), and Essential ActionScript 2.0 (O'Reilly & Associates, 2004) ð A Web professional since 1995, Moock runs one of the Web's most venerable Flash developer sites ð When not writing books about ActionScript, Moock spends time exploring multiuser application development with Unity — moock.org's commercial framework for creating and deploying multiuser Flash applications.
Perry, Bill
ð Bill Perry is in charge of developer relations for mobile devices at Macromedia and is helping to shape the future of mobile devices using Flash technologies ð Bill interacts and supports developers, content providers, media owners, mobile operators, and handset/device manufacturers from around the world ð When he's not busy with work, Bill enjoys cycling and spending time with his wife and friends.
Spiridellis, Gregg and Evan
ð JibJab Media was founded in 1999 by brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis to take advantage of the opportunity to distribute original entertainment over the Internet ð In 2004, their election parodies were downloaded over 80 million times worldwide, and, since then, the company has done deals with companies such as Yahoo!, Sundance, and Budweiser ð The Spiridellis brothers have appeared on the Today Show, the Tonight Show, CBS Early Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNN, FOX News, CNBC, and MSNBC ð They have also been featured in articles in The New York Times, the LA Times, USA Today, and Time Magazine ð In December 2004, Peter Jennings named Evan and Gregg "Persons of the Year."
Stumpf, Felix
ð Felix works in different areas of visual communication ð He is an interactive designer, animator, graphic artist, painter, and illustrator ð His intention is to combine artistic merit with new media ð His portfolio site caught the attention of the Flash community and quickly earned many awards after it was launched ð As an independent contractor and scientific assistant at the University of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart, Felix spends most of his time living and working in southern Germany.
Turner, Bill
ð Author of the book Flash 5 Cartoons and Games FX/Design (Coriolis, 2001) ð Coauthor of Flash the Future (No Starch Press, 2002), a book on the subject of graphics and games specific to Pocket PCs ð Bill created one of the first interactive animated cartoon sites, "Dubes," in early 1996.
Wan, Samuel
ð Coauthor of Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript (New Riders Publishing, 2002) ð Contributed to several other books, including New Masters of Flash (Friends of Ed, 2001), and Flash 5 Magic (New Riders, 2001) ð A featured speaker at leading Flash conferences ð Nominated in the Best Storytelling category for the Flash Film Festival at FlashForward, London 2002, and a collaborator on the winning entry for Best Application at FlashForward, NYC 2003 ð Sam is a generous and inspirational member of the Flash elite — those developers who lead the way and share knowledge as they continue to innovate.
Winkler, Tom
ð A former Simpsons animator, Winkler has directed, animated, and cartooned in Hollywood for ten years ð His whimsical style can be seen daily on www.doodie.com — the ultimate site for potty humor animation ð Winkler continues to push forward with his superhero doodieman and is available as director for hire and for freelance Web or broadcast animation ð Credits include ABC, Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, www.adamsandler.com, MCA, www.spamarrest.com, and blink182 ð Winkler says; "I was happy to contribute.… Giving back to the animation community is something I felt was my duty."
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