There’s a great article in the New York Times right now on videomaker Michel Gondry, called “Captain Video Prepares for Takeoff“. Gondry is the one responsible for the upcoming movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey (apparently in another antiCarrey role). Gondry does nifty things with yarn and Legos and other such materials – read the article, you’ll see what I mean.
I’m headed off the grid for a big chunk of today in order to finish up one of the next releases for Finishing Season, a long-overdue project that hits close to my heart. You’ll see what I mean soon!
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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