FACULTY: G

BRENDAN GALLAGHER : Animator; Digital Artist; Owner, Creative Director, Out To Play Entertainment
Film credits include: Dante’s Peak, Fifth Element, Titanic
Awards include: Excellence in Animation, ASIFA-East; SIGGRAPH, Electronic Theater

FACULTY: H

ORLANDO HADDOCK: Designer, Multimedia Specialist, and Instructor
Formerly the Creative Director at BZA LLC (bza.com) in New Jersey. Currently the Web Marketing Specialist for the 'The Salvation Army,' Eastern Territory Division. Mr. Haddock received a BFA, with honors, from 'The City University of New York.' He has also studied at 'SVA,' 'Parson School of Design,' and 'The New School.'

Mr. Haddock has been a faculty member at the 'School of Visual Arts' in Manhattan since 2001 and has also taught courses on web design and development at the 'Rockland Community College.'

Besides working at 'The Salvation Army' Headquarters, Mr. Haddock has designed and developed web sites for many clients including 'Yale University,' 'Cornell University,' and 'Teachers College' among others.

DAVID HALBSTEIN: Computer animator, Characterware, LLC and Chromewerk Graphics.
BA, Art, William Paterson College; MA, Art with Computer Animation concentration, William Paterson College. Clients include: Globix, Blue Sky Studios, Blacklogic, USA Networks, iXL, Med-ed Solutions, and Sonalysts Studios.

CLAY HOLLEY: Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, and Producer
BA, Arizona State University. When he’s not in the studio tracking, mixing, programming beats, sound designing and acting a fool recording Foley, Clay can be found hunched over a crate of used records searching for gems to add to his collection. Clients include: Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Discovery Network for Kids, Geffen, MCA, and Artist Direct.

FACULTY: I

JAY IGNASZEWSKI: Visual effects editor, producer
BA, MA San Francisco State University. Clients include: CGI Slaves, media.net, Amblin Entertainment, Synapix
Film projects include: The Matrix, What Dreams May Come, Twin Peaks, Total Recall, Stars Wars: Return of the Jedi, The Right Stuff
Awards include: Emmy

FACULTY: K

ALLISON KOCAR: Digital artist, compositor
BFA, School of Visual Arts. Clients include: Cinemax, Mercedes-Benz, Budweiser, L'Oréal, Pantene, Horny Toad Clothing, Merge, GMC, Spot Creative Group exhibitions include: International Exhibition of New Animated Images, Cartoombria Screening Programme

ADRIENNE KLEIN: Co-Director – Science and the Arts, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
BFA, Syracuse University. MFA, SUNY Albany. Editor (2001-2004) of online bulletin Art and Science Collaborations. Awards include: New York State Council on the Arts, Sally and Milton Avery Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Space. Curated exhibitions at The Brooklyn Museum, Union College, and New York University. Served on Board of Governors of the New York Foundation for the Arts and Board of Directors of the Sculptors Guild. http://www.adrienneklein.net

FACULTY: L

MICHAEL LASCARIDES: Web Developer/Information Architect
BS, New York University
Clients include: Bliss Spa, Coach, Versace, Ford Foundation, Flavorpill.

JEFFREY LERER: Artist/Animator
Jeffrey is a painter, sculptor and animator who has had numerous exhibits internationally. His animations have appeared in gallery installations, universities, festivals and on PBS. He has received New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships in the category of Video Art (1996) and in the category of Computer Art (2003), four Individual Artists Media Production Grants from New York State Council on the Arts, five Finishing Funds Grants from the Experimental Television Center, a Work-in-Progress Grant from the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Finishing Funds from the Fund for Innovative Television.

SPENCER LUEDERS: Digital Effects Artist
Clients include: Framestore CFC, Assemble, Side Effects Software, Digital Domain, The Lotus Flowers

ARNIE LEVIN: Humorist, Illustrator, Animation Director
School of Visual Arts; Art Student League. Over 500 cartoons and 30 covers for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Playboy, Omni, The Wall Street Journal, Gourmet. Clients include: Exxon, Russ, Painter Cigars, Bank of America, Barron's, Books Illustrated include: Cruel and Unusual Puns, The Gigantic Baby, The Money Book, Zen and Now. Awards include: Magazine Cartoonist of the Year Award, National Cartoon Society; ASIFA: London Film Festival; Gold Medal, ACE Awards; ANDY.

LISA LORDI: Graphic Designer
Clients include: A&E, Hachette Filipacchi, Ogilvy Interactive, BSMG Worldwide, American Express, MasterCard, Barnes & Noble
Education: BA, Pace University

EDWARD J. LUTTRELL: Digital Retoucher/Art Director, Coty Beauty U.S. LLC.
Projects include: Lancôme, Phat Farm, Baby Phat, adidas, Desperate Housewives,
Nautica, Beckham, Rimmel, Stetson, Celine Dion, JLo, Shania Twain, Playboy,
American Cancer Society Dream Ball & March Of Dimes Beauty Ball.

FACULTY: M

STEPHEN MANN: Lead character technical director, Charlex 3D. Formerly, character technical director, Blue Sky Studios; computer graphics supervisor Hornet Inc.
BA, Studio Art, University of Vermont. MFA, Animation, USC School of Film and Television, Department of Animation and Digital Art. His film credits include Robots, X-Men, and The One. He has worked for several production studios including Sony Imageworks, Blue Sky Studios, Kleiser-Walczak, and is currently the Senior Character TD for Charlex|3D. His commercial credits include spots for Allegra, Intel, Cingular, AT&T, Pepsi, AOL, Mattel, M&Ms, Rockstar Games, DefJam records, Spaulding, JETS football franchise, Pillsbury and many others.

DAVID B. MATTINGLY: Illustrator/Matte Artist
Illustrated over 800 book covers for most major publishers of S.F. and fantasy, including Baen, Bantam, DAW, Del Rey, Dell, Marvel, Omni, Playboy, Signet, and Tor. Awards: Two time winner of Magazine and Booksellers "Best Cover of the Year”, Association of Science Fiction Artists "Chesley" award. Department head: Walt Disney Studios matte department. Films include: I, Robot, Dick Tracy, Tron, The Black Hole. Clients: Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, and Paramount Studios, Michael Jackson, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Galloob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates, Click 3X.

CHRIS McCORMACK: Digital Artist, McCormack INC.
President, Creative Director, Adobe Certified Expert, McCormack Inc.
BFA, School of Visual Arts.  Clients Include: JWT, CDM,HBO, Sony Music, BBDO, BBH, Grey Healthcare, NYC Transit, Harper Collins, Tracy Locke Partnership Ogilvy & Mather, KAO Brands, Estee Lauder, The Arnell Group, Deutsch Inc., Future Brand Coleman, New York Times. McCann Resource Marketing, Polo Ralph Lauren, the Gap Inc.
ABC News, Be Music, MSNBC.

ADAM MEYERS: Producer
Clients include: Saturday Night Live, MTV, Bravo, Nickelodeon
Group exhibitions include: Pegasus Galleries, Next Gallery, Maxwell Gallery, Park Galleries.

JUN ZEE MEYERS: Animator
Graduated with a BFA from School of Visual Arts.
Studios include EYEBEAM; PSYOP; Polygon Pictures, Disney division (TOKYO); and RhinoFX.
Screenings include SIGGRAPH, MetroCAF, Cartoombria , and the Tricky Women International Film Festival.

FACULTY: N

DON NEWCOMB: Computer Artist / Animator
BFA, University of Utah; MFA, Carnegie Mellon University. Don co-created the animations, Fabulousity, Fairy Tales: Next Gen, The Fabulous Nutcracker, and Rainbow Boys which have been screened at New York's New Festival among other national and international festivals. Clients include: Proof Magazine, Fashion Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, Parson's School of Design, Association of Graphical Communications.

FACULTY: O

AARON OLIKER: Animator, Programmer
BA, MS, New York University. Publications include: Nitral Valve, Journal of Thorasic Cardiovascular Surgery
Clients include: New York University Medical Center, Temple University.

FACULTY: P

ANDY PEARLMAN: Digital Artist/Painter
BFA, Ohio State University. Rockinghorse five. Formerly, head Photoshop artist, Master Eagle Graphic Services. Clients include: Apple Computer, Inc., IBM, BMW, Becker, Elizabeth Arden, Rockefeller Foundation, Ann Taylor.