Dana Schechter | Résumé 2010
Brooklyn, NY
danadiamond@earthlink.net | www.danaschechter.com | 646 784 8338
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FULL RÉSUMÉ (condensed résumé HERE)
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Massmarket, NYC
8/2010 (Animation, Compositing)
AT&T "Torch" and "Bag" - Spots for the new AT&T Blackberry phone.
Neal St Studios, London / U2
4/2010 (Animation, Design, Compositing)
"U2 360 Tour" The second round....Creating animated content for U2's 7-story seamless video screen,
for their upcoming Spring 2010 World tour.
1st Ave Machine, NYC
04/2010 (Animation, Compositing)
"Runners", Spot for HP Printers.
UVPhactory, NYC
04/2010 (Animation, Compositing)
"Nexus One", Pitch/spot for the new Google Phone.
Whizz Kid Entertainment, London / U2
03/2010 (Animation, Design)
Created main titiles and Animated Opening, Intermission and Ending sequences
for "U2 Live at the Rose Bowl DVD" (featuring my previous animation work from their Fall '09 tour)
Directed by Tom Kreuger. Release Fall 2010.
Edgeworx, 317 Varick St, NY NY
10/2009 (Animation, Design, Compositing)
Title sequence for upcoming Documentary "Life 2.0" about Second Life gamers; directed by Jason Spingarn-Koff.
Film premieres at the Sundance Festival 2010.
Neal St Studios, London / U2
10/2009: (Animation, Design)
Animated and designed graphic content for rock group U2's 7-story high video screen on their 2009 "360 Tour".
Edgeworx, 317 Varick St, NY NY
10/2009 (Animation, Design, Compositing)
Show Open and Close Graphics: HBO documentary "Terror In Mumbai"
Q Division, 317 Varick St, NY NY.
09/2009 (Compositing) Promo Videos for "Nike/Golf".
Mammoth Advertising, 45 Main St., Brooklyn NY
08/2009 (Animation, Design, Illustration, Storyboarding) Animated pitch for the History Channel.
04/2009 - 06/2009: Guerilla FX,121 W 27th St, NY NY
(Animation, Design, Compositing, Illustration)
Prime-Time animated Graphic Novel - "ABC's Earth 2100"
Special Branch, 317 Varick St, NY NY
04/2009 (Compositing) TV Commercial - "Ziploc Evolve"
When In Doubt Productions, New Haven CT
04/2009 (Design, Animation) Film Titles: "The Power of Giving: Stories of Volunteerism"
Psyop, 124 Rivington Street, NY NY
03/2009 (Compositing) TV Commercial - "UPS Gladiator"
01/2009 (Design, Animation) Commercial Spot Design/Pitch - "Fanta 2009"
Guerilla FX, 121 W 27th St, NY NY
04-06/2009 (Design, Animation) ABC TV Special - "Earth 2100"
03/2009 (Lead Design, Animation) Documentary Feature - "Voices Unbound"
01/2009 (Lead Design, Animation) Pilot TV Titles - "Mother Knows Sex"
12/2008 (Animation) Graphic Novel / TV Series - "Earth 2100"/ABC
Hidden Driver, 131 Essex St., NY, NY
01/2009 (Original Drawings, Animation) Book Promo Animation - "Commons"
Lehigh University/LUAG Galleries, 420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA
01/2009 (Lead Design, Animation, Compositing, Editing) Video Installation - Juan Sanchez's “Mendieta Project”
Phlea.TV/Sundance, Brooklyn NY
10/2008 (Design, Animation) Sundance Channel - “Sometimes the Dream is Real”
Valins and Co. 20 West 22nd St., Suite 905 NY, NY 10010
08/2008 (Design, Animation) Comedy Central - DVD Project
12/2008 (Design, Layout) Custom designed labels for candy
Lancashire and Somerset Publishing, Liverpool, United Kingdom
08/2008 (Original Illustration) Poetry book - “A Lonely War”
Vidiots, 200 Varick Street, suite 501, NY NY
12/2008 (Animation) Industrial /AT&T
The Station, 200 Varick Street, NY NY
12/2008 (Design, Animation) Industrial - "Seroquel"
05/2008 (Design, Animation) Network Redesign - "WGN Chicago"
05/2008 (Animation) Animatic - "Adidas/Runner"
My Active Driveway, 636 Broadway, NY NY
04/2008 (Design, Animation) Network Spot - "MTV 2008 Movie Awards"
04/2008 (Animation) Commercial Spots - Pizza Hut/Pasta Hut “Implosion” and “Grand Opening”
03/2008 (Design) Pitch - Design and Paint, “The Day Thief”
Storyland, Hobrechtstr 49, Berlin Germany
04/2008 (Stop Motion/Photography/Animation) Music Video - “Don't Worry”
12/2007 (Design, Animation) Music Video - “Minx”
05/2007 (Design, Animation) Music Video - “Larkspurs”
The Jane Shermans, Nashville TN
01/2008 (Original Artwork, Design, Layout) “the Jane Shermans” album artwork
Decor Records, 19 Bryanstone Rd, London, UK
11/2007 (Layout, Design, Photo manipulation) UK Music MOJO adverts
04/2007 (Original Illustration, Design, Layout) "Bob Frank and John Murry” album artwork
Ministry of Information, Muenzstrasse 23, Berlin Germany
08/2007 (Design, Animation) Live Projection/Performance - Wild Rose Revue “Ship”
Version2 Editing, 601 W.26th St., NY NY
07/2007 (Animation, Design) Commercials - Olay “Eye” and “Foam”
07/2007 (Animation) Commercial - Avon “Anew Eye Lift”
07/2007 (Animation) Industrial - “Deutsch/A”
Edgeworx, 137 Varick Street NY NY
06/2007 (Animation) Feature Film - “El Cantante”
12/2005 (Design, Animation) Documentary Film - “Be Real”
Special Branch, 625 Broadway, NYC
05/2007 (Animation) Network ID template - RFI “Ion”
Yep Roc Records, Chapel Hill, NC / Cooking Vinyl, UK
06/2007 (Design, Layout) "Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water” - album artwork
AvantGarde, Alexanderplatz 6, Berlin Germany
11/2006 (Animation) Title Animation design/Electronic Presskit - “Reamonn”
06/2006 (Animation, Design) In- House Promotional Videos
Ikono TV, Brunnenstrasse 7D, Berlin Germany
06/2006 (Animation, Design) online Fine-Arts TV Progam V01
07/2006 (Animation, Design) online Fine-Arts TV Progam V02
08/2006 (Animation, Design) online Fine-Arts TV Progam V03
Curious Pictures, 440 Lafayette St. NY NY
09/2006 (Animation, Design) Cross Platform “AOL”
11/2005 (Animation, Design) Documentary Feature - “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man”
METAphrenie, Sophienstrasse 28/29, 10178 Berlin
01/2006 (Animation, Design) Commercial - ARD “EinsExtra / Trailer Olympische”
Das Werk, Novalisstrasse 11, 10115 Berlin
10/2005 (Animation) Commercial Spot - Coke 2006 “FIFA Football Games”
the Floating World, New York, NY
09/2005 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot/Director’s Cut - “Ameriprise”
08/2003 (Animation, Design) Independent Short Film - “The Ballad of Pinto Red”
My Active Driveway, 161 6th Avenue, NYC NY
04/2005 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - “Monopoly 70th Anniversary”
04/2005 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - “Esuvee”
04/2005 (Animation, Design) Spot test - “Cybertip Line”
Suspended in Light, Brooklyn NY
01/2005 (Animation) Music Video: Bee and Flower “I Know Your Name”
Private Tutor, After Effects, NY, NY
09/2001 - 06/2007 Private lessons on varied Motion Graphics, Video and Animation concepts and techniques.
WORK HISTORY
1997 to 2004:
Edgeworx, 137 Varick Street NY NY
02/2004 (Animation) Feature Film - “D.E.B.S.”
01/2004 (Animation) Industrial - Courtney Love CD Promo
01/2004 (Animation) Network Spot - “Saturday Night Live”
09/2003 (Animation) TV Show - “Nova, The Elegant Universe”
Version2/Liquid Light, 601 W.26th St., NY NY 10001
10/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - Motrin - “Mom’s Motrin 2”
05/2003 (Animation) Commercial Spot - Revlon “LipGlide”
04/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - Revlon “SkinLights”
04/2003 (Animation) Commercial spot tests - “Prevacid”
02/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial spot tests - “Tylenol - 8 Hour”
01/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - Motrin - “Children's Motrin”
12/2002 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - Motrin - “Knows Her Stuff”
07/2002 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spots - “Ortho - Evra”
09/2000 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot tests Maybelline - “Can't Stop It”
Cosmo Street, 280 W. 25th st NY, NY 10010
07/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - BP/Amoco - “Ultimate”
01/2003 (Animation, Design) Commercial Spot - Dannon - “Yoga”
01/2003 (Animation) Commercial Spot - Chase Bank - “Now Boarding”
When In Doubt Productions, 230 Everit Street, New Haven, CT
05/2002 > 01/2003 (Animation, Design) Documentary Feature - “Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life & Work of Piri Thomas”
CapTV, 121 E. 24th St .NY NY
11/2002 (Animation) Animatic - “Osteo-Bi Flex”
04/2002 (Animation) Animatic - Smirnoff - “Opera”
Sideshow Post, 560 Broadway NY NY
09/2002 (Animation, Design) Broadcast Promo - “ MagRack”
Subvoyant, 460 Broadway NY NY
07/2001 (Animation) Video Installation - “Art of the Motorcycle”
05/2001 (Animation, Design) Video Installation - Corning “A Brief History of Light”
02/2001 (Animation) Commercial TV Spot - Clairol “Elevator”
02/2001 (Animation) Industrial - “Aussie Hair Products”
01/2001 (Animation) Industrial Video - “World Theatre”
12/2000 (Animation, Design) Commercial TV Spot - Clairol - “Fried Egg”
11/2000 (Animation, Design) Commercial TV Spot test - Clairol “5x”
Curious Pictures, 440 Lafayette St. NY NY
10/2000 (Animation) Commercial Spot - Comedy Central - “Friars' Roast”
10/2000 (Animation) Commercial Spot - Comedy Central - “Friars' Roast”
07/2000 (Animation) Commercial Spot - “Lugz”
02/2000 (Animation, Design) Commercial TV Spot - “Mini Chips Ahoy”
01/1999 (Animation) Commercial TV Spot - “Foot Locker”
12/1998 (Animation) Commercial TV Spot - “Pringles”
10/1998 (Animation) Commercial Spot - “Cap'n Crunch”
01/1998 (Animation) Commercial Spot - “Ricoh Copiers”
Sideshow Post, 560 Broadway NY NY 10012
12/1999 (Animation) Credit/Open Backplate - “Bravo TV”
12/1999 (Animation) Promo spot/Show Open - “Blackheart Comics”
11/1999 (Animation) TV Advertisement - “BMG/Kenny G”
Oxygen Media, 75 Ninth Avenue NY NY 10011
06/2000 (Animation, Stop Motion, Design) Commercial TV spots - “Ka-ching”
Optic Nerve, 368 5th St., Brooklyn NY 11215
01/2000 (Animation) Show Open/Titles - The Learning Channel - “Are You Human?”
Brian Diecks Design/ Diecks Group 530 Broadway NY NY 10012
08/1999 (Animation) Commercial TV spot - “ESPN: the Masters”
03/1999 (Animation) NAB Conference Projection - Media 100/Finish
02/1999 (Animation) Network ID's - Metro/MSN
Funny Garbage/The Red Hot Organization, 73 Spring St., NY NY 10012
01/2000 (Animation, Design) Video Trailer - Red Hot Records PSA
10/1999 (Animation) Video Installation - Museum of Natural History, NYC
06/1998 (Animation) Music Video - Aterciopelados - “El Estuche”
05/1998 (Animation, Design) TV Music Special - “Onda Sonora/Red Hot & Lisbon”
11/1998 (Animation, Design) Music Video - “Morcheeba: Summertime”
11/1997 (Animation, Design) TV Music Special - “Red Hot.Org/Best of Red Hot MTV"
The Ink Tank, 4 West 47th St. NY NY 10036
09/1997 (Animation) Commercial TV spots - ABC/Disney “Saturday Morning”
Smoking Car Productions/Brøderbund, Novato CA
08/1997 (Animation, Design) CD Rom game “the Last Express” - Animation, proprietary software & user
tool development; Lead animator and Software trainer
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Education:
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
2010: Continuing Education Program, Studies in Typography and Graphic Design
CCSF, San Francisco, CA
1991 - 1994: Studies in Computer Graphics, Design, Fine Arts, and Music
1992 - 1994: Assistant Studio Instructor, Printmaking/Oil Painting Dept.