The Creatives

Joel Payne_Chairman & President

Russell Koonce_Advisor, Art Director

Dan Mycka Advisor, Art Director

Steve Rotenberg, Advisor, CEO & Developer

BrookWachtel Advisor, Writing Director

Rob Bacon_Contract, Senior Tech Writer

Ian Klimon Advisor, Production Director

Tom McGuire Contract, Systems Director

Efrem Palacios Contract, Char Concept

Thomas H. Buscaglia, Advisor, Legal

Russell Koonce

Russell began his career with Alias, working with Industrial Design clients such as Motorola, Freightliner, Price-Pfister, and Mattel. His software skills proved valuable in the Film industry, and he spent 10 years at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic, creating visual effects for blockbuster films including the Star Wars and Harry Potter series. Russell was an innovator in the mid-90's creating Interactive Movies funded by Corel Corporation as both a game designer and art director. In that time Koonce created more then 300 digital sets. Russell recently created design work for clients such as Nike, and taught design and 3D modeling at the Art Institute of Portland. He received a degree in Product Design from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1990 and his Bachelors Degree in Geography from the University of Texas in 1987

Street Cred

  • Chicken Little (2005) (digital artist)
  • War of the Worlds (2005) (digital effects artist)
  • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (digital effects artist)
    Son of the Mask (2005) (digital effects artist)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (digital effects artist)
  • Peter Pan (2003) (digital effects artist)
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (digital effects artist)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (computer graphics artist: ILM)
  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) (digital effects artist: ILM)
  • Impostor (2001) (computer graphics artist: ILM)
  • Jurassic Park III (2001) (computer graphics artist)
  • Space Cowboys (2000) (technical)
  • Mission to Mars (2000) (CG artist: ILM)
  • Deep Blue Sea (1999) (digital effects artist) (uncredited)
  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (digital effects artist: ILM)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1998) (computer graphics artist)
  • Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) (digital effects artist: ILM)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) (digital effects artist) (uncredited)
  • Congo (1995) (digital compositor) (uncredited)
  • Casper (1995) (digital effects artist)
  • True Lies (1994) (digital effects artist) (uncredited)
  • E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (digital effects artist) (20th Anniversary re-release 2002)
 
 
 
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