A-muse

(a)muse is an on-going short video series focusing on unique perspectives, passions and the people behind them.

06/27/2024

- Happy to share/join this *Free Workshop* from WeiJen Liao with the acting community.

We'll discuss navigating the business side of acting in regards to interacting with Producers and Directors.

02/12/2024

- New episode with TV & Animation Writer Meghan Fitzmartin

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Meghan Fitzmartin is an award-winning television, animation, comics and podcast writer. Her credits include the TV series Supernatural, Supernatural Academy, and Monkie Kid. Meghan’s writing credits also include the podcast - Red Rhino, the animation - DC Super Hero Girls, and comic - Batman: Urban Legends.

01/17/2024

New episode!

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Tim Seeley is a writer and comic book artist known for his work on books such as Grayson, and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. His writing work includes NY TIMES bestselling Hack/Slash, Batman Eternal, Money Shot and the critically acclaimed Revival. Tim currently resides in Chicago, Illinois where he is also an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago.

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01/06/2024

- New episode!

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Steve Lieber is a comic book illustrator known for his work on books such as Detective Comics and Hawkman, and the critically acclaimed miniseries Whiteout, which was adapted into a 2009 feature film starring Kate Beckinsale.

12/20/2023

- New episode with Mat Heagarty - Comic Book Writer.

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Mat Heagarty is a comic book writer living in Boise, Idaho. His works include Lumberjackula, a story about a kid whose mother is a lumberjack and father is a vampire. Other works include Martian Ghost Centaur, and Unplugged and Unpopular. Mat is currently an adjunct professor at Boise State University where he teaches a course on Writing for Graphic Novels.

11/29/2023

- New episode with Dennis Muren - Visual Effects Supervisor.

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Dennis Muren is the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic. Dennis is a recipient of 9 Oscars for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Ivan Reitman, and James Cameron. The Visual Effects Society has called him "a perpetual student, teacher, innovator, and mentor.”

09/11/2023

- New episode with Scott Ross, Digital Media Executive.

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In the 80s, Scott was the general manager of Industrial Light & Magic. Under his leadership, ILM won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Innerspace, and Death Becomes Her.

In the 90s, Scott lead Digital Domain to 2 Academy Awards for James Cameron's Titanic and What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams.

08/12/2023

- New Episode with Hoyt Yeatman, Oscar winning Visual Effects Artist and Supervisor.

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Hoyt Yeatman is an American visual effects artist and supervisor. His work includes The Abyss, ⁠Armageddon⁠, ⁠Con Air⁠, and ⁠The Rock⁠. He made his directorial debut with the film ⁠G-Force⁠.

Yeatman is an alumnus of the ⁠UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television⁠. In 1979 Yeatman, ⁠Scott Squires⁠, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister co-founded ⁠Dream Quest Images⁠, a groundbreaking visual effects house, winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1989 for the motion control and underwater effects in James Cameron's ⁠The Abyss⁠. In 1996 Dream Quest was purchased by The Walt Disney Company, which became Disney's "The Secret Lab" in 1999.

He received an ⁠Academy Award for Technical Achievement⁠ in 1999.

07/24/2023

- New Episode with Ken Ralston, Oscar winning Visual Effects Artist and Supervisor.

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Kenneth Ralston is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

In 1976, he was hired at Industrial Light & Magic by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained at ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president.
Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.

Ralston has won five Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects in Return of the Jedi (1983), and regular awards for his work on Cocoon (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994).

04/28/2022

- The (a)muse video and podcast series are all about the creative process and inspiration. Meow Wolf is creativity on steroids. With 3 locations to date (Denver, Las Vegas, and the first in Santa Fe) Meow Wolf is off the chart creativity and out of the box creative expression. A must see for anyone needing inspiration and an escape from the monotony of the traditional.

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03/29/2022

- (a)muse podcast series recap:
2 seasons, 16 episodes.

Ep 16 features Stephanie Phillips - Writer & Graphic Novelist.

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Stephanie Phillips is an American writer known for comics and graphic novels such as HARLEY QUINN, WONDER WOMAN: EVOLUTION, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT, SENSATIONAL WONDER WOMAN, WE ONLY KILL EACH OTHER, and THE BUTCHER OF PARIS. Her stories and comics have appeared with DC Comics, AfterShock Comics, Dark Horse, Oni Press, Top Cow/Image Comics, Heavy Metal, Black Mask Studios, A Wave Blue World, and more. Stephanie is currently the writer for the ongoing Harley Quinn series at DC Comics with artist Riley Rossmo.

Stephanie holds a PhD in rhetoric and composition and an MA in English from the University of South Florida. She has taught writing and communication courses at the University at Buffalo, the University of South Florida, and the University of Tampa.

03/27/2022

- (a)muse podcast series recap:
2 seasons, 16 episodes.

Ep 15 features Jeff Jensen - Entertainment Journalist, Screenwriter & Graphic Novelist

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Jeff Jensen worked for Entertainment Weekly from 1998 until September 2017 in a variety of positions, most recently as the publication's television critic. He helped conceive the story (with producer Damon Lindelof and director Brad Bird) for The Walt Disney Company film Tomorrowland starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie.

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