Michael B. Schwartz

10002 Aurora Avenue N. #1104

Seattle, Washington 98133

Audio Consultant for Digital Media

[email protected]

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(206) 295-7392

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Currently seeking Consulting Position: Audio Expert for Digital Media
Management level position in the field of computer software
Producer or Production Manager for Multimedia-Audio-Video-Film

Objective

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Summary of Qualifications

Management - Audio for Computer Games Film and Video Production 1987 - 1999

Management: 6+ Years - Audio Supervisor - Activision Studios, Inc.
Audio Production: 10+ Years - Digital Editing/Mixing - SFX - VO (QT movie 2.19 M)
Video Production: 8+ Years - Directing - Shooting - Editing (QT movie 716 k)
Film Production: 8+ Years - Directing - Shooting - Editing (QT movie 2.14M)
Business: 4+ Years - Sole Proprietor - Industrial Videos - Books on Tape
Directing: 6+ Years - Actors for Stage - VO Talent for Computer Games
Teaching: 4+ Years - Digital Audio Editing for Film, Graduate Level
Education: MFA in Film and Video, BA in Theater
Beginning Visual C++ Programming and Java 1.2.2

Professional Experience

Audio Manager

1992 - 1999 Activision Studios, Inc. (ATVI) Santa Monica, CA

Manage 2 Sound Designers, 8 PA's, 3 External Audio Teams, 8 Main skus
Manage All Levels of Audio Pre-Production, Production and Post
Close interaction with Internal-External Game Designers, Directors, Producers, Programmers, Artists, Composers and OEM Venders
Evaluate R&D Technology, Audio Codecs and SDK's
Design, Run and Maintain Professional Audio Studio Facility and VO Booth
Train Personnel - Design Training/Procedures Manual; Give Seminars

Audio Production

Santa Monica CA

1992 - 1999 Activision Studios, Inc.

1988 - 1992 The Voyager Company

Santa Monica CA

1987 - 1991 Films and Videos

Los Angeles CA

Sound Designer/Engineer - Computer Games: Mac, Windows, PSX, Sega, Saturn
Sound Designer/Engineer - Films - Videos: 35mm - 16mm, Professional - Student
Sound Editor: Commentary VO - Laserdiscs, VO and SFX - Computer Games
Final Mix Engineer: SFX - Music - VO for Computer Games, Film and Videos; Musicians
Director: Film and Video Actors, VO Actors, Commentary Interview

Video Production

1992 - 1999 Activision Studios, Inc.

Santa Monica CA

1989 - 1992 The Voyager Company

Santa Monica CA

1989 - 1991 Audio Video Film Services

Las Vegas, NV

1988 - 1989 Calif. Institute of the Arts

Valencia CA

Color Studio Technician: 2 Years - Maintain Broadcast level Studio at CalArts; Ikegami's, Grass Valley Switcher, CMX, 1" Video, Telecine.
Videographer: Commentary Interviews for Classic Films - (QT movie 717 k) Commercially released Criterion Laserdiscs - Hollywood Directors, Producers and Actors.
Production Manager: Blue Screen Video Shoots for Computer Games, Video Productions.
Director: Industrial Video Productions - Safety and Hazard Training Videos, Summer Camp Promotionals, Special Interest Video

Film Production

1987 - 1999 Various Professional and Educational Projects

Director-Writer-Editor: 20 minute, 16mm Narrative Thesis, "Pud’s Pawn Shop" (QT movie 2.19M)

Audio Supervisor-Sound Designer: 5 minute, 35mm Film, "The Chair" (QT movie 2.14M)

Several Feature Films, various positions

Teaching Position - Audio for Film

1994 - 1998 Art Center College of Design

Pasadena CA

Graduate Level Digital Audio Editing for Film - Part Time

Large Network of contacts from 10 years actively working in the Hollywood Community including Audio FX and VO Studios, Video and Film Equipment Rentals, Actors, Voice Over Talent and Composers.

Continued education in the game and multimedia field by attending and participating in most large conferences and seminars.

Professional Contacts and Networking

Professional Membership, Awards and Special Achievements

Active Member of MMA, IASIG, 3DWG, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences

New Media Magazine Invision Multimedia Award, Silver Medal, Best Audio, Technical/Creative Excellence, 1994, Return To Zork.

Turner Broadcasting (TBS) Cybermania Awards. Aired November 8, 1994. Return To Zork, Best Adventure Game of Year and Best Audio Nominee.

Ahmanson and CalArts Film Scholarships, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991.

Education

1980 - 1984 Oberlin College, Ohio - BA Theater, Acting and Lighting

1987 - 1991 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia - MFA Film & Video

1999 - Cleveland State University Continuing Educ. C++ & Adv. Java

Commentary Tracks - Criterion Laserdiscs (The Voyager Co.)

Audio Production, Recording and Editing

Interviewer and Editor: "The Fisher King" with Director Terry Gilliam.

Interviewer and Editor: "Boyz 'N The Hood" (QT movie 421 k) with John Singleton.
Interviewer and Editor: "Midnight Cowboy" (QT movie 1.9M) with Producer Jerome Hellman and Director John Schlesinger.
Interviewer and Editor: "Spartacus" with Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov.

Interviewer and Editor: "Goldfinger" with Director Guy Hamilton.

Interviewer and Editor: "Jason and the Argonauts" with Animation Artist Ray Harryhausen.

Interviewer and Editor: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.

Interviewer and Editor: "Citizen Kane 50th Anniversary Laserdisc" with Frank Marshall, Allen Daviau, Peter Bogdanovich, Ridley Scott, Haskell Wexler, Robert Wise, Burt Reynolds and Lynwood Dunn.

Production Producer and Recording Engineer: "Strauss Tone Poems" CD-ROM by Russell Steinberg.

Video Production and Editing

Off-Line Editor: "The First Emperor of China" Director Robert Duncan.

Producer, Editor: "Not Before the Crack of Noon" Talk Show Pilot, 1989.

Director, Cinematographer, Editor: "Vacation" 5 minute experimental CalArts Film Festival Winner, 1988. Screened at CIA Film Festival, May 18, 1989 NuArt Theater, Los Angeles.

Video Producer: "Mozart: The "Dissonant" Quartet" by Robert Winter.

Videographer, Editor: "Citizen Kane 50th Anniversay Laserdisc" The Criterion Collection, Voyager Co.

Post Production Superviser: "Scandals" with Lindsay Wagner, Pilot for ABC, aired September, 1988.

Unit Production Manager and Video Editor: "The Gary Gellman Show" Talk Show Pilot, JJProductions, 1990.

Producer: ACTV Video Productions, Cleveland Ohio, Industrials, 1989.

Film Directing Production and Editing

Writer, Director, Editor, Producer: "Pud's Pawn Shop" (QT movie 2.14M) Master Thesis Film at CalArts, 1991. Twenty Two minute black and white narrative.