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employment

Sony DADC, Manager, Business Development. May 2008-Present.
Development of disc authoring and digital content services clients for the DigitalWorks department of SonyDADC. Clients include Sony Pictures, Sony Music, A&E, HBO, Warner Brothers, MTV, Paramount, CBS, and the Criterion Collection. Full responsibility for budget and operations planning for the Sony DADC NY disc authoring facility (currently generating $1 million revenue annually).


Giant Interactive, Producer. January 2007-May 2008.
Production for DVD releases created by Giant Interactive. Responsibilities included project development, client, schedule, and asset management. Titles included Kissology Vol. III (MTV), Perry Mason, Hawaii 5-0, and The Brady Bunch (CBS DVD); The Sopranos (HBO Video); Climates and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (Zeitgeist Films); and Don't Look Back (Sony BMG).


Christopher Ticknor, Digital Media Producer (freelance). January 2005-January 2007.
Production for bonus materials on the Jerry Garcia Band, Live at Shoreline DVD (Rhino). DVD production and menu development for titles including Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (Warner Brothers); Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? and The Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume 1 (Fantoma); and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment).


Zoetrope Aubry Productions, Production Manager. January 2005-June 2006.
Client, schedule, asset management and production for DVD releases created by ZAP, Zoetrope Aubry Productions. Responsibilities included digital video compression, audio encoding, and authoring. Titles included Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier (Paramount), Fritz Lang's M, Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha, and François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (Criterion).


American Zoetrope, Production Manager. May 2001-January 2005.
Production for DVD releases created by Francis Coppola's American Zoetrope. Responsibilities included client, schedule, and asset management; digital video compression, audio encoding, and authoring. Titles included Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather DVD Collection and Apocalypse Now Redux (Paramount); Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation (Universal); Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (MGM); Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits, and Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (Criterion); and George Lucas's THX 1138 (Warner Brothers).


Beatnik, Interactive Audio Developer. June 1999-June 2001.
Production and implementation of interactive internet-based sound design, technology consulting, and software quality assurance. Created sounds and programming for initial internet site of the Twix: It's All in the Mix advertising campaign. Consulted with PBS.org on sound design and implementation for Ken Burns's Jazz internet site. Consulted with David Bowie's bowienet designers on sound design and technology.


Dolby Laboratories, Digital Licensing Technician. March 1998-June 1999.
Certification testing for professional hardware and software Dolby Digital encoders. Production and authoring for Dolby Digital test CDs and DVDs. Fielded professional consumer inquiries and assisted with technology set up at trade shows including NAB and Stereo Hi-Fi.


San Francisco Production Group, Engineer. March 1997-March 1998.
Systems maintenance and installation of audio, video, and Avid editing suites. Technical engineering assistance with editing and recording sessions.


Outpost Film Center, Recording Engineer. July 1996-March 1997.
Audio assistant for Dream With The Fishes (Sundance Film Festival Selection 1997). Creative and technical engineering for video, film, and music recording sessions.


education

New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York, New York
Master of Business Administration, September 2010 (expected)
Specialization: Entertainment, Media & Technology

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Honors, May 1995
Specialization: Communication Systems

skills

Business development, client services, project management, video and audio production and editing, digital video compression, audio encoding, and DVD authoring. Sonic Scenarist, Spruce DVD Maestro, Panasonic DAS, Avid, Final Cut, ProTools, Photoshop, After Effects, HTML, JavaScript, Dolby Digital, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG2, VC-1, H.264/AVC, HD-CAM, betacam, digital betacam, DV/DVCAM, DVD, Blu-ray, PAL/NTSC, DA88, DAT, Studer, Neve, and Euphonix mixing consoles, and analog tape machines.

credits

Producer

Don't Look Back (PAL, all regions). Sony BMG.
The Godzilla Series. Classic Media.
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Zeitgeist Films.
Perry Mason - Season 2. CBS/Paramount Home Video.
Hawaii 5-0 (Int'l). CBS/Paramount Home Video.
The Brady Bunch (Int'l). CBS/Paramount Home Video.
The Sopranos - Season 6, Part 1. HBO Video.
  Climates. Zeitgeist Films.
Christmas Classics. Classic Media.
Os Mutantes "Everything Is Possible" Bonus DVD. Luaka Bop.
My Super Sweet 16: The Movie. MTV Studios.
Rick and Steve. Logo/MTV.
Gumby Essentials. Classic Media.
Felix the Cat. Classic Media.
  The Love Boat (Int'l). CBS/Paramount Home Video.
George of the Jungle. Classic Media.
Last of the Breed. New Video.
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 2. CBS/Paramount Home Video.
The Big Gay Sketch Show. Logo/MTV.
Sawdust and Tinsel. Criterion.
Kissology Vol. III MTV.


Production Manager/DVD Author

The Godfather DVD Collection. Paramount.
Apocalypse Now Redux (all regions). Paramount.
Rebecca. Criterion.
Juliet of the Spirits. Criterion.
Jeepers Creepers. MGM.
Blind Beast. Fantoma.
Giants and Toys. Fantoma.
Afraid to Die. Fantoma.
Manji. Fantoma.
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald. Kino International.
Ballad of a Soldier. Criterion.
On the Job. Fantoma.
Driver's Ed. Fantoma.
No Such Thing. MGM.
The Big Bus. Paramount.
Hammet (JA, Region 2). Nippon Herald.
The Escape Artist (JA, Region 2). Nippon Herald.
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag. MGM.
À Nous la Liberté. Criterion.
CQ (all regions). MGM.
Hercules in the Haunted World. Fantoma.
Spellbound. Criterion.
Pumpkin. MGM.
Street of No Return. Fantoma.
Carnival of Blood. Windmill Films.
Music From Another Room. MGM.
Koyaanisqatsi (all regions). MGM.
Powaqqatsi (all regions). MGM.
Contempt (disc 2). Criterion.
Life Stinks. MGM.
Nineteen Eighty-Four. MGM.
Band of Outsiders. Criterion.
A Private Function. MGM.
Virgin Suicides (DE, Region 2). Capelight Pictures.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. Criterion.
The Conversation (all regions). Paramount.
American Experience: Partners of the Heart. PBS DVD.
My Life as a Dog. Criterion.
Zulu. MGM.
Dark Blue. MGM.
Gator. MGM.
White Lightning. MGM.
  Throne of Blood. Criterion.
Bright Lights, Big City. MGM.
Prizzi's Honor. MGM.
The Hospital. MGM.
Il Posto. Criterion.
Alien From LA. MGM.
The Honeymoon Killers. Criterion.
Tough Guys Don't Dance. MGM.
Through a Glass Darkly. Criterion.
Winter Light. Criterion.
The Silence. Criterion.
Patriotism. Fantoma.
Religion. Fantoma.
Odds Against Tomorrow. MGM.
The Devil and Daniel Webster. Criterion.
The Legend of Suriyothai (all regions). Sony Pictures Classics.
Assassination Tango (all regions). MGM.
Jeepers Creepers 2 (all regions). MGM.
Social Engineering 201. Fantoma.
More Sex & Drugs. Fantoma.
One From The Heart (all regions). Zoetrope.
Lost in Translation (all regions). Universal.
Ikiru. Criterion.
Napoleon (JA, Region 2). Nippon Herald.
The Outsiders (JA, Region 2). Nippon Herald.
Pickup On South Street. Criterion.
Salvatore Giuliano. Criterion.
3 Women. Criterion.
Smiles of a Summer Night. Criterion.
In a Year with 13 Moons. Fantoma.
Martha. Fantoma.
Tigrero. Fantoma.
Mamma Roma. Criterion.
Early Summer. Criterion.
Twisted. Paramount.
The White Dawn. Paramount.
Slacker (disc 2). Criterion.
THX 1138 (all NTSC regions). Warner Brothers.
- review - The Digital Bits (.pdf)
- review - Digitally Obsessed (.pdf)
- review - DVD Talk (.pdf)
The Battle of Algiers (discs 2 and 3). Criterion.
  Eyes Without A Face. Criterion.
M. Criterion.
Kagemusha. Criterion.
Night and the City. Criterion.
Thieves' Highway. Criterion.
Finian's Rainbow (all regions). Warner Brothers.
Flowers from the Heartland. Peter Daulton.
L'Eclisse. Criterion.
- review - DVD Beaver (.pdf)
A Generation. Criterion.
Kanal. Criterion.
Ashes and Diamonds. Criterion.
Danger: Diabolik!. Paramount.
Le notti bianche. Criterion.
Story of a Prostitute. Criterion.
The Flowers of St. Francis. Criterion.
Rumble Fish. Universal.
The Escape Artist. Paramount.
The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. Warner Brothers.
Masculin féminin. Criterion.
Jerry Garcia Band, Live at Shoreline (all regions). Rhino.
Hammett. Paramount.
- review - The Onion
The Wages of Fear. Criterion.
Ugetsu. Criterion.
- review - The Onion
Shoot the Piano Player. Criterion.
Young Mr. Lincoln. Criterion.
The Virgin Spring. Criterion.
La bête humaine. Criterion.
Kind Hearts and Coronets. Criterion.
Fists in the Pockets. Criterion.
Elevator to the Gallows. Criterion.
A Canterbury Tale. Criterion.
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? Fantoma.
Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier. Paramount.
Red Angel. Fantoma.
Marie Antoinette (all regions). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume 1. Fantoma.