Speakers

Richard Harrington
Program Manager
President, RHED Pixel DETAILS Richard Harrington

A certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, Rich is a practiced expert in motion graphic design and digital video. His producing skills were also recognized by AV Multimedia Producer Magazine who named him as one of the Top Producers of 2004.

Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He is also an instructor at the American University in Washington, D.C. As both an on-camera trainer, and a writer for major magazines such as DV, Photoshop User, and Layers, Rich is on the forefront of the digital video revolution.

Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop for Video, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshop�s application in the world of video. He is also a contributing author for Final Cut Pro On the Spot, After Effects On the Spot, Broadcast Graphics On the Spot, After Effects at Work, and Understanding Adobe Photoshop.

A Masters Degree in Project Management fills out Rich�s broad spectrum of experience.

Tina Hirsch
Emmy-nominated Editor,
"The West Wing" DETAILS Tina Hirsch

Tina Hirsch's first theatrical feature was the box-office sleeper, MACON COUNTY LINE. Her work in that film caught the eye of legendary producer-director, Roger Corman, who hired her to cut three of his classic films, BIG BAD MAMA, DEATH RACE 2000 and EAT MY DUST.

Soon after she entered the more main-stream "studio" world, cutting THE DRIVER for Walter Hill, who was a fan of the Corman films, and MORE AMERICAN GRAFITTI for George Lucas. Then she teamed up with Joe Dante (whom she'd met while he was cutting trailers for Corman) and Steven Spielberg. They did TWILIGHT ZONE, THE MOVIE, and GREMLINS together. The films EXPLORERS, MYSTERY DATE, CAPTAIN RON and DANTE'S PEAK followed.

In the mid 90's Hirsch started working in television. Among other things, she edited the pilot for PARTY OF FIVE, the mini-series, TOM CLANCY'S OP CENTER (for which she was given an Eddie nomination), the Hallmark Hall of Fame film, based on the Anne Tyler novel, BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS (for which she was given an Eddie and Emmy nomination), and the acclaimed television series THE WEST WING (for which she won an Eddie and was given an Emmy nomination). In July 2000 she was the first woman to be elected President of the American Cinema Editors (the honorary society of film editros).

She is also an Adjunct Professor of editing at USC's film school.

Rick Pearson
Editor,
Quantum of Solace DETAILS Rick Pearson

Richard "Rick" Pearson is an American film editor, producer, and director. He is the editor of the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, along with Matt Chesse, scheduled to be released in November. Pearson has been most recognized for his editing work in United 93. He received the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film, along with with Clare Douglas and Christopher Rouse. In addition to the BAFTA award, the editors were also nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie award.

Pearson was raised in New Hope, Minnesota. As a college student in the early 1980s, Pearson was an intern at the television station WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. He moved to Hollywood in 1985 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. His first editing credit was for the television miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. The "1968" episode of From the Earth to the Moon was nominated for an American Cinema Editors "Eddie" award (Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series) and for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie). Christopher Rouse, Pearson's co-editor on The Bourne Supremacy and United 93, also worked on this miniseries. Following an editing credit for the film Muppets from Space, Pearson edited two films (Bowfinger and The Score) that were directed by Frank Oz, who was Jim Henson's early collaborator in developing the Muppets.

Pearson has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. He currently lives in California.

Gary Adcock
Digital Artist &
Technology Trainer DETAILS Gary Adcock

Chicago based digital artist and technology trainer Gary Adcock, having worked as a producer, photographer, cameraman, editor, director, animator and digital artist, is currently consulting and training for Broadcast Television and Corporate environments after finishing recent projects for Target, Tribune Media, CNN, CBS, Leo Burnett and J. Walter Thompson � Detroit.

Other Clients include Adobe, Apple, A&E , Blockbuster Entertainment, Citibank, Discovery Channel, Erricson, Fox News Network, H&R Block, McDonalds, Miller Brewing, MSNBC, NBA Entertainment, Orlando Sentinel, Pepsi, Sears, Sony, Sun Sentinel, Taco Bell, Total Living Network, Chicago Tribune, Umax, United Airlines and others. Gary is currently working on multiple HDTV projects for release in 2004.

Richard Burns
Co-Founder,
Culture Catch DETAILS Richard Burns

Richard Burns is the co-founder of Culture Catch, a pop culture podcasting channel. He started in the 80’s in computer graphics, then migrated to editing on the industry’s 1st non-linear systems in the 90’s. Culture Catch has released 60 shows in the last year and boasts 250,000 downloads per month. The company currently shoots 2 shows per week.

His related work includes producing the special effects for the Peabody award-winning Huey P. Newton Story directed by Spike Lee. Also, Mr. Burns’ directing the award-winning documentary on PBS, Wildwood Days.

He is a regular speaker at the Soho Apple Store and Macworld Expo in San Francisco and lives in NYC with wife and two children.

Robbie Carman
Vice President and CTO,
Amigo Media LLC DETAILS Robbie Carman

Robbie Carman is part of the first generation of certified Apple Final Cut Pro instructors. Currently, he is certified to teach Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Motion, and Color. Robbie is the co-author of several books and has served as technical editor for others including: Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook with Jason Osder, Final Cut Studio On The Spot 3rd Edition with Richard Harrington and Abba Shapiro, Color by David Gross and Michael Wohl, The Encyclopedia of Color Correction Filed Techniques Using Final Cut Pro by Alexis Van Hurkman. Recently, Robbie also completed Color Essential Training for Lynda.com

Robbie is partners with Jason Osder at Amigo Media, a consultancy with the motto: Relate, Educate, Create where he specializes in online editing and color correction on standard and high definition projects.

Sean Casella
Certified Instructor,
Future Media Concepts DETAILS Sean Casella

Sean Casella is an Apple Certified Pro Trainer and Digidesign ProTools Specialist. Having worked in the entertainment industry for over 12 years, including a large list of high profile clients, Sean has produced many TV shows, DVD's and music projects worldwide. Sean was the Technical Editor for the Official Apple Certified Courseware for DVD Studio Pro 1, 2 and 3, which is published by Peachpit Press. Furthermore, he was lead instructor for the International Academy of Design-Tampa for 8 years in the Digital Media Production Department. Sean has an associate's degree in music and video business from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Florida Metropolitan University. His applications of expertise are DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, SoundTrack Pro and ProTools HD.

Alexandra Gebhardt
Producer,
Inside Media Networks DETAILS Alexandra Gebhardt

Alexandra Gebhardt has over 15 years experience in various graphic, online, and publishing mediums. Her unique insight into new media technologies brings a fresh spin to traditional media content. Responsible for all marketing and media strategies and partnerships for Inside Media Networks, and assisting in producing shows such as Inside Mac Radio and TV, Alexandra delivers content and edge to communication technologies. She has also spoken at several key publishing industry conference while working as sales and marketing manager for large print manufacturers such as Agfa and Pantone.

Jeff Greenberg
Principal Instructor,
Future Media Concepts DETAILS Jeff Greenberg

Editing since the mid 90s, he has worked on numerous corporate/industrial projects, regional and national commercials, music videos and supervising editor on a 35mm independent feature length films His work has been in festivals, on DVD and on television. Editing and instruction clients include all three major networks, Letterman, Conan O'Brien, ESPN, all four branches of the military and many Fortune 500 clients.

Teaching both nationally and internationally for Future Media Concepts, he specializes in post production, focusing on subject such as: Editing, High Definition, Standard Definition, DV, DVD Production, Workflow, Color Correction, Compression and Graphic Compositing.

Some of the solutions he�s certified to teach include products from Apple, Avid, Adobe and Autodesk.

Jeff is a entertaining and energetic seminar instructor, speaking on average over fifty sessions a year at various shows. For the past four years he has taught and chaired technical Tracks at NAB's Post Production World, Post Production World New York, the Avid Government Training Symposium, and the Consumer Electronics Show. Additionally, he is the Program Manger for the Editor's Retreat, a yearly exotic getaway, focusing on editing (both aethetics and technology.)

Jeff does some technical writing, having contributed to a number of books and magazines. He has Tutorial DVDs on Avid, Marquee and Color, available from Vasst.com

Feel free to drop him a line with any questions to:JeffG@FMCtraining.com

Rod Harlan
President,
DriveDV Inc. DETAILS Rod Harlan

Rod Harlan is the President of DriveDV, Inc., a full service multimedia firm, live event producer, and episodic web television development studio. He is the Founder and Director of Education for the Digital Video Professionals Association (DVPA), Dynamic Media Editor of Layers Magazine, Audio-Visual Director for the Adobe Photoshop World Conferences and an Instructor for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He is an author and contributor of numerous books, countless magazine articles, and is a frequent speaker and trainer at many of the largest conferences and expos. His personal blog, DVconfidential.com, is an industry favorite because of its mix of discussion on the business of DV, tips & techniques, rumors and reviews all told through Rod's unique perspective.

Richard Harrington
President,
RHED Pixel DETAILS Richard Harrington

A certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, Rich is a practiced expert in motion graphic design and digital video. His producing skills were also recognized by AV Multimedia Producer Magazine who named him as one of the Top Producers of 2004.

Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He is also an instructor at the American University in Washington, D.C. As both an on-camera trainer, and a writer for major magazines such as DV, Photoshop User, and Layers, Rich is on the forefront of the digital video revolution.

Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop for Video, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshop�s application in the world of video. He is also a contributing author for Final Cut Pro On the Spot, After Effects On the Spot, Broadcast Graphics On the Spot, After Effects at Work, and Understanding Adobe Photoshop.

A Masters Degree in Project Management fills out Rich�s broad spectrum of experience.

Alex Kaloostian
Certified Instructor,
Future Media Concepts DETAILS Alex Kaloostian

Alex Kaloostian graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, where he majored in a combination of film, video, photography, web design and robotics. As an Apple-certified pro, he has many short films to his credit, both self-produced and with the likes of MTV pictures, Turtle Lane Playhouse and The Boston Rock Opera. He is currently helping as editor and advisor to two Boston-area low-budget features. Beyond his love of movies, Alex has been a graphic designer for over 12 years, working in prepress and publishing. He was a support technician for the internationally respected newspaper The Christian Science Monitor for 5 years, and is an Adobe Certified Instructor.

Jim Kanter
Training Director,
Digital Film Institute DETAILS Jim Kanter

An award-winning filmmaker, Jim is currently the Training Director of the Digital Film Institute. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, he started working professionally as a cinematographer in 1976, as an editor in 1981, working with computers in 1985, and has been using digital filmmaking tools extensively since 1994.

In addition to production, his focus turned to teaching in 1997. He has been on the faculties of the Art Institute of Atlanta, American InterContinental University, and Chattahoochee Technical College, and teaches filmmaking workshops at the IMAGE Film and Video Center. He is a certified instructor for Apple, Adobe, and Boris software, is active in the online production community, has contributed to several books, and is a popular speaker at trade shows.

His list of international clients includes Turner Studios, CNN, The Weather Channel, HGTV, Scripps Productions, Cox Communications, the U.S. armed forces, NASA, General Motors, NASCAR, Home Depot, Georgia Tech, MCI, and numerous television stations and production companies.

Nicole Martinez
Certified Instructor,
Future Media Concepts DETAILS Nicole Martinez

Nicole Martinez received a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Music, with an emphasis on Music Theory, History, and Ethnomusicology, as well as a certificate in Electronic and Computer Music from Florida State University. Nicole continued her involvement in the digital arts en force while in Graduate School at the University of Miami where her thesis was a collection of works in audio and video collage. She was fortunate to work in the Center for Confluent Media Design in the Engineering School where she realized the visual side of her art. She received a Masters Degree in Electronic and Computer Music while she taught Music theory and directed the Electronic Music Ensemble to earn her scholarship. While in school, Nicole began work in concert production then moved into network broadcasting. Nicole is an Avid Certified Instructor and certified to teach Final Cut Pro.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
Managing Producer / Trainer / Author
VASST DETAILS Douglas Spotted Eagle

Douglas Spotted Eagle is a giant in the video and audio industries, having received Grammy, Emmy, DuPont, Peabody, and many other awards. His music is heard in a wide range of films from "Last Samurai" to "Star Wars-Ewok" cartoons. His biggest project of 2005 is his musical compositions for PBS monster "The War that Made America," and in 2006 contributed several score pieces to "Lost Landscapes, another PBS full-run, which has been nominated for an Emmy. Spot may also be found in the various forums as a host on subjects from compositing, HDV, Sony Vegas, to audio engineering. He also has won many awards for his documentaries, including "Toubat: A Journey of the Native American Flute" and "The Way of the Powwow." His Azee' Choo'nii'gii' is the first film produced in the Dine' language.

Douglas has authored several books, the first of which was published world-wide when he was 18 years of age. His technical books include subjects such as Apple's Soundtrack, Sony's Vegas, Adobe's Encore, and DV Basics, and author of the industry best-selling "HDV: What You NEED to Know," and "Instant Vegas." As a VASST trainer, Douglas has been around the world several times over. Training in areas as diverse as Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Russia, England, Germany, France, Holland, Israel, Canada, Japan, he has gained a powerful understanding of what people want to know, and how they'd like to best learn it. A dynamic speaker, an inspiration to the industry, and a doer rather than a talker, Douglas simply is wonderful to experience. Catch this guy where you can, because he never stays in one place very long. Douglas is also an aerial camera operator, and has produced training videos on skydiving/aerial camera work. He is one of the first skydivers to fly HD camcorders. Spot trains in the Sound Forge, ACID, Vegas, HDV, Power Production Techniques, Now Hear This Audio sessions, and Streaming VASST classes.

Yossy Tessone
Certified Instructor,
Future Media Concepts DETAILS Yossy Tessone

Yossy Tessone has a BFA degree in Film & Television from Tel-Aviv University. He is an Apple certified instructor for Final Cut Pro, an Avid Certified Instructor, and an Adobe Certified Expert for Premiere. He is an Instructor at Future Media Concepts in NY.

Paul Vogelzang
EVP, Chief Digital Officer,
PORTER NOVELLI DETAILS Paul Vogelzang

Paul Vogelzang recently joined the Porter Novelli team and is already deeply involved with a wide variety of new business activities as well as standing client work including the Propane Education and Research Council and the Abundant Forests Alliance. Bringing with him an interesting and varied background in marketing, Paul most recently worked as the Special Assistant, E-Gov, in the office of the CIO with the United States Department of Treasury. He has authored numerous articles on e-commerce, e-gov issues, marketing of financial services, and specifically, their online availability and the privacy issues surrounding those transactions. Additionally, Paul has appeared on numerous network financial talk shows, among them, MSNBC, CNNfn, CNBC, NBC, and is the producer of several top rated podcasts, including the first U.S. Treasury podcast, and most notably, MommyCast, which was the 4th most widely listened to show on Apples iTunes in 2005, and was recently named 2007 Webby Award, Best "Family & Parenting," website. Additionally, Paul was Chief Marketing Officer at Tenet Healthcare and continues to stay abreast of healthcare issues and technology.

Paul has a B.A. in Public Administration from the University of the Pacific and an M.B.A. from LaSalle University, Graduate School of Business.

Dusty Wright
Co-Founder,
Culture Catch DETAILS Dusty Wright

Dusty Wright is the co-founder and host of CultureCatch.com, the smart culture audio and video podcasting website, which he says "is the perfect convergence of all of his past experiences: agenting, writing, editing, directing, publishing, producing and performing." He's conducted in-depth interviews with over 150 culture icons like Bob Costas, David Lynch, Laura Dern, Russell Simmons, Kevin Bacon, et al. He is the former editor-in-chief of Creem and Prince's New Power Generation magazines as well as a writer of films, fiction, and music. He co-wrote the indie feature The Gentlemen Bandit and produced the award-winning documentary Wildwood Days. He is also a singer/songwriter who has released 3 solo CDs and 2 CDs as a member of the folk-rock quartet GIANTfingers. And before all of this he was an agent at the William Morris Agency!