Don Levy: A cinematic journey through visual effects
Don Levy: Un viaggio cinematico attraverso gli effetti visivi
Don Levy has served on the frontlines of the digital transformation of entertainment. For 17 years, he led the communications efforts for top visual effects and digital animation studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks. He is fascinated by the magic of movies. Full bio
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il tramite ultimo della magia.
di tutte le illusioni:
del cinema delle origini
quel che segue mostra alcuni passi
Isabelle: "Il regista Geroges Méliès
["Viaggio nella Luna", 1902]
Primo medico: Come ti senti, Jake?
Primo medico: Bene.
Primo dottore: Be', vuoi sederti? Così va bene.
Primo medico: Ti senti stordito o confuso?
[Nomination all'Oscar per gli effetti visivi]
Rama Safti: Be', è finita.
(primo anno della categoria)]
Governatore: Mi sembra che il peggio sia passato.
and Technology Council"]
e di più improbabile" - Georges Méliès
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Don Levy - Film executiveDon Levy has served on the frontlines of the digital transformation of entertainment. For 17 years, he led the communications efforts for top visual effects and digital animation studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks. He is fascinated by the magic of movies.
Why you should listen
Don Levy joined Sony Pictures Imageworks when it was “just 40 people and a dream” in 1995. Starting as an awards campaign consultant, he helped the studio grow in both size and reputation, beginning with its first Academy Award for the animated short “The ChubbChubbs” in 2003 and continuing with the 2005 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for “Spider-Man 2.” As the senior vice president of marketing and communications for Sony Pictures, he directed corporate communications, marketing and public relations for Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, as well as for Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Online Entertainment.
Levy left Sony Pictures in June of 2012 to develop a new family entertainment venture and found Smith Brook Farm, a media, entertainement and tech consultancy. At the same time, he is a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center and is teaching entertainment marketing at Boston University's Los Angeles Internship Program.
Levy is also member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on its feature animation nominating committee. The Academy helped tremendously in crafting the video montage in his talk, an exclusive for TED.
Don Levy | Speaker | TED.com