"iMurders" (graphics & animation): 2008 Hoboken International Film Festival "Official Selection", 2008 Big Apple Film Festival, 2008 Eerie Horror Festival, 2008 Shriekfest, 2008 Down Beach Film Festival
"Flogging Margaret" (graphics & animation): 2006 Iris Film Festival "Best Feature"; 2006 Seattle True Independent Film Festival "official Selection; Backseat Film Festival "Official Selection".
"Jersey Fresh: Tales of the Wiccan Chicken" (writer/animator): 2006 Television Animation Conference "Pitch THIS!" Winner.
"Timmy Meets the Lizard" (voice of Mary & Trashcan Fairy): 2004 U-Arts Film & Animation Festival (Premiere); 2006 Iris Film Festival "Best Short"
"Nagymama" (writer/animator): 2004 U-Arts Film & Animation Festival (Premiere); 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival "Official Selection"; 2005 4th Annual Tehran International Animation Festival "Official Selection; 2006 Channel Frederator "Featured Film"; 2006 Garden State Film Festival "Official Selection"; 2006 Milkboy Film Festival "Official Selection"; 2007 MySpace "Front Page Featured Film"; 2007 YouTube "July Front Page Film"; 2008 Crackle.com "Front Page Featured Animation"; 2008 Media Arts Council Home Grown Film Festival "Official Selection"
"Gestation Sensation" (writer/animator): 2003 U-Arts Film & Animation Festival (Premiere); 2006 Milkboy Film Festival "Official Selection"
Professional Affiliations
Project Twenty1 (Executive Producer: 21-Day Filmmaking Competition & Philadelphia Film-A-Thon)
PIFVA (omember)
Animator’s Ink (member)
Philadelphia Cartoonists Society (member)
PANMA (member)
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The University Of The Arts
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Animation
2000 to 2004
Piscataway Twp High
Piscataway,New Jersey
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: National Art Honors Society, National Honors Society, Chieftain, Open Door Literary Magazine, Key Club, Peer Leadership, S.C.A.R.E.D. Environmental Club, Yearbook, Drama (Okay. I know. I'm a geek. But you know how many classes I got out of because of these clubs???)
I am the Executive Producer & Founding Partner of the Project Twenty1 Film & Animation Festival, which hosts the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, where Teams of Filmmakers & Animators have 21-Days to create an original film based on a common secret "Element", and the Philadelphia Film-A-Thon which is a showcase of exceptional shorts and features from all over the world.
Shinygrape Studios, is an independent animation studio based out of Bensalem, Pennsylvania and The Greater Philadelphia Area. We provide graphic design, marketing & animation services to projects of all sizes.
I frequently write & produce with Cinevore Studios, a live-action narrative fiction company based out of Norristown, PA and the Greater Philadelphia Area. Our most recent short, "Piece of Meat" was featured in late August of 2008 as the 1 Comedy in 20 Countries on YouTube.
Crystalline Studios is a HD commercial video company that Shinygrape Studios frequently partners with for graphics, animation, and marketing assistance.
Projects:
"Piece of Meat," is a deranged parody of the Britney Spears song "Piece of Me". In this Cinevore Studios original music video, the alluring yet disturbing lead, Brittany Brazill, causes a good deal of sexual confusion with her inappropriate love and pursuit of all things animal.
The vocals were recorded by Mo a.k.a. Young Sinatra with vocals by Erika Schiff, featuring DJ Q-Ball. The video, produced by Stephanie Yuhas and Matt Conant, also features cameos by comedian Paul DellAngelo, and James Rolfe, better known to youtube viewers as The Angry Video Game Nerd. Click here for the video.
Nagymama is an auto-biographical animated short about growing up with a very overprotective Transylvanian grandmother. And yes, the story is true (and Nagymama is still causing chaos today, at the age of 97!
"Nagymama" was recently featured on the front pages of YouTube, MySpace, Frederator & Crackle, and exhibited at a bunch of film festivals and broadcast on Nicktoons, which has over 45,000,000 subscribers worldwide.
If you would like to see more Nagymama stories, visit American Goulash!
American Goulash is the continuation of the tale of Nagymama, with the addition of the rest of the family! Read stories, watch videos, collect authentic old-world recipes, and post some of your own family experiences in this interactive blog-style website!
Jersey Fresh: Tales of the Wiccan Chicken, is an animated sitcom pitch about a little chicken who happens to be the son of the Devil - the NEW JERSEY Devil
"Jersey Fresh" was one of two pitches accepted to be a presented at the Ottawa "Pitch THIS!" Television Animation Conference. If you'd like to "get to know" Wiccan Chicken, you can talk to him on MySpace or read his online stories, comics, and HorrorScopes on WiccanChicken.com.
Gestation Sensation explores a male seahorse's discomfort during pregnancy. The film was traditionally animated at the Philadelphia University of the Arts under thirty days.
Why thirty days? Well, believe it or not, I began production on a film called Fabian Fish, a tale about a clownfish and a yellow tang trying to escape from a fishbowl (but the clownfish keeps forgetting "the plan" every few seconds.)
A month before the due date, my professor played the "teaser" for Finding Nemo. Great. I was basically in mid-production of the freakin "Dentists Office" scene in that movie - annoying pig-tailed, brace-faced girl and all! What the heck are the odds of that? So, I created Gestation Sensation and prayed that there wouldn't be a scene in Finding Nemo of a seahorse exploding into a cloud of babies! (It didn't happen! I'm still safe!)
ZOMBIE LOVE FEST! Raise some funds...Raise some hell! At the Fortress of the Arts in Philly on Saturday, October 18th, we will be holding Zombie Love Fest, an event sponsored by American Dream Machine and Cinema Alliance and made possible by The Fortress of the Arts of Philadelphia. It is an event organized by producers Frank Williams and Sean McKnight in partnership with the lovely people at The Fortress of the Arts, in order to raise funds for the feature film that American Dream Machine is shooting in the spring. Cover is $15 and will include local live music, independent films and filmmakers from the area, and a zombie caricature artist. Oh, and did I mention, hot zombie waitresses will be serving drinks throughout the night. There will also be a world premiere of the first official trailer for the film and a cast Q & A session. All proceeds from the event will go toward the budget of the film. You don't want to miss this! Zombie Love Fest is going to be a lot of fun. BRING OUT YOUR DEAD! See ya there!
WHEN: 7:30pm - Saturday, October 18th
WHERE: Fortress of the Arts 221 Glenwood Ave. 4th Floor Philadelphia , PA 19140
CONTACT: ADM Office (M-F 5-9pm): 856.240.7921 Frank Williams: 856.534.0388 Sean McKnight: 610.291.1020
COST: $15 (If you dress up as a zombie: $10)
*If you are not able to attend the event, but would still like to support the film and appear in the credits at the end of the film, then please make your check out to American Dream Machine LLC and mail it to 1125 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108. Thank you for supporting the arts!
yeah i just watched that ... i love James (Angry Video Game Nerd) im a big fan of CineMassacre. any ways im SUPER amped. im dyeing to know if you liked my work.
Love your work! I'm opening up a 1950s soda fountain/ Ice Cream shop on Girard Avenue, with a Music theme. If you need any great locations for your films, let me know!- I have some cool buildings that I own, and that I have access to as a Realtor.
Awesome job with the "Piece of Meat" video! I apparently live a life sheltered from the rest of the world because I hadn't seen the original Britney Spears song that it parodied. So I watched that on YouTube and it made "Piece of Meat" all the more enjoyable - especially since the Britney Spears song seems to have clucks too! Keep up the good work. You're listed as a producer. What did that entail?
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