Scott Higgins

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Film & Video - Familiar with the entire production process. Experience with film and video cameras, offline & online computer video editing systems (Avid, CMX), animation, computer generated imagery, special effects, compositing (Flame), and telecines.

Computer - Well versed in programming, operating and staff training. Experience in C, LISP, Tcl/Tk, Pascal and HTML. Knowledge of the Internet, World Wide Web, MacOS, UNIX/ IRIX, as well as SGI, Windows and Macintosh applications.

Multimedia - Experience with interactive digital video technologies. Working knowledge of CD-ROMs, QuickTime, MPEG, Adobe Premiere and Photoshop, HyperCard, video digitizing methods, Macintosh and SGI multimedia applications, and 3D modeling and animation.

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Interactive Television Producer

Responsible for delivering all assets for an interactive television interface (navigator). Developed schedules and budgets for the six month project and worked on the interactive structure. Supervised and coordinated a crew of animators, artists, musicians and programmers. (4/96 - Present)

Freelance Visual Effects Producer, Post Production Supervisor & Editor

Supervise and coordinate the entire post production process for national special effects commercials from developed film to delivery. Tasks include developing the schedule & methodology, supervising live action production, editing the offline, coordinating the computer graphic elements, supervising the film transfer and compositing/graphic (Flame) sessions. Clients include Industrial Light & Magic and Colossal Pictures. (2/95 - Present)

M.I.T. Media Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachsetts

Graduate Research Assistant, Interactive Cinema Group: Conducted research in, designed and programmed a 3D cinematic pre-visualization tool on the SGI platform. Thesis title - The Moviemaker's Workspace: Towards a 3D Environment for Pre-Visualization. Created interactive installations and tools for non-linear movie creation. (9/92 - 8/94)

Western Images and On Tape Productions, San Francisco, California

Telecine Colorist & Assistant: Color correct film to tape transfers for commercials and theatrical releases. Clients include Colossal Pictures and Industrial Light & Magic. (10/91 - 6/92)

Editel/San Francisco (Formerly One Pass Film and Video), San Francisco, California

Assistant Editor/Telecine Assistant: Responsible for assisting online editor and colorist for national commercials, broadcast programming and corporate videos. (7/90 - 9/91)

Freelance Tape Operator and Location Sound Engineer

Clients include Big Zig Video, Varitel Video, Northwest Mobile Television, Video Tape Enterprises, IBM, CBS, Chevron and the 1984 Olympics for ABC. (6/82- 7/90)

EDUCATION

M.S. in Media Arts & Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9/94)

B.S. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles (6/87)

Honors: Cum Laude, College Honors Program

University of Kent at Canterbury, England, Mathematics Courses (9/85 - 6/86)