Mark Glaser(I)

Mark has a traditional art background, with a specialty in photo-realistic painting. This helped him develop a keen eye for light and color which eased his transition to digital art forms. As his artistic skills evolved, his still images were put into motion and he rapidly became sought after for his strong combination of photo-real computer imagery and computer animation abilities. After a role as Digital Artist and Animator for "Robocop: The Series" in Canada, Mark came to the U.S. as a freelance Digital Supervisor/Artist. It was during this time that he formed a relationship with a group of other industry pioneers at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Imaging. Together with five other Amblin alumni, Mark helped form a new creative division at Digital Domain, where his work as CG Supervisor and Lead Animator on a 60 second Nike spot titled, "Virtual Andre" won him a Clio and an AICP award forBest Digital Animation. Mark was also Digital FX Supervisor and Animator on the character animation intensive "The Race" spot for Nintendo, Porsche and Taco Bell which starred Nintendo characters, Mario and Donkey Kong. In two Chevy Blazer spots, "Chevy Obstacles 98" and "Chevy Roads 98", he created a photreal Blazer that appears throughout the entirety of both spots. The latter which won him his second Clio award. At Station X, Mark continues to push the envelope of digital filmmaking. A prime example of this is the entirely computer generated Dodge "Clock" commercial--the first of its kind. In his next project, his third Chevy Blazer spot, Mark took things a step farther, and, in addition to creating the photoreal CG vehicles, also supervised a "virtual location shoot". Mark is currently the Visual Effects Supervisor for his first feature film project: Dungeons and Dragons: The movie.