Tyruben ellingson biography sample
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Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.S., M.A.
MCAD (attended Minneapolis School of Art
[now known as Minneapolis College of Art and Design]
first two years of college)
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Yale*
Center for Business Excellence,
Executive Education and Development,
Opus College of Business,
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis,
Mini Master of Business Communication
Pius XI High School
(now known as Pius XI Catholic High School)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Center
[designed by Eero Saarinen]
(now known as Milwaukee Art Museum)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wausau Summer Art Workshops
Presented by M.A.T.A.
(Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art)
University of Wisconsin-Marathon Campus
Wausau, Wisconsin
Other numerous and varied experiences, courses,
seminars, workshops, and related training, etc.
(details available), for example:
George Morrison Master Class&nb
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AMP Suits, Bio-Labs, And The Dragon: The Military/Scientific Hardware Of Avatar
The Samson helicopters:
TyRuben Ellingson was lead vehicle designer on Avatar, and he worked on all the vehicles except the Valkyrie shuttle and the ISV VentureStar (which brings Jake to Pandora originally.) People often talk about the Samson helicopters being based on Hueys from the Vietnam war. But Ellingson says the Huey was an influence, but &#;it was more the Blackhawk we looked at for scale.&#; Those two giant sideways propellers were part of Cameron&#;s original design concept for the Samsons, and probably came up while Cameron was writing the script.
The Samsons&#; transparent heads-up displays, which a number of designers worked on, are deisgned to allow the pilot to pull up a number of different menus depending on the situation — from a combat display during combat to a specialized landing display.
Those Avatar tanks:
A lot of thought went into those tanks full of liquid where the &#;ava
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Episode 29 &#; Dan Perri &#; Titles Designer
For this episode inom spoke to another legend in in the industry. Dan Perri is a titles designer and has been in the game for decades. You would have seen his work on films as varied as The Warriors, Star Wars, King of Comedy, New York New York, Nashville and The Excorcist.
Dan is engagerad by filmmakers to bring his inimitable style (which is so varied) to their productions.
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Here&#;s my favourite example of Dan&#;s work &#; hyrbil Driver &#; ?v=rmjjk4_kl3c