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Matt Strauss

Matt Strauss has been involved in High Profile Production Work for over 10 years. He has created numerous 3D animated sequences, images, large-scale holograms and user-interfaces for clients including IBM, Phish, the United Nations, New York City Transit Authority, Fostex, Resolution Productions, Sensormatic, Kodak, Martin Marietta, The Federal Aviation Administration, The Discovery Channel, University of Vermont, Applied Imagination, NASA, Arts & Entertainment Network, Navy Research Lab, JuniorNet, Lynx Systems and Holographics North.

Products span a range from technical product demonstrations to highly creative virtual environments, and award winning CD-ROM products. His work has been published in Computer Graphics World. He has been written about and interviewed by AVID magazine and Video Toaster User magazine. Matt and his team have helped numerous companies secure large contracts and millions of dollars in venture capital through advanced multimedia presentations and prototypes. His related skills include reverse-engineering, mechanical modeling, lighting, cinematography, video production, materials design, computer and video systems design and integration.

Matt acted as project leader on Rhombus Interactive Gallery Project in partnership with Mark Matt Harter, creating the first true 3D-walkthrough art gallery space on the Internet. The project received recognition by ArtNews, Computer Artist, the Rutland Herald, Burlington Free Press, Art New England, The Boston Herald, and William Gibson. The site won 'Cool Site of the Day" for Jan 23, 1995. "Learn to Earn", a CD- ROM project promoting technical education, recently won a Bell Award from the New England Publicity club.

In the last ten years he has created 3D animated sequences of the IBM semiconductor FAB line, their intranet site, and numerous 3D sequences of IBM products. He has also created virtual prototypes for NASA, 2D/3D animations for the Discovery Channel, and several animated sequences for A&E.

In 1998, Matt Began working on the Award Winning DVD adaptation of the 60's Cult Classic TV show "The Avengers."

Below are some examples of Broadcast and DVD productions Matt has been involved with:

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A&E Home Video: Avengers '63 (4 discs), 2 sets Avengers '64 (4 Discs), 2 sets Avengers '65 (4 Discs), 2 sets Avengers '66 (4 Discs), 2 sets Avengers '67 (8 Discs), 4 sets (Award Winner) The Planets, BBC, 4 Discs The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre Jane Austen's Emma Poirot, Lord Edgeware Dies Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Horatio Hornblower ( 4 Disc Set) History Channel: Great Blunders of WWII Showtime: Summer's End The Passion of Ayn Rand Brotherhood of Murder Central Park Media: Genocyber, The Collection Photon, The Idiot adventures Urotsukidoji III, return of the overfiend Urotsukidoji IV, Inferno Road Questar: Rome: Power and Glory (Award Winner) Cleopatra: First Woman of Power Bobby Darin Bing Crosby Christmas Kayla Keeping the Promise Seal Morning New Video/ Docurama Brandon Teena Story Paul Taylor, Dancemaker Genghis Blues The Lathe of Heaven Embry Riddle Aeronautical University World of Choices Rockport, Retail Demo Disc Criteron Collection For All Mankind Yojimbo The harder They Come WGBH To The Moon Africans in America The Miracle of Life Everest: The Death Zone

ALL ABOUT MONEY A two-hour documentary essay for A&E, shot on location around the world, featuring a creative mix of documentary live-action, historical evocation and recreation, and archival materials. National broadcast, spring 1999. THE SECRET LIFE OF MONEY A complementary special to the essay All About Money (also broadcast on A&E in 1999), employing the same production techniques but taking a more chronological approach to the history of money from barter and primitive coinage to the stock market and the future of money. CALIFORNIA AND THE DREAM SEEKERS The dynamic and colorful history of the Golden State told from the perspective of its citizens who still cling to the past. This four-hour series, commissioned by A&E for broadcast in 1998, includes live action sequences documenting notable Californians engaged in the reliving and recreation of the state’s history, unique archival records brought to life, and historical reenactment. BATTLESHIP This epic history of the battleship -- the nuclear weapon of its day -- commissioned in 1996 by the Discovery Channel, earned double the average Discovery audience on its premiere in 1997. From Dreadnought to Desert Storm, this two-hour special utilizes important historical archive, yet is based on original live action sequences shot aboard historic vessels in England and the United States. It was produced in close cooperation with the United States Naval Institute. PETS: PART OF THE FAMILY Now in its second thirteen-week season of production in the United States and England, this fully underwritten series of half-hour programs about the unique bond between people and their pets is distributed to public television stations nationally by American Public Television. Featuring Gary Burghoff (Radar of M*A*S*H), the program offers up documentary stories that illustrate every dimension of the relationship between people and their pets.

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