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Continuing 's ground-breaking approach Music Production – contributed to in roles to artistic direction, innovative gameplay, and such as Visual Eff ects Artist, Motion Capture Studio engrossing storytelling, Part II was Technician, Sound Designer, Dialogue Designer, built by large, collaborative teams at Naughty and more. Dog Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment, "Our team was huge, we had almost 80 people just including more than 20 Full Sail grads. animating,” says Computer Animation grad and Alumni from multiple degree programs – including Cinematic Animator Drew Kedra. Game Art, Game Design, Game Development, Computer Animation, Film, Recording Arts, and

Laura Sardinha Kidde TOP 25 Schools to study Lead User Interface Designer GAME DESIGN Blizzard Entertainment "I always played games my whole life. I always loved by Princeton Review 2014–2016, 2018-2020 games. And very early on in my life, I knew [I wanted to work at] Blizzard because of the Diablo games," says Game Design master’s grad Laura Sardinha Kidde. "It was my fi rst online RPG, and I was by it." Today, Laura works as a Lead User Interface Designer with Blizzard, contributing her skills in art, design, and delegation to the 's massively popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft.

In her current role, she oversees UI features for all World of Warcraft expansions and patches, while working with her team to implement user feedback and maintain the artistic integrity of the beloved fantasy franchise.

Nive Rajasekaran Mark Diaz Client Gaming Membership Gameplay Programmer Specialist id Software (DOOM franchise) Xbox at Microsoft Mark Diaz graduated from the Game Development program in 2014. He currently works as a Gameplay Programmer at id Software, where he’s worked on projects like DOOM VFR and DOOM . 250+ Full Sail Grads Credited on 2020's Biggest Games

2020 Game Awards: Multiple Grads on Winning Projects

Credited on over 30 games in 22 categories, Full Sail grads contributed to winners such as Best Esports Game (League of Legends), Best Sports/Racing Game (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2), and Best Sim/Strategy Game (Microsoft Flight Simulator). Ryo Furuya Manager 's long-awaited The Last of Us Part II took awards in of the ceremony's 22 categories. Over 30 grads from the Game Art, Computer Animation, Recording Arts, and Game Design degree programs contributed to the Sony Playstation exclusive title. Winning not only the biggest award of the night – Game of the Year – the The Last of Us sequel wins in Best Audio Design, Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game, and the awards' newest major category, Innovation in Accessibility.

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch Productions – contributed to by 19 Full Sail grads from programs including Computer Animation, Film, Creative Writing, and Shannon Potter Game Design master's – was nominated in six categories, Creative Director, Supervising Sound Designer walking away from the ceremony with a win for Best Art The Last of Us Part II Direction.

Nominated in the Best Debut Game category was Nodding Heads Games' Raji: An Ancient Epic, a title UX tested in Full Sail's on-campus UX Lab by a team of faculty, grads, and students.

Over 20 graduates from programs including Game Design, Computer Animation, and Creative Writing master's contributed to Best Fighting Game winner Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate and Best AR/VR Game winner, Valve's Half-Life: Alyx.

www.fullsail.edu/game-awards Alex Owens Senior UI Programmer Doom Eternal MUSIC

Joshua “Josh” Gudwin Producer, Mixer, Engineer , ,

As a Grammy-winning producer Those accolades earned him a spot and mixer, Recording Arts graduate in Full Sail’s Hall of Fame in 2019. Josh Gudwin staked his claim in the Josh also served in the Marines and industry working with big names credits his time in the service with like Justin Bieber, , Jennifer helping him build skills that he still Lopez, , Keyshia Cole, uses in the studio. Lionel Richie, and more.

Ben “Ben Billions” Diehl Markous “FKi 1st” Roberts Producer, Engineer Producer , Beyoncé , , Nathan Nance Re-Recording Mixer

Chris Fogel As one half of the -based production records between them, and they show no sign Scoring Mixer team FKi, Markous “FKi 1st” Roberts has of slowing down. In addition to his work as a The Mandalorian worked with artists like Iggy Azalea, T.I., , producer, 1st recently dropped an EP on ’s Seasons 1 & 2 2 Chainz, and more. Since graduating from the Label. The record, called 1st Time Recording Arts degree program in 2008, 1st and for Everything, scored him a touring gig with Colin Leonard his partner Steven “Sauce Lord Rich” Bolden Justin Bieber and Post Malone, whose hit record Mastering Engineer have turned out eight gold and platinum was also produced by 1st.

Jonathan Mayer position as an assistant engineer. Jonathan created an Sound Design Manager of game music and presented it to the Director Facebook of Music at Sony Computer Entertainment who then hired him to compose music on contract. One contract After graduating from the Recording Arts program, led to another, and soon enough Jonathan was brought Jonathan Mayer began his career at Diff erent Fur onto the team full time. He currently works as a Sound Studios where he helped out answering phones and Design Manager at Facebook. working in the facility’s extensive archives. Over the next three years, Jonathan worked his way up to a 59 Full Sail Grads were credited on 59 nominated projects

Full Sail Alumni on Nominated Projects at the 63rd Annual

At the 63rd annual GRAMMY Awards, Full Sail Alumni helped Andrew Coleman engineer, mix, and record nominated projects in categories Engineer like Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Beck - Hyperspace Album. Altogether, 59 Full Sail graduates were credited on Winner, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical 59 nominated projects in 39 categories.

Six Recording Arts graduates were nominated for their own Grammys, including Colin Leonard (Mastering, "Black Parade" by Beyoncé and "Savage" by featuring Beyoncé), Stuart White (Engineer and Mixing Engineer, "Black Parade" and "Savage"), and Josh Gudwin (Mixer, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa and Producer, Nostalgia). Andrew Coleman (Engineer, Hyperspace by Beck) was awarded a statue for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Glenn A. Tabor Additional grads were involved on Record of the Year and Mastering Engineer Album of the Year nominees. Miki Tsutsumi hashed out the mechanics of Jhené Aiko's Chilombo as one of the album's "Rockstar" - DaBaby Nominee, Record of the Year engineers. Anthony Cruz added his audio expertise to Post Malone's 's Bleeding, and Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young brought the ‘80s energy to Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia as one of the album's mixers.

Awards season is always an exciting time for our graduates, and we congratulate them on their hard work on all the nominated projects.

A closer look at the Full Sail alumni credited on this year’s GRAMMY-nominated projects can be found at the link below. Stuart White www.fullsail.edu/grammy-projects Mixing Engineer "Savage" - Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé Winner, Best Rap Performance FILM Television

270+ Grads on 2020's Emmy-Nominated Shows Hundreds of Full Sail graduates helped create Audience), Recording Arts grads Brad North and 2020’s award-worthy shows: 273 grads were Antony Zeller (), and Recording Arts credited on 195 nominated projects in 101 grad Chris Fogel (The Mandalorian) took home categories. Seventeen alumni worked on their own Emmy statuettes. Even more grads HBO’s Watchmen (26 nominations, 11 Emmys), were credited on shows like The Simpsons, Ozark, and ten grads contributed to The Mandalorian and The Crown. A closer look at the Full Sail grads (15 nominations, seven Emmys). Film alumnus credited on this year’s Emmy-worthy projects Davis Andrew Asnick (ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio can be found here: www.fullsail.edu/emmys Art Production Assistant 61st Street

Since graduating from Full Sail's Film Production master's program, Anastacia Davis has harnessed her lifelong determination to work in the entertainment business to make strides and build recognition for herself in 's fi lm industry.

Working production assistant roles for Warner Kelly Walton Javier Sandoval Paredes Bros., HGTV, the NBA, and more, the grad recently Stage Manager (Jakora Xochitl) landed a full-time role as an Art Production Ghostbusters Producer/Writer Assistant for AMC Networks on the Michael B. Cartoon Network Mexico Jordan-produced 61st Street.

150+ Grads worked on the Allen (Computer Animation) as a senior paint Marvel Cinematic Universe's artist and Andrew Zink (Computer Animation) "Infi nity Saga" as a CG Supervisor. Box-offi ce smash Avengers: Infi nity War also featured the work of multiple Ever since the release of the fi rst Iron Man movie grads, including two Hall of Fame inductees: David in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has Farmer (Recording Arts, sound designer) and Juan dominated live-action comic book storytelling on Peralta (Recording Arts, re-recording mixer). the silver screen. As "The Infi nity Saga" spooled As the series , an additional 50 out in the years since, Full Sail grads have worked grads were credited on Iron Man 3, and dozens on each of the series' 23 fi lms, earning nearly more worked on the Infi nity Saga's fi nal two 600 credits. installments, Avengers: Endgame and Spider Man: Almost a dozen Full Sail graduates worked on the Far From Home. Oscar-nominated Black Panther, including Corey More than 85 Full Sail grads were credited on 31 nominated projects

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More Than 85 Grads Credited on Nominated Project at the 2021

At the 93rd Academy Awards, 85+ Full Sail alumni were credited on 31 Oscar-nominated projects across 20 categories, including Best Picture, Best Animated Feature Film, and Best Cinematography. When the winners were announced, a total of 30 Full Sail graduates were credited on 11 Oscar-winning H. Haden Hammond projects in 16 diff erent categories. Visual Eff ects Department Best Picture nominee Mank boasted multiple Full Sail Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom grads, including Nathan Nance (Recording Arts, Re- Recording Mixer) H. Haden Hammond (Computer Animation, Visual Eff ects).

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received nominations in categories like Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Production Design. Full Sail alumni Steven Spady (Film, Visual Eff ects Data Manager) and Eric Schwartzmiller (Film, Set Production Assistant) were part of the Oscar-nominated project.

More details about Full Sail graduates who worked on winning projects for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards David F. Wolff can be found here: Rigging Best Boy Electric Jake Cenac Judas and the Senior On-Set Technical Director www.fullsail.edu/academy-awards Black Messiah Mulan Rob Zeigler ART Animation Editor SCOOB! & Design

SCOOB!, the latest animated feature fi lm about programs and a member of the editorial team at everyone's favorite Great Dane detective, Scooby- Reel FX, had the unique experience of working on Doo, didn't just have to meet the challenge of the fi lm from home. honoring the 50-year-old franchise. It also had Rob, who also worked on The LEGO Movie and to execute the fi nal stages of production with an is currently lending his skills to Paramount's entire post-production crew working remotely, upcoming Rumble, has a special place in his heart due to the COVID-19 pandemic. for SCOOB!, saying, "I can say, SCOOB! is the fi rst Rob Zeigler, a graduate of Full Sail's Computer movie I've ever worked on from home." Animation and Entertainment Business degree

Brandon Moore Full Sail University has been named a Graphic Designer Dolphins

Digital Arts & Design graduate Brandon “TOP DESIGN SCHOOL” Moore made a name for himself working on logos and brand identities for various by Graphic Design USA freelance clients. Today, he’s part of the Miami Dolphins’ creative team, working on everything from yearly brand campaigns to daily content.

“For me, the fun part is the big picture stuff . Like when we release our schedule for the year – that’s a big moment,” he says. “Our branding, marketing, and doesn’t look diff erent; it’s a little more polished, but we’re looking at the brand on a deeper level. How can we evolve over the next fi ve to ten years?” Sebastian Rivas Jairo Sanchez Technical Artist Senior Character Artist Overwatch 2 Diablo IV eh’s advice to new students is to take Paul LaFleur Andrew Atteberry Design Director Animator Universal McCann Onward Technology

Iván Emilio Albino Social Video Producer MEDIA & BuzzFeed Communications

Media Communications grad Iván Emilio Albino’s “Don’t get comfortable anywhere,” says Iván. personal YouTube channel caught the eye of “It’s important to keep working hard toward the BuzzFeed, leading to a promising internship next big dream. Every day I did something little to that has recently become an even more exciting improve my resumé and skills, and then I got the position as a social video producer. Iván has been call to come work at BuzzFeed. It takes time, but able to experience special opportunities and gain it’s defi nitely worth it.” exposure to multiple departments within BuzzFeed by being direct about his career goals.

Brice Perez Lee Roberts Tanya Scales Specialist Customer Engineer, Deputy Chief of Public Aff airs Software Engineer Data Analytics U.S. Army Corps HubSpot Google Healthcare & of Engineers, Life Sciences Nashville District

After more than 20 years as a military in diff erent mediums, rather than just one,” says journalist – which took him to , Creative Writing MFA grad Lucien Adderley. Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, and more, working for NATO, the Chairman of the Currently, Lucien is writing for the Tarrell Alvin Joint Chiefs of Staff , and U.S. Southern McCraney series David Makes Man on OWN. Command – Lee Roberts enrolled in the Tarell tapped Lucien and his writing partner to New Media Journalism program at work on the series as featured writers in its second Full Sail. season. Set in South Florida, David Makes Man is the coming-of-age tale of a young Black prodigy Although Lee brought years of attending a magnet school and working toward experience to his master’s program, he a way out of poverty, a set of circumstances not says “there were a lot of opportunities Lucien Adderley unfamiliar to Miami-bred Lucien. to learn something new.” He applies Writer that new knowledge to his Nashville- David Makes Man The grad is happy to use apply his skills to amplify based public aff airs position, working the voices of Black men saying, “I look at diff erent on a mostly local scale to inform the “I really had a passion for writing, I’d always been lanes and try and fi gure out well, who has not public about things like development, talented in writing, however, I didn’t know the got a chance to tell their story? Why haven't they water and infrastructure management, formatting. When I found Full Sail, one of the gotten a chance to tell their story? How can we and recreational safety. things that stuck out to me was the fact that they tell their story?” allow for you to understand and learn formatting Alyssa Velazquez Sports & Senior Manager for Social Media MTV BUSINESS

A graduate of Full Sail’s online Entertainment Business master’s program, Alyssa Velazquez is responsible for overseeing content assets like videos, graphics, captions, and gifs that make their way onto MTV’s social media channels.

For students and new grads looking to break into the industry, Alyssa suggests looking at examples of how each social channel is diff erent, and really focusing on trying to tailor Lorena Robles Jaune Odombrown an individual voice that refl ects each of the Sr. Account Executive Founder platforms’ unique characteristics. NASCAR Rock the Base and “These days, social media is more personal As a Senior Account Executive with NASCAR, Smartpreneur than ever,” says Alyssa. “People expect Entertainment Business grad Lorena Robles Jaune Odombrown has a lot on his plate, accounts to be curated, but they can also creates campaigns that educate, shape but he likes it that way. The Innovation & detect inauthenticity a mile away. At MTV, perception, and cultivate a multicultural Entrepreneurship master's grad is the we strive to be as authentic and transparent NASCAR community. "I love what I do and co-founder of Rock the Base, a live as possible.” the opportunity I have to change people's entertainment touring company that perception about the sport.” produces shows on military installations, and the founder of Smartpreneur, an entrepreneurship development agency.

Jaune started Rock the Base after he graduated from college, but he realized he needed more education to successfully run the company. He enrolled at Full Sail and created a new business model with an entrepreneur's roadmap. The result was Smartpreneur.

"Smartpreneur is about SMART criteria: specifi c, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely Emma Fuller Lamont Buford [goals]," he says. "We help entrepreneurs from Assistant Accountant Vice President of Entertainment ideation to implementation." The Crown, Mary Poppins Experience and Production Returns Seattle Kraken Jaune is continuing to scale his businesses with live streaming elements and online classes. Ziggy Chareton Victor Banegas Director of A&R Spanish Social Media Island Def Major League Baseball From blockbuster fi lms and Hall of Fame games to GRAMMY-winning , our Hall of Fame alumni have made huge impacts in their industries – and the Full Sail community.

Six new graduates are chosen for the Hall of Fame each year, and every year, we celebrate their accomplishments through a weeklong event complete with educational panels, entertainment, and more.

Check out just a few stories about some of our Hall of Fame inductees’ recent work.

Leslie Brathwaite After leaving home to attend Full Sail, Leslie Recording Arts graduated from the Recording Arts program in Award-Winning 1992 and made his way up to Atlanta. It was there Mix Engineer that he started assisting producer , earning credits on albums like Boyz II Men's II and Mix engineer and Full Sail Hall of Fame inductee 's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. He's still Leslie Brathwaite has built a career working with based in Atlanta today, where he continues to established, top-tier artists like , craft his signature sound and grow his Outkast, and Jay Z, as well as on explosive debuts admirable résumé. like 's hit fi rst album, Invasion of Privacy.

Culley Bunker Digital Media Skulley FX Digital Media graduate Culley Bunker is the founder and lead visual eff ects artist at Santa Monica postproduction studio Skulley FX, where he performs digital clean-up on a variety of media. Culley’s credits include television and fi lm such Gary Rizzo Darren Lynn as and Donnie Darko, music Recording Arts Bousman videos including Little Nas X’s “Old Town Tenet Film Road” and ’s “,” Spiral commercials, and more. Gary Rizzo propelled a childhood love for fi lmmaking into an award-winning career As the director of Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, as a sound re-recording mixer. The 1993 and Spiral, has made Recording Arts grad has worked on the audio a name for himself in horror, a genre he's for over 200 fi lm projects, including How to been fascinated with since elementary school. Train Your Dragon, Enchanted, and Tenet. He is The 2000 Film grad moved to Hollywood a two-time Academy Award winner for Best after graduation and worked as a production Achievement in Sound Mixing, once in 2010 assistant while writing his own scripts and for his work on , and again in 2018 for pitching them to studios. After a few years, his work on Dunkirk. He been nominated three one of Darren’s scripts, The Desperate, was additional times for Interstellar, The Dark Knight, sold and turned into Saw II, and Darren was and The Incredibles. Gary is also a frequent given the opportunity to direct. The fi lm was a collaborator with — he’s huge success at the box offi ce, and Darren has worked on all of the director's fi lms since directed all of the other fi lms in the successful Batman Begins. franchise, including the latest, Spiral. entertainment | media | arts | technology

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