Raleigh, NC 919-961-6063 David Franks [email protected]

SAMPLES: https://www.youtube.com/user/davidvfranks/videos https://www.behance.net/dfranks PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S.Animation Sales Inc - Raleigh, NC 2012 to present Art Director Design and develop graphic design, motion graphics, educational programs and entertainment for the broadcast, entertainment, edutainment, educational, scientific, virtual simulations, print, web and mobile industry.

Living Arts College - Raleigh, NC 2014 to 2015 Animation Production Supervisor Design and Develop Educational Training Programs and Print and Digital Marketing Material supporting Animation, Gaming and Marketing.

LEGO - Louisville, CO 2011 to 2012 Lead Animator Created compelling character animation and cinematics, supporting a team of animators to produce compelling content for LEGO Universe MMO utilizing Agile Development. Prototype pipeline for mobile/web game dev.

Raydon - Port Orange, FL 2007 to 2011 Art Director Developed Serious Games for the Department of Defense military simulations. Agile development ensuring that milestones, quality, style and functionality are consistently met for each project.

Redstorm Entertainment - Raleigh, NC 2004 to 2006 Senior Animator / Senior Modeler Created motion capture and keyframe game animations using Motionbuilder and Max, maintaining the realistic motion of soldier warfare. Created cinematics for use in game and marketing purposes. Modeled world objects, textures, and sky boxes for levels. Assisted animators and artists to improve efficiency and further improve skills.

5000FT - Reno, NV 2003 to 2004 Animation Director Creative animation development of “Daredevil”, a licensed Marvel property. Oversaw the internal and external development and implementation of all animation assets. Trained and mentored animators, establish production pipeline, developing style guides, animation sheets, scheduling, and quality control.

Atari - Midway Games - Milpitas, CA 2001 to 2003 Art Director Responsible for the art creation, artists and art scheduling for internal and external development teams. Created tools and procedures for development pipeline. Managed and scheduled work assignments for multiple teams of artists and animators, while balancing the budgets with each production schedule. Ensured final artwork was of the highest quality while maintaining the design goals of each project.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE VR1 / Jaleco - Boulder, CO 1996 to 2001 Lead Artist / Senior Animator Created artwork and animation for real time 3d massive multi-player online games, and console games. VR1 was once termed the world’s largest massive multi-player, online game developer. Oversaw and assisted with the production of artwork and animation development, create real time cinematics. Developed a first release 3rd person Action Adventure game, for the initial release of Microsoft’s X-Box.

Magnet Interactive Studios - Washington, DC 1995 to 1996 Art Director Established the look and feel of “Highlander: The Immortals”, a real time 3D game. Directed a team of artists to fulfill the visual requirements. Created low poly 3D characters, animation, and game environments.

Random Games - Cary, NC 1994 to 1995 Art Director Produced and directed the creation of art and animation for PC CD-ROM games, third person strategy games and casino games. Managed a staff of five artists during development.

CyberKids (1993 to 1994) - DVFranks (1985 to 1993) - Raleigh, NC 1985 to 1994 Owner / Art Director Produced 3d animations for television, video and virtual simulations. Clients included television stations, Banks, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles, U.S. Government Agencies and the U.S. Army. Designed, developed, published and marketed six clip art software titles to distributors, retailers and end users.

Memorex Raleigh, NC Senior Illustrator 1984 to 1993 3M Raleigh, NC Contract Artist 1984 to 1989 ArtTech Raleigh, NC Architectural Illustrator 1983 to 1984 Monroe Emery Raleigh, NC Ad Agency Artist 1981 to 1983

EDUCATION and DEVELOPMENTAL COURSEWORK

BFA Communication Arts Coursework East Carolina University Greenville, NC Excellence in Management and Leadership Skills Rockhurst University Atlanta, GA Skills for Supervising - Excellence in Leadership Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Leadership Management Training Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Total Quality Management Training Memorex Raleigh, NC

David Franks ADDENDUM HONORS and AWARDS BAFTA Award - GAME of the YEAR Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter BAFTA Award - Excellence in Technical Achievement Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ISO 9000 Certification 2009 - 2011 Assisted in Acquiring/Maintaining Certification Guest Speaker - Broadcast Animation N. C. State University Master’s Design Lab Best Children’s Short Subject Silver Sprocket International Film Festival Best Animated Short 5th Annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival Best Animated Short Winchester County Film Festival Society for Technical Communication Gold Award - Illustration United Way of Wake County Gold Award - Graphics Division East Carolina University Mascot Designed and Created Pirate Mascot

GAME DEVELOPMENT ATARI Centipede: Origins iOS, Android RedBull: Urban Futbol iOS, Android RedBull: Street Style iOS, Android Antique Shop: Book of Souls iOS, Android LEGO Universe MMOG Train Your Brain Facebook Ghost Recon “Advanced Warfighter 2” X-Box 360, PS3 Ghost Recon 3 “Advanced Warfighter” X-Box 360 (First Release), PS3 Rainbow 6: Lockdown PS2 Ghost Recon 2 PS2 Ghost Recon 2 “Mission Pack” X-Box Daredevil, The Man Without Fear PS2, X-Box, Game Cube Gladiator, The Crimson Reign PS2, X-Box, Game Cube Night Caster X-Box (First Release) Dark Continents MMOG Backyard Baseball PS2 Maximum Risk Multi-Player Online Axis & Allies Multi-Player Online Nomads of Klanth AOL/MMOG Highlander PC CD/ROM Wages of War PC CD/ROM Vikings PC CD/ROM Island Casino PC CD/ROM Casino Tournament of Champions PC CD/ROM VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT SimCore GT Ground Force Warfare Soldiers & VDGT- TVirtualraining Door Gunnery SupportUH-60 Blackh Craft awk 50 Cal IGT TIndividualrainer Gunner Skills HMMWV MRAP Mine Protected Clearance Buffalo MRAP VehicleVT Vehicle Virtual JEERV & Talon VRCT TVirtualrainers R oute Clearance RG31, HUSKY Trainer