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ERIC ALBA CONTACT +1-310-947-8502 [email protected] 24LPS.com linkedin.com/in/ericalba

LOCATION Brooklyn, NY

20+ years of experience

Hi, I’m Eric Alba. I enjoy parachuting into unknown territory and finding the best path SENIOR PRODUCER out of the jungle. I’m usually hired as a Head of Production, Senior Producer, The Mill - Emerging Technologies Tellart Experiential Producer, Technical Producer, Supervisor, and Post- HUSH Studios Production Supervisor. The Science Project Method Psyop* I’m a seasoned professional Producer, championing creative and award-winning Blacklist Buck projects for the most prominent brands in the world. I thrive in challenging situations, Digital Kitchen* managing large, multi-disciplinary teams and partners under pressure, and delivering Trollback+ Company* Click3X* on deadline. I’m comfortable with the uncomfortable, managing the unknown. JWTwo Transistor Superfad With 20 years deep knowledge of the design production pipeline, I’m trusted to own Eyeball Charlex projects from concept through delivery. Because of my expertise, I usually serve the role of primary contact for clients, partners, and vendors. I enjoy collaborating with artists, critical thinkers, and technicians to design, prototype, and build immersive HEAD OF PRODUCTION Freestyle Collective spatial experiences both physical and digital. Silicon Illusions Imagineasia Digital Anvil Specialties: Defining scope, Project planning, Technical direction, Visual effects design and POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR supervision, Project management, Team building, Contract negotiation, Mentorship, National Geographic*† Budget and financial management, Resource management, Experiential design and

production, Digital production merging the digital and physical. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR/PRODUCER 1stAveMachine Anonymous Content*† Technical Knowledge/Skills: Art + Commerce Pre-visualization, Prototyping, Post-visualization, Motion-Control camera , Artjail* Blind* Stereoscopic (S3D) camera, 360/Spherical, HFR camera, LIDAR survey/capture, Spherocam, HDRI/Lightprobe capture, , , Click3X* Company 3† 3D geometry scanning, Kinect, Leap, Machine Vision, FCPX, MS Office Suite, Digital Kitchen*† FileMaker Pro, FastTrack Schedule, Omnigraffle, Keynote, Basecamp, 10kft Encore Hollywood† Envy (UK) First Born Brands: HBO (, Boardwalk Empire, )*† American Express, Apple, Citi, AT&T, BBC Worldwide, BlueCross, Charles Schwab, Citroen, Clinique, Coca-Cola, Converse, Logan Dior, DirectTV, , Downey, Dubai Future Foundation, EA Sports, Equinox, ESPN, Estée Lauder, Mass Market ExxonMobil, Fox, , Gillette, GMC, , Hallmark Pictures, , HBO, Hewlett-Packard, History Method *† Channel, HSN, John Deere, John Frieda, Johnson & Johnson, K-Mart, Lowe’s, Lyve, Marvel, Mars Company, MasterCard, The Mill * Merck, Mountain Dew, MTV, National Geographic, NBC, , The Times, Nike, Oppenheimer Funds, MJZ Ntropic* Pampers, Pantene, Paramount, Phizer, PBS, Related, Channel, Showtime, Sonos, Sony, SportsCenter, Sprint, Perception Timberland, Time Warner, TVLand, Under Armour, Universal, UPS, USA Network, Verizon, Viacom, VW, Walmart, X Games, RadicalMedia*† 20th Century Fox Showtime* Xaos† Agencies, Production Companies: Zoic* Anomaly, Anonymous Content, Art + Commerce, The Barbarian Group, BBDO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, DraftFCB, Epoch, Euro RSCG Worldwide, Firstborn, Goodby Silverstein & Partners , Grey Worldwide, GSD&M, Hill Holliday, Hungry Man, J. Walter Thompson, Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners , Leo Burnett, McCann Erickson Worldwide, McGarryBowen, MJZ, Nitro, NSG/SWAT, O Positive, Ogilvy & Mather, Park Pictures, Radical Media, RSA , Saatchi & Saatchi, * An Emmy Award-winning studio TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, Venables Bell & Partners, Wieden + Kennedy † An Oscar Award-winning studio Honors: 2017 Webby Award Winner for & VR: Cinematic or Pre-Rendered: ‘The Modern Games VR Experience 2017 VES Award nomination in the category of Special Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project: ‘Paraíso Secreto’

2015 Webby Honoree for Experience Marketing: American Express Shop Small Hub

2013 Art Directors Club Award (Bronze) for Installation category: Nike: Camp Victory 2013 Bronze Pencil/One Show Award for Environmental / Experiential – Single category: Nike: Camp Victory 2013 Good Design Award for Environments: Nike: Camp Victory 2013 New York Festivals Silver World Medal for Environmental Design category: Nike: Camp Victory 2013 W³ Award Best in Show for Environmental/Experiential, Sports: Treadmill game in Nike: Camp Victory 2013 Communicator/AIVA Award for Interactive Multimedia: Nike: Camp Victory 2013 Cannes Lions Short List for Exhibitions & Live Events: Nike: Camp Victory

2012 Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award for Exhibit / Installation: Nike: Camp Victory

2011 VES Award for Outstanding in a Broadcast Program or Commercial: Boardwalk Empire “Gimcrack & Bunkum”

2007 Climate Change Award at CMS Vatavaran Film Festival Directorate for Best International Program: Strange Days on Planet Earth “The One Degree Factor”

2006 Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design: Strange Days on Planet Earth

2005 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Award for Best People & Animals Program: Strange Days on Planet Earth 2005 Greenpeace Environment Award at Liden Wildlife Film Festival: Strange Days on Planet Earth 2005 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards for Best TV Series (Budget $500,000+) and Best Use of Graphics or : Strange Days on Planet Earth

2004 Panda Award for Best Series at Wildscreen Festival: Strange Days on Planet Earth 2004 Natural History Museum One Planet Award: Strange Days on Planet Earth “The One Degree Factor”

2000 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject: “Dolphins”

1995 Emmy Award certificate for Outstanding Visual Effects in a series: Star Trek: Voyager “Caretaker” 1994 Emmy Award certificate for Outstanding Visual Effects in a television series: Star Trek: The Next Generation “All Good Things…” CONTACT +1-310-947-8502 ERIC ALBA [email protected] 24LPS.com linkedin.com/in/ericalba

EXPERIENTIAL PRODUCER LOCATION of immersive, physical and digital projects Brooklyn, NY EXPERIENCE

2016 - 2018 Experiential Producer - Freelance Recent Clients: The Mill - Emerging Technologies, Tellart Manage all aspects and teams of Experiential projects from concept through deployment phases.

2012 - 2016 Senior Producer, Lead Technical Producer - HUSH; Brooklyn, NY HUSH a multi-disciplinary design agency specializing in immersive spatial and digital environments. Clients: Nike, Under Armour, American Express, Related/Zaha Hadid, Google, Equinox, Sonos, Citi • Define and prepare project proposals and Statements of Work: provide accurate budget bids, phase/ milestone timelines (agile and waterfall) and resource allocations, and develop project scope: (deliverables, schedule and budget). • Lead multiple projects—with budgets ranging from $50 thousand up to $2.5 million—in various phases of production, simultaneously: interactive installations, custom gaming experiences, architectural/environmental design, fabrication, micro-sites, data visualizations, and web applications. • Manage interdisciplinary teams of designers, , researchers, strategists, , developers, architects, and creative technologists. • Define and manage mockup/prototype production for client presentations. • Serve as primary point of contact for high-profile clients/stakeholders to ensure expectations are met and project issues are resolved. • Act as liaison with third party vendors (architects, engineers, fabricators, general contractors, AV technologists, audio designers, event management) to manage estimates, contracts, and agreements. • Maintain open communications between all parties with regular status updates. • Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to all staff members.

2005 - 2012 Freelance Visual Effects Supervisor and Senior Producer; New York, NY Series: Veep, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos. Studios: The Mill, Company 3, Method, DK, and more. On-Set Supervisor of live-action and effects shoots. Designed visual effects with in-camera photography and CGI. , budget, bid, and schedule resources for various commercials, television, and film projects. Managed department of artists under tight deadlines to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables to client.

2003 - 2005 Post-Production Supervisor - Sea Studios; Monterey, CA Post-Production and Visual Effects Supervisor for television miniseries Strange Days on Planet Earth: Season One. Developed and managed post-production workflow, including budgeting and scheduling. Supervised editing, sound, music, mixing, visual effects, color, delivery, and international network distribution of the 4-hour mini- series. Pre-production • Created and managed episodic budgets, timelines, and milestones. • Planned and executed facility build-out: hardware, software, and staff. • Developed shoot & field-recording technical guide for producers and . • Developed post-production pipeline for footage captured by various digital and film formats. • Designed visual effects, animation, and graphics approaches with design team. • Managed third party vendors (visual effects, music composers, , color-correction, dub/traffic).

Production: • Supervised telecine, spot music/sound fx, music development, and mix/dub session. • Supervised visual effects, animation, color correction, graphics package, conform, and titles. • Supervised QC of all domestic and foreign deliverables.

2001 - 2002 Head of Production, Visual Effects Supervisor - Silicon Illusions; Singapore Developed and executed facility expansion with updated hardware, software, and streamlined pipeline.

1999 - 2001 Head of 3D Production, Producer, Consultant - Imagineasia; and Philippines Planned and executed growth of 100+ seat facility 2D & 3D commercial animation and training facility from 12 seats. Developed production & training pipeline with Creative Director and 3D Supervisor and managed all aspects of studio, staff, and its productions. Duties included recruitment, scheduling, budgeting, purchasing, and post-supervision.

PG 1!/!2 version: 180321:18:00 1999 Freelance Visual Effects Supervisor, Producer, Consultant; California at Paramount Digital, Xaos, Bedlam, Encore, Hollywood Digital, and more. Designed and supervised on-set live-action and special effects photography units for visual effects department. Duties included script breakdown, budgeting, making bids, and schedule resources for various commercial and IMAX film projects. Managed department of artists under tight deadlines to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables to client.

1997 - 1999 Facility Visual Effects Producer & Game Art Production Manager - Digital Anvil; Austin, TX As Facility Visual Effects Producer, I worked with the Visual Effects team to build, staff, and manage a 4-seat Visual Effects team to 30+ seats for the Fox feature film Wing Commander. Managed contracted visual effects work for external films. As Game Art Production Manager, I developed an efficient art production pipeline and managed a team of 15 artists and third party vendors to produce assets for 4 x PC game projects.

1995 - 1997 Visual Effects Supervisor - Northwest Imaging and FX; , BC , The X-Files, , Generation-X Designed and supervised on-set live-action and special effects photography units for visual effects department for over 15 television series. As a television department head, duties included script breakdown, budgeting, and making bids for various episodic/MOW projects. Managed department of artists under tight deadlines to ensure timely delivery of projects for network air.

1993 - 1995 Visual Effects Associate: Paramount Television; Hollywood, CA Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Generations Supported Visual Effects Supervisors, producers, and post-production department. Assisted 1st/2nd unit, motion-control, miniature and special effects photography, as well as compositing and online delivery. Developed databases for models and miniature assets as well as special effects elements. Tracked all special effects elements and models. Purchased equipment. Coordinated VFX resources for Paramount licensing and marketing departments. HONORS

2017 • Webby Award Winner for Film & Video VR: Cinematic or Pre-Rendered: The New York Times ‘The Modern Games VR Experience’ • VES Award nomination in the category of Special Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project: ‘Paraíso Secreto’

2015 • Webby Honoree for Experience Marketing: American Express Shop Small Hub

2013 • Good Design Award for Environments: Nike: Camp Victory • Art Directors Club Award (Bronze) for Installation category: Nike: Camp Victory • W³ Award Best in Show for Environmental/Experiential - Sports: Treadmill game in Nike: Camp Victory • New York Festivals Silver World Medal for Environmental Design category: Nike: Camp Victory • Communicator/AIVA Award for Interactive Multimedia: Nike: Camp Victory • Bronze Pencil/One Show Award for Environmental / Experiential – Single category: Nike: Camp Victory • Cannes Lions Short List for Exhibitions & Live Events: Nike: Camp Victory

2012 • Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award for Exhibit / Installation: Nike: Camp Victory 2011 • VES Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial: Boardwalk Empire “Gimcrack & Bunkum” 2007 • Climate Change Award at CMS Vatavaran Film Festival Directorate for Best International Program: Strange Days on Planet Earth “The One Degree Factor”

2006 • Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement In a Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design: Strange Days on Planet Earth 2005 • Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Award for Best People & Animals Program: Strange Days on Planet Earth • Greenpeace Environment Award at Liden Wildlife Film Festival: Strange Days on Planet Earth • International Wildlife Film Festival Awards for Best TV Series (Budget $500,000+) and Best Use of Graphics or Animation: Strange Days on Planet Earth

2004 • Panda Award for Best Series at Wildscreen Festival: Strange Days on Planet Earth • Natural History Museum One Planet Award: Strange Days on Planet Earth “The One Degree Factor”

2000 • Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject: “Dolphins” 1995 • Emmy Award certificate for Outstanding Visual Effects in a television series: Star Trek: Voyager “Caretaker” 1994 • Emmy Award certificate for Outstanding Visual Effects in a television series: Star Trek: The Next Generation “All Good Things…”

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