Taylor Harrington

Taylor Harrington (born July 31, 1983, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American director and visual effects artist. He is a partner in iam8bit,[1] a production company, marketing boutique and artist collective, along with Jon M. Gibson, Amanda White and Nick Ahrens.[2]

Career

Harrington is currently the co-founder and a former partner and post production supervisor at iam8bit and now has founded a new company called "The Malt Shop". He is a professor in Journalism at the University of Southern California.[3]

Education

While attending the University of Wisconsin with a double major in Film and Sociology, Harrington was approached to direct and star in an extensive commercial campaign for multiple banks in the Midwest. He won "Best in Show" for the direction and conceptualization of the viral portion of the project at the premiere marketing conference in Iowa.

Film & TV

He moved to Los Angeles in September 2008, and began supervising post production supervisor for iam8bit in 2009, where he co-found the film and production side of the collective, with projects including Capcom's Mega Man Universe.[4] and short film My Barista[5].[6] He is a self-taught editor and visual effects artist, with specialities in motion graphics and title sequences.

Commercials/Virals

Books

References

  1. Mike Schramm (2011-08-12). "Super iam8bit debuts Los Angeles gallery space, begins month-long art show". Joystiq.com. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  2. "iam8bit (Official Website)". iam8bit. 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  3. http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/soc_archive/soc/term-20151/course/jour-527/
  4. "Mega Man Universe trailer". GameTrailers. February 22, 2016. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  5. Harrington, Taylor. "Director". imdb. Amazon. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  6. Taylor Harrington at the Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2011-08-16
  7. "Capcom creating Mega Man Universe". GameSpot.com. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  8. "Exclusive: The Lost Mega Man Commercial". GameTrailers.com. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  9. "SUPER iam8bit: More Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the '80s". Amazon.com. 10-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-01. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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