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Dov Jacobson |
Credits (partial) |
resume |
Except as noted these are
all commercial releases for which Dov had the principal creative
responsibility.
| Vanilla Coke Mystery |
Online Detective Game |
Coca Cola |
| Designer, Producer |
Character driven mystery game with TV tie-in and hefty SQL technology |
| Death Race 2000 |
Gamelette |
Starlight Theaters |
| Artist |
A little email promo for the Roger Corman classic - part of Atlanta's hip Drive Invasion festival. |
| Pop Quiz |
Multiplayer Online Game |
CokeMusic.com |
| Designer, Writer |
Avatar -based competitive rhyming slam for large Atlanta soft drink bottler. |
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Mouse
Performance |
Research and Development |
National Science Foundation |
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Principal Investigator |
Mathematical examination of nuances
in human interface to test an innovative hypothesis. |
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Avant
Guard |
Military Research Project |
United States Air Force |
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Leader |
Fly-ahead,
Look-ahead, protection for moving convoy,
adaptive level of autonomy, sensor management |
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Swarmada |
Military Flight Simulation -
and Interactive DVD |
United States Navy |
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Leader |
Swarm intelligence for UAVs; with
distributed autonomy, terrain management; adhoc networking |
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New World Towers |
Motion Graphic |
Design For Freedom project |
|
Artist |
A personal reflection as the dust
settled. |
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Flash & XML |
Technology Book |
Addison Wesley Professional |
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CoAuthor |
Advanced technology for very
responsive Internet games. (350
pages November 2001) |
in
production
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Meba |
Online arcade-style game |
Uproar.com (Vivendi
Universal) |
|
Directing Producer |
First Flash game on Flipside
Network. |
preproduction
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House
Party |
Episodic Game |
Planned Parenthood Foundation |
|
Directing Producer |
Q&A game told in daytime
drama form presents sexual dilemmas to young women |
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Inspecta
Collect |
Email Twitch Game |
MCI (1-800-COLLECT) |
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Executive Producer |
New approach to online gaming
includes viral and opt-in components. Stars Mr T |
completed
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Fetch! |
Online twitch game |
The ASPCA |
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Directing Producer |
Yahoo Site of the Day, Macromedia
Site of the Day |
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I See Sue |
Win/Mac CDROM |
Simon & Schuster |
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Directing Producer |
Kids’ dinosaur game. Fun game and
museum quality. Stars Danny Tamberelli |
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Manitoba,
Azula, etc |
Mascot Animals |
The ASPCA |
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Directing Producer |
Yahoo Site of the Day, Macromedia
Site of the Day |
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Reign
of Ronin |
Realtime Multiplayer Game (Java) |
Big Fun |
|
Executive Producer |
Samurais battle to conquer the
Empire of Japan. Patent pending revenue system |
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24
Carrots |
Animated XML Quz Game |
The ASPCA |
|
Directing Producer |
Password turns app into web-based
XML game editor - easy game updates! |
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New Service Launch |
New E-commerce technologies |
AT&T Consumer Marketing (NJ) |
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Creative Technologist |
Designed approach to exploit
strengths of AT&T and hide her appalling weaknesses |
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OneRing |
Personal Messaging system |
AT&T Labs (Palo Alto) |
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Creative Technologist |
Prepared creative
technology/business plan for AT&T’s CTO |
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Pie
Jackers |
3D Cartoon Game (DirectX) |
Simon & Schuster |
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Directing Producer |
Head-to-head pizza-delivery race.
Stars Cheech Marin and Cyndi Lauper |
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Red
Hot & Blue |
DV Installation |
TCM & Smithsonian Institute |
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Designer / Producer |
Interactive video explores
history of American Musicals |
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Dinotopia |
Fantasy Adventure |
Turner |
|
Directing Producer |
Rich in characters (human &
dinosaur), dramatic special effects, and humor.
"A-" Entertainment Weekly; "Editors
Choice" PCGamer; "Gotta have" USA Today
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Pagemaster |
Juvenile Adventure |
Turner |
|
Executive Producer |
Literary exploits with MacCauley
Culkin character. "Top 20 of the Year" Family PC |
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Gettysburg |
Multimedia Battle Sim. |
Turner |
|
Directing Producer |
Combined Ted Turner's movie, battle
engine and original Shelby Foote narrative.
"A-" Ent. Wkly. "best multimedia battle
sim" PCGamer; "Must see.." USA Today
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Toon Jam |
Cartoon Creativity Kit PC CDROM |
Cartoon Network |
|
Executive Producer |
Synchronized dancing and
storytelling with cartoon character set |
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Cuckoo Clock |
Flintstones Desktop companion |
Hanna Barbera license |
|
Directing Producer |
Cuckoo sounds hours and delivers
reminders. Funny gags. Stars Jonathan Winters |
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The Mask |
CDROM |
New Line Cinema |
|
Executive Producer |
Win Seven-module screensaver and
reminder system |
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Screen Lovers |
Desktop Utiility |
Turner Classic Movies |
|
Directing Producer |
Extremely romantic tour-de-force...
exploiting TCM library of love movies. |
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NFL’s Greatest Hits |
Sports Multimedia |
NFL license |
|
Executive Producer |
Interactive presentation of video
clip highlights from 75 years of pro football |
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Jetson Hosts |
On-board Help Agents on OS/2 Launch |
IBM |
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Creative |
Pitched idea up and down to Armonk.
They chose "Warp" campaign instead. Bah! |
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The Cyberiad |
Television Cartoon 12 minute pilot |
seen on NBC |
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Directing Producer |
First computer-made cartoon to air
on American Saturday Morning TV |
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Release 1.0 |
Art Video |
seen at SIGGRAPH |
|
Directing Producer |
Tour-de-force of abstract computer
animation. Popular in NY Club scene. |
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Everybody's
... Home |
Juvenile music video |
Lightyear Entertainment |
|
Animator/Producer |
Popular kid's performer Bill
Schontz (Rosenschontz) cavorts in kid art come to life! |
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Human Vectors |
Art video / Music video 2:45 |
Won MTV music video award |
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Animator/Producer |
Desperate NY night life. Executed
on $50 toy. |
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Nimble |
Vector Animation Tool for Artists - |
Proprietary 3-bus; 3-processor
platform |
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Inventor/Project Mgr |
2-D animation tool with innovative
and empowering new design (FLASH in 1989) |
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Artwork Suite |
Software Tools for Artists |
West End |
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CoAuthor |
Popular artist-oriented software
suite. Innovative interface. High performance. |
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Luna Tic |
Arcade action game |
TVIS (Time Inc online system) |
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Directing Producer |
Twitchy outerspace. Grand-slam home
run HIT in test market! |
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Party Robot; etc |
Programmable robot friend |
TVIS (Time Inc online system) |
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Producer, Researcher |
One of many "telesoftware"
offerings: online services, games & toys. |
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Universal Rhythms |
science film |
Esparza / Katz Productions |
|
Writer / Animator |
Study of rhythmic phenomena from a
physicist's perspective. |
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COSMOS |
science television |
PBS |
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Animation Designer |
Carl Sagan's epic TV series and
book |
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Atomic Castle |
Coin-op Video Game |
Laser Games |
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Animation System |
First person shooter set in very
creepy Scottish castle. |
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Mike Builds Shelter |
Arcade Video Game |
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Designer/Producer |
Shows in 20 museums and Castelli
Gallery. "First fine-art video game"-NY Times. |
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Trade journals, conferences,
universities |
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| Writer, Speaker |
American Cinematographer, Game
Developer Life, ArtTeco, Multiplayer Games, etc |
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Cover art; illustrations |
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| Artist |
NY Times Magazine, PC Tech Journal,
Byte, Citicorp Annual Report,
etc |
| Skills |
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Lead |
vision, communication,
team-building, corporate cooperation, competitive strategy |
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Pitch |
research, present, negotiate,
relate |
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Direct |
project; technology; creative;
talent |
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Design |
game, graphic, interface |
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Program |
architecture; xml; flash; java; php;
asp; c/c++, assemblers |
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Animate |
cartoon, cel, computer |
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