"I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF POIGNANT MOMENTS"---BORN IN STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK. I STARTED WORKING WITH LOCAL BANDS.=
(MANAGING, TECH SUPPORT, AND F.O.H. SOUND.) AND PROMOTING SHOWS AT LOCAL VENUES,=( LAMOUR'S, THE PARK VILLA, THE PLAYPEN, THE BIRCH HILL, J.J. ROCKERS, etc. ) AFTER BEING INSPIRED BY FRIENDS LIKE,
BUDDY GIOVINAZZO,=(CIRCUS 2000 AD, AMERICAN
NIGHTMARE /COMBAT SHOCK, etc.), AND THE LATE JOE SPINELL,=(MANIAC, MANIAC II /MR. ROBBIE, THE GODFATHER,THE GODFATHER II, ROCKY, ROCKY II, NIGHTSHIFT, TAXI DRIVER, etc). AND THE GOD FATHER OF GORE, MR.HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS. I STARTED WORKING ON AND CREATING STUDENT FILMS. (COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND, S.I.C.C.). MY FIRST SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE FEATURED IN THE INDEPENDENT FILM.= THE ORACLE- REELTIME PRODUCTIONS. ALSO CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS AND PROPS FOR PRODUCTION COMPANIES LIKE. BROADCAST ARTS,=(PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE, WAYSIDE SCHOOL, etc), SILVERCUP STUDIOS, & NEW YORKS own TROMA.=( TOXIC AVENGER II, CLASS OF NUKEUM HIGH, etc.) PLUS COMMERCIAL SPOTS FOR,=(McDONALDS, EXXON, MEAD, UNILEVER CORP; THE COCA COLA CO, THE MILLER BREWING CO. etc} I MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR VARIOUS FILMS,=( SHAPESHIFTER, DISNEY'S ALADDIN, CRITTERS lll & CRITTERS lV, CHILDREN OF THE CORN lll, etc.),AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR, =( MEGADETH, DANZIG, NINE INCH NAILS, MADONNA, etc.) ALSO TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LIKE,=( LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, THE BEN STILLER SHOW, etc.) MOVING BACK TO NEW YORK CITY, I WORKED IN MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT, = TOUR MANAGER, PRODUCTION MANAGER, GUITAR-DRUM-KEYBOARD TECH, SOUND ENGINEER ) FOR COMPANIES LIKE,,=( S.S.T./STUDIO SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION, BLACKTHORN ENTERTAINMENT, etc ). WORKING WITH ARTIST LIKE,=( LIVE, LENNY KRAVITZ, KORN, BLUR, OASIS, SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY, TONI BRAXTON, THE TEMPTATIONS, RONNIE SPECTOR, SHERYL CROW, WOODSTOCK 1994, etc.). AND LOCAL ARTIST LIKE, =( BARFLY, CRISIS Of The DAY, KILLENSTIEN, etc). AND ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMPANIES LIKE,= ( TAMA, MAPEX, FENDER, GIBSON, EPIPHONE, E.S.P, DEAN MARKLEY, DUNLOP, ST. LOUIS MUSIC-AMPEG, SEYMOUR DUNCAN, DIMARZIO, etc), I RETURNED TO HOLLYWOOD, WHERE I CREATED OSCAR NOMINATED SPECIAL EFFECTS & SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS FOR FILMS LIKE,= ( VOLCANO, STARSHIP TROOPERS, FACE/OFF, etc.) AND EMMY AWARD WINNING AND EMMY NOMINATED SPECIAL EFFECTS & SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS FOR TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LIKE,= (SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKUP SUPERVISOR for BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER,= THE 1st SEASON & SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKUP SUPERVISOR FOR BABYLON 5 THE 4th SEASON, etc.). HEEDING THE CALL OF THE ROAD IN 1998 AND WORKING WITH ARTIST LIKE,= ( LYNCH MOB, GEORGE LYNCH, PURE 13, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, QUIET RIOT, CANDY DULFER, EARSHOT, BLACK STONE CHERY, FLYLEAF, SALIVA, SKILLET, BENISE, FERGIE, CAT POWER, LENNY KRAVITZ, CHRIS CORNELL, TIMBALAND, KING LOGAN, INTERSCOPE RECORDS, THE SETAI RECORDING STUDIO, TO NAME A FEW. YOU CAN FIND ME NOW TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH YOUR FAVORITE BAND. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!..
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