ROBERT C. HELLER. 13175 Fountain Park Dr. A-124 – Playa Vista, CA 90094 –
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[email protected]. EDUCATION. Yale University School ...
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EDUCATION Yale University School of Drama, MFA – Design Villanova University, MA – Theater Arts Villanova University, BA – Mathematics
SUMMARY Yale School of Drama graduate with extensive experience in multimedia design, internet project design, creation of promotional websites and promotional materials for motion pictures and television shows as well as development and production design for Broadway, Off-Broadway shows and theme-park design. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Writers Guild of America, West Member 1990Present
SONY PICTURES DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT – 2001 - Present Designer for SonyPictures.com (Columbia Pictures, TriStar and Screen Gems). Responsible for designing motion picture, television and home entertainment promotional websites. Also was the primary designer for SonyPictures.co.uk which launched in August, 2003. CHECKOUT.COM – 1999 - 2001 Lead Artist for the CheckOut Entertainment Network. which developed, maintained and marketed online entertainment destinations including WherehouseMusic.com, CheckOutMusic.com, CheckOutMovies.com, CheckOutGames.com, The Lounge and the Wherehouse Online Stores. ROBERT REDFORD’S SUNDANCE INSTITUTE – 1998 -1999 Producer/Designer for “Sundance Institute” and “Sundance Catalog” Websites. Developed budgets, Request for Proposals (RFP’s), sample artwork, site maps and content for these two websites. THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT – 1997 Website Designer for website at ChildrensInstitute.org for The White House Conference on Child Development. My design was featured by Netscape as a “What’s New and What’s Hot” site and selected as a Gold Site by NetGuide. CBS TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT – 1996 - 1997 Website Designer , created and designed Internet Websites for CBS Specials including “SANTA CLAUS”. Used cells from animators and story material to develop Website as a marketing tool for network Specials. ENTERTAINMENT COMM. NETWORK, Studio City, CA – 1994 - 1997 Designer/Graphic Artist and writer for advertising and promotional materials for television shows and motion pictures. Clients included Paramount Television, Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Fox Television, Buena Vista Pictures, Tribune Entertainment, Hearst Entertainment and Saatchi & Saatchi in New York. DISNEY STUDIOS, WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING – 1993 - 1994 Designer, design and concept development for new attractions, including interactive attractions, for DisneyWorld, Disneyland, EuroDisneyland and TokyoDisneyland. COLUMBIA PICTURES AND RASTAR PRODUCTIONS – 1990 - 1993 Writer or Story Consultant on a number of motion picture and television projects under an overall development deal with Rastar Productions and Columbia Pictures. Projects included “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”, a Columbia Pictures release and “SOAPDISH” which was developed at Columbia Pictures and released by Paramount Pictures. PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, MANHATTAN PUNCHLINE, JUDSON ST. POETS THEATER, YALE REPERTORY THEATER, LA THEATERWORKS Production Designer and lighting designer for over 200 theatrical productions in New York and Los Angeles at these and other theaters. Productions included musicals, dramas, comedies, opera and dance. More detailed credits will be provided upon request.