Paul Marino
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Paul Marino is an award-winning film director, producer, animator, voice actor, and author currently focused on machinima, the art of using engines from computer and video games to create films. He is a co-founder and the executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS), a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to promote and organize the growth of machinima.[1] Marino also co-founded the ILL Clan, a machinima production group, and, working under the pseudonym ILL Robinson, helped to create a number of the group's machinima pieces. In particular, he directed Hardly Workin', an August 2000 comedy video that won a Best in SHO award in Showtime's alt.SHO.com Alternative Media Festival, held on February 8, 2001,[2] and an award for Best Acting at the AMAS's 2002 Machinima Film Festival.[3]
Independently of the ILL Clan, Marino has worked on other machinima projects. Using Valve Corporation's first-person shooter Half-Life 2, he created I'm Still Seeing Breen, a 2005 music video set to Breaking Benjamin's song "So Cold". The video aired on MTV2's television program Video Mods.[4] He has worked with Rooster Teeth Productions on their Sims 2 machinima series, The Strangerhood, as both a voice actor and a visual effects designer.[5] Working with Rooster Teeth, he also helped to develop Strangerhood Studios, a short spin-off series commissioned in 2005 by the Independent Film Channel.[4][5] Strangerhood Studios was the first machinima series to be commissioned for broadcast, and won an award for Best Editing at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival.[6]
Marino has also written the first book about machinima, entitled The Art of Machinima. Prior to his work in machinima, Marino was an animator who won an Emmy Award for his work with Turner Broadcasting System.[7]
[edit] Machinima filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Apartment Huntin' | Animator, assistant director, editor |
| 2000 | Quad God | Strollick (voice) |
| 2000 | Hardly Workin' | Director, producer |
| 2003 | Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook | Technical director |
| 2004 | Larry & Lenny on the Campaign Trail | 3D characters, animation |
| 2005 | I'm Still Seeing Breen | Director, editor |
| 2005 | Strangerhood Studios | Visual effects |
| 2006 | Red vs Blue Season Four | Visual effects |
| 2006 | The Strangerhood Season One | Elder Sam (voice), visual effects |
[edit] References
- ^ Marino, Paul (October 6, 2004). The Wonderful World of Machinima. G4 Media, Inc. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ "Workin'" named Best in SHO (PDF). Hollywood Reporter (February 9, 2001). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results. Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc (August 19, 2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-15.
- ^ a b Machinima Theater. Austin Game Conference. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ a b Rooster Teeth Productions (2006). The Strangerhood Season One [DVD]. Buda, Texas: Rooster Teeth Productions.
- ^ Mackie Winners Announced!. 2005 Machinima Film Festival (November 13, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ "Panelists/Presenters. Signal Noise 2k5: creative revolution?. Harvard Law School. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
[edit] External links
- The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences website
- Thinking Machinima, Paul Marino's blog on machinima
- The ILL Clan official website
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| NAME | Marino, Paul |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Machinima film director, producer, animator, voice actor, and author |
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