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| The MPE Art & Set Department |
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| The Art Department of
MPE houses Storyboard Artists, Special Effects, Computer Graphic, Conceptual
Design Artists, Set Builders and more. |
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Jack Venturo was born in Lima, Peru on January 9, 1981. He came to the United States in March 1990 he attended the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (P.C.C.A) in St. Petersburg, Florida where he pursued a wide range of visual arts including photography, oil painting, welding, molding, rendering, sketching, design, sculpture art history and film history. Jack held an art exhibition in March of 2000, entitled "Fear", which dealt with horror and its portrayal in motion pictures. Jack also is the writer/director of all the movies and President of MPE. Read full Bio HERE. |
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Justin was born in New York in 1982. He took up art in St.Petersburg, Florida. He entered the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (P.C.C.A) and majored in all forms of Visual Arts from photography, painting, art history to welding, molding and sculpture. He had an art exhibit on February of 2000 and was given several awards for his work including the Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts award, the Golden Art Bin award, Gold Key award from scholastic and a Merit award from Artistic Discovery. Justin graduated The Ringling School of art and design and works everyday on his company Stellar Illustration. Currently he lives in Florida with his wife Molly and their daughter. Click HERE to E-Mail Justin. |
Identical twin brothers James Dastoli and Robert Dastoli created their own computer generated effects and filmmaking company, Dastoli Digital LLC in 2008. The next year, the brothers directed, shot and edited their first feature length film: the buddy-road-trip comedy "Who Stole the Electric Car?" Prior to starting their own company they worked for Two Headed Monster, a visual effects company based in Los Angeles. During that period they worked on various computer generated car advertisements for companies like Ford, Nissan and Hyundai. They also created photorealistic renderings for the science-fiction action project "Siren 7". The Dastoli brothers have won numerous awards and have worked on several projects including the Redesign of the MPE Intro Logo. Click HERE for their official
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Jim Garcia was born in New Britain, Connecticut on October 6th 1959.
His father was a sailor and his mother was born the daughter of a poor
polish immigrant. Jim moved to California when he was five years old.
In 1986 Jim and his brother Gerry Garcia started a small tile business
called "J & G Tile" it was there where Jim developed his
interest in construction, carpentry and design. Jim came aboard Moviegod
Productions Entertainment in March of 2006 as the Set Construction Manager.
His first order of business was the re-design and re-model The MPE Studios,
editing stations and media storage. Click HERE to E-Mail Jim. |
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Educated in the fine arts, stage design, and animation, Jacob Turner is a London based artist and illustrator working with traditional art methods, and computer imaging. Before becoming an Illustrator for MPE Jake worked as an animation director and designer for LKW Studios, concept design for Atomic Powered Games, set designer for the Orange Tree Theatre, illustrator for a series of independent comic books, and is currently illustrating his first series of self penned children's stories. Click HERE to E-Mail Jacob. |
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