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Experts Directory
Jason Donati
Chair, Media Arts & Animation
M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology
B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jason Donati is an award winning animator and cinematographer. He is currently the Chair of Media Arts & Animation at The New England Institute of Art in Brookline Massachusetts. Mr. Donati recently published his first book, Exploring Digital Cinematography, with Cengage Delmar Learning. Previously, he has worked as Creative Director for Kaon, Inc., where his team was responsible for the production of photorealistic 3D models and animation in the creation of interactive product tours for Fortune 500 consumer electronic companies. Prior to that, Jason was Director of 3D at Animation Technologies, Inc. in Boston, where he led a team of animators delivering cutting-edge visual solutions for medical and legal visualization purposes.
Jason's personal animated films have been showcased internationally at some of the most prestigious festivals and conferences in the industry, including SIGGRAPH 1999 (Los Angles, USA), SIGGRAPH 2000 (New Orleans, USA), Ani Mundi 1999 (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), Seoul Film Festival 1999 (Seoul, Korea) and ASIFA East 1999 & 2000 (NYC, USA). He holds a BFA in Computer Animation from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MFA from the School of Film & Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology. Jason is a long time member of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM/SIGGRAPH) as well as the Association Internationale du Film d' Animation (ASIFA East).
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