Welcome to the 23rd edition of The Keith Report! Below, you will find information about our alumni’s successes, events happening on campus, student highlights, job postings, and more. If you have something you’d like to see featured in the newsletter, send me an email at Michael@DaveSchool.com.
ALUMNI HAPPENINGS
Check out all of these projects that our graduates have worked on!
The drama series The Regime was released on March 3rd on MAX, and graduate Devin Zoltowski worked on it as a compositor!
The true story of Arthur The King was released in theaters on March 15th, and graduates Jasper Baltzersen and Brendon Green worked on the film!
MLB The Show 24 was released on March 19th, and graduate Doua Phillip Gue worked on the game as an environment artist!
The drama series Palm Royale was released on Apple TV on March 21st and grads Chad Herrada and Ryan Ninko both worked on the series as compositors!
The Netflix series 3 Body Problem began streaming on March 21st, and grads Evander Major and Riley Brown worked on the show as compositors!
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was released in theaters on March 22nd, and grads Tomi Marie Chiarella, Jessica Chiarella, Racheal Chiarella, and Hugo Gamboa all worked on the film!
The Swedish Fantasy tale of Ronja The Robber’s Daughter began streaming on Netflix on March 28th, and Graduate Leo Pritchard worked on it as a compositor!
Godzilla x Kong was released only in theaters on March 29th! Graduates Selena Farkas, Nicolas Felcyn, and Daniel Perez all worked on the film!
The true(ish) story Musica released on Amazon Prime on April 4th, and grad Bryan Haines worked on the movie!
The crime Noir series Ripley will be released on Netflix on April 4th, and grads Chris Cheng and Nick Dauphanais worked on the series as compositors!
This looks really cool! The Faceless Lady is a VR horror experience for the Meta Quest 3 which releases on April 5th and graduate David Maldanado worked on it!
GRADS WITH NEW JOBS!
Congratulations to Bailey Vaughn, who was just promoted to IPS Designer 1 at KLS MARTIN GROUP!
Congratulations to Shawn Lopez, who was just contracted as a character animator by FIGURE-TEK STUDIOS!
Congratulations to Timothy Fleur, who was just hired as a Sr. Character Artist at NANTStudios!!
Congratulations to Tessa Strebel, who was just hired as an editor at MARKETSCALE!!
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO??
Are you working on a cool project? Have you been recently promoted? Did you land a new job? Send me an email about it, and I’ll feature it here!
SCHOOL HAPPENINGS!
Our latest graduation was just a few days ago, and you can watch the recording here!
A huge thanks to DAVE School graduate Ben Pattersen for speaking to our students a few weeks ago about his journey from student to graduate, to first job, and to being award-nominated for his VFX work on Guardians of the Galaxy 3! Check out his presentation by clicking here!
DAVE School took our students to see Kung Fu Panda 4 since we had several graduates who worked on the film! It’s great to be a DAVE School student!
I was able to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) a couple of weeks ago, and I made some new employer contacts as well as reconnected with existing contacts, including a DAVE School graduate!
Welcome to our new Senior Admissions Representative, Bradley King!
Would you like to be a guest speaker at DAVE School? Do you have at least 5 years of industry experience? Then let me know by sending me an email!
CERTIFIED FRESHER!
A ‘Fresher’ is an artist who is new to the industry, and a Certified Fresher is a recent DAVE School graduate that we are promoting as someone who has the right work ethic, attitude, and skill level to start working immediately!
Beatrice Boechat just graduated from our Virtual Production program, and she is looking for a job as a technical artist! Check out her portfolio here! https://vimeo.com/927768471
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Michael Keith
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THE DAVE SCHOOL
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