CURRICULUM VITAEJoe Velikovskyscreenwriter, producer, game designer & director: Updated: May, 2008 Overview
New/Digital Media Professional Experience 2008 Senior Game Designer, Game Co-Writer, and Producer: JUMPER: Griffin’s Story videogame (Xbox 360 SKU only), based on the Fox movie, developed by Redtribe, published by Brash Entertainment, February 2008. [http://www.jumpermoviegame.com/] 2008 Game Writing and Design consultant to various New Media producers, for The Australia Council and Screen Tasmania. 2007 Senior Game Designer and Game Screenplay Writer, LOONEY TUNES: ACME ARSENAL videogame (on PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360), released worldwide by Warner Bros Interactive, October 2007 in the US, February 2008 in Australia. [http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/acmearsenal/] 2005 Writer/Creator of an EPOC (Electronic Proof Of Concept) mobile phone web-soap prototype, with Australian Film Commission funding, LIFERAFT, 2005. Producer Michael Robertson, Prodigy Films (producer of film Blackwater). 2004-2007 Creative Director of A-Rage Pty Ltd. Producer, Director, Game Designer and Writer on the `Augmented Reality’ game Sky Invaders 3-D which won 2nd Prize for the `Best Unsigned Professional Game’ at the 2004 Australian Game Developers Conference. www.a-rage.com 2004 Mobile-phone comic-strip producer and author,“Dr N. Sayne” launched by m.Net at www.mobster.com.au. (The first exclusive mobile-phone-comic-strip in Australia) 2004. 2003 Co-Game Designer, Saturday Night Speedway, developer Ratbag Games, published by Atari. 2002 Writer/Game Designer on sci-fi action thriller PlayStation2 game, IKON, for Ratbag Games (in turnaround), 2002. 1999-2000 National Games Market Analyst for Australia, Inform Pty Ltd, Sydney (now GfK). Clients included Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and all the members of Australian Visual Software Distributors Association, 1999-2000. Qualifications: . 1991-1993 Bachelor of Arts (Communications Studies) Screenwriting major. University of Newcastle. Distinction average in final year, achieved High Distinctions in the areas of: Screenwriting, Narrative Studies, Screen Studies, and Mass Communication and Society (Graduated 1994). 1993 10-week Community Radio Broadcasting Course, Newcastle Technical College and 2NUR-FM. 1995-1997 2-year fulltime Screenwriting Extension Certificate, The Australian Film, Television and Radio School, North Ryde. (Studied under Script Editor John Lonie (writer, Kokoda), scriptwriting guru Linda Seger, and The Writer's Journey author Chris Vogler. Also developed film scripts with Star Wars & Indiana Jones films producer Robert Watts, and also Australian AFI-winner and Emmy-nominated TV producer, Phillip Bowman during this period.) 1996 Interactive Storytelling Course, AFTRS, tutor Kathy Mueller. 2004 The Business of Creativity, 2-day short course, AFTRS Adelaide. Course tutor John Ossher. 2007 Resilience, 1-day short course, AFTRS Melbourne, course tutor Dr Chris Stephens. Higher School Certificate, Chatham High School, Taree, 1988. Professional TV Screenwriting Credits/Experience 1998 Commissioned with Co-Creator, Adrian Van de Velde, by Fox Studios Australia, to create and develop a 26-episode science fiction TV series, entitled “ODYSSEY 2014” (in turnaround). 1993 Sketch writer, The Comedy Sale!, Channel 7, Taffner-Ramsay Productions, 1993. Professional Feature Film Screenwriting Experience 2007 Feature Film Script, “GOING DOWN”, sold outright. Feature Film Script, developed with South Australian Film Corporation and Film Victoria development funding assistance. Producer: Phillip Bowman (2006 AFI winner and Emmy-nominated for “Mortified” TV series). 2007 4 original spec Feature Film Scripts Optioned. 1995-2000 Professional Script Reader/Assessor for Fox Studios Australia, PolyGram/Universal Studios, and the New South Wales Film and TV Office. Short Films 2007 Writer & Script Supervisor (Continuity) on HERO, 20-min 35mm short film, funded by the NSW FTO. Director Adrian Van de Velde, producer Jamie Hilton [Film was invited into competition at the Edinburgh Film Festival.] 1995-2007 Writer (also Co-writer, and Director) on The Piano Bomb Detective’s Last Case, Rock et Man and many other award-winning short films. These (approximately 20) have screened variously on The Best of Eat Carpet, Foxtel, ABC, SBS, and in many film festivals, including as TropFest finalists, The Adelaide International Film Festival, and Montreal World Film Festival. 1998 Documentary film Treatment, and also Script for 2-minute Trailer for IMAX documentary film, Terminal Torque (on the Isle of Man TT race). Producer: Phillip Gerlach, Total Films. 1993 Production Assistant, John Doyle aka Roy Slaven, 22 min video biography of radio and television broadcaster, screened at Open City Film Festival. Music Production Credits As musician (bass player/guitarist/singer/songwriter), performed live and recorded 2 albums with Newcastle-based band Texas Radio and the Big Beat [for details see http://www.texasradio.com.au] 2002 Listed in The Who’s Who of Australian Rock & Roll. (5th ed) [Five Mile Press, Melbourne 2002], compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara and Paul McHenry. Conference Presentation Papers 2007 `Everyone Loves a Designer’ panel: “The Making of Looney TUNES: ACME ARSENAL”, Freeplay Independent Games Conference, ACMI, Melbourne, organised by NextWave 2005 “Issues in Augmented Reality Game Design”, Freeplay Games Conference, ACMI, Melbourne, organised by NextWave 2004 “A-Rage: Augmented Reality Active Game Engine”, Academic Summit, Australian Game Developers Conference, Melbourne, organised by Game Developers Association of Australia 2002 “Game Writing and Design” The Australian National Screenwriter's Conference in Melbourne, Hepburn Springs, organizer Fiona Gunn. 2001 “Game Design and Writing of ‘IKON’”, Australian Game Developers Conference, Melbourne, Game Developers Association of Australia Conference Panel Appearances 2007 Invited Speaker, Game Design panel, Lab.3000, RMIT Melbourne 2006 Invited Panelist, Digital Media Advisory panel, AFTRS Melbourne, convenor Kathy Mueller 2005 Demonstration of A-Rage game system and `Sky Invaders’ augmented reality game, E-3 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Los Angeles. Featured article appeared in Gamersmark. 2005 Opening Speaker, Launch of 2005 Independent Games Festival, ACMI, Melbourne, for Helen Stuckey. 2003 Panel member/speaker, Spatial Cinematics Forum for the 2003 Adelaide International Film Festival. 2002 Guest speaker “The Future of Sci-Fi in VideoGames” Panel, Addercon 2002, The Adelaide Science Fiction Festival. Guest Lectures 2007 Lectured on “The Making of LOONEY TUNES”, in Bachelor of Arts (Games Graphics Design) RMIT Melbourne, for Adam Nash (also Student Game Pitch Assessment). 2006 Lectured on “Game Design and Writing”, Professional Screenwriting, School of Creative Media, RMIT Melbourne, for Noel Maloney 2005 Lectured on “User Interface Design”, Wearable Computing, School of Computing and IT, University of South Australia, for Assoc Prof Bruce Thomas 2004 Lectured on “Game Design and Art”, Computer Game Art Course, Torrens Valley TAFE, for Christine Sweeney 2004 Lectured on “Game Narrative and the Games Industry”, University of South Australia, Magill Campus, School of Communication, in `Games: Industry, Culture and Aesthetics’ course for Dr Susan Luckman 2000-2002 Lectured on “Videogames History and Game Design & Writing”, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, B.A. (Games Technology) School of Information Technology, for Dr Manolya Kavakli 2001 Lectured on “Game Design and Writing”, Flinders University Adelaide, Screen Studies BA, for Dr Karen Orr Vered Guest tutor in B.A. (Computer Games) at Charles Sturt University, for Dr Manolya Kavakli (Also assessed `Videogame Concept Pitches’ and `Game Story Design’ in same degree). Publications: Benjamin Avery, Bruce H. Thomas, Joe Velikovsky, Wayne Piekarski (2005) ‘Outdoor Augmented Reality Gaming on Five Dollars a Day’ in Billinghurst, M. and Cockburn, A., Eds., Sixth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2005), Newcastle, Australia, pp 79-88. 1998 Researcher - Historical, factual and photograph Meredith Quinn and Andrew L Urban (eds) (interviews by Andrew L Urban), Edge of The Known World - The Australian Film Television & Radio School: Impressions of the First 25 Years, Australian Film Television & Radio School, Sydney, 1998. 308pp. ISBN 1876351012. Publication in Progress: 2008 A Guide to Feature Film Writing: A Screenwriter’s Workbook. A summary of popular contemporary “How-To” Writing Textbooks on Screenwriting. 108 pages. External Thesis Assessments 2005 External Thesis Assessor, University of South Australia, for 2 postgraduate theses dealing with Virtual Reality and Videogames, Supervisor: Associate Professor Bruce Thomas. 2005 External Thesis Assessor, Sydney College of Fine Arts Master of Creative Arts Thesis entitled `The Black Comedy Genre in Feature Films’, (included assessing a feature film script that demonstrated the theories proposed in the thesis). Thesis written by Steve Connard and supervised by John Colette. Media Appearances 1999-2008 Quoted on Videogame Design and Writing issues in many media, including Official PlayStation2 magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and Financial Times. 2006 Feature Story/Interview on `Dr N Sayne’ mobile phone comic strip on Stateline, ABC TV, 2006 2005 The Age article:Dial M for Mobile Movies By Daniel Ziffer - The Age, October 17, 2005 2005 Filter – ANAT magazine – article on Augmented Reality Games. 2005 Pacman Comes to Life news article – BBC News 2005 “Kings of Cool”, Australian Anthill Magazine article 2005 “All The Rage” article on A-Rage, UniSA Online Student news Other Relevant Work Experience 1994 Technical Officer (Video), Department of Communication and Media Arts, University of Newcastle 1994 Taught BA (Communications) Video Students 2-D CG video and titles animation. (2 semesters, 1994) 1993 Student Tutor, Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme, Wollatuka Centre, Newcastle University. Tutoring students at BA(CS) level and also primary school student level. Awards 1993 Winner, Melinda Moore Memorial Award for the Student Contributing Most to the BACS Course, University of Newcastle, 1993. 1997 Winner, ROCKET MAN, the CILECT International Film Schools Congress, Denmark, 1997. 2004 Runner-Up, Best Professional Unsigned Game Award, 2004 Australian Game Developer’s Conference, Melbourne. 2005 3rd prize, IT Secrets Awards, for A-Rage Augmented Reality Game system, 2005. Community Activities 2002 Judge for the 2002 Festival Awards for Writing (Multimedia). 2001-2002 Board member, ARTS SA, a State government funding body which allocates funds to Arts organisations in South Australia. Alex Hurford is the program co-ordinator. 2001 Lecture, “The History of Computer Games”, The Armoury, SA Museum, organised by the Adelaide Computer Society A founder and board member of `Open City, Newcastle’, Australia’s first low-budget feature film festival, which featured international guest, producer Roger Corman. 1994 Director/Cinematographer/Editor – 1-hour documentary, The 1994 Youth Arts & Skills Festival, Newcastle region. Producer Merilyn Hey. 1993-4 Stage Manager, Actor, Director, Writer – Footlice Theatre Co, Newcastle NSW. Company Director Merilyn Hey. Contributing sketch writer, Newcastle University Revues: 1992, 1993, 1994. Directors: Jamie Lewis, Jo Smith, Gavin Derbyshire respectively.
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