-={ M I K E J I T T L O V }=- 902 North Maltman Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026-2714 "Challenging Reality since 1958" Phone: (323) 665-2669 Email: mikejittlov@gmail.com WWWeb: http://www.wizworld.com FILM AND VIDEO CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Producer/Director/Writer/Video/Editor/Special Effects/Composer/Star - The Hiking Viking, an epic video walkumentary series Producer/Director/Writer/Cine/Editor/Special Effects/Composer/Star - The Wizard of Speed & Time, award-winning feature film Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor/Composer/Actor - EPCOT Imagination Preview, for Walt Disney Productions Inc Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor/Animator/Composer/Star - The Disney Channel Satellite, Disney Channel Inc Producer/Director/Writer/Editor/Special Effects/Animator/Composer/Star - The Wizard of Speed and Time, award-winning short Producer/Director/Writer/Editor/Star - the Camera Wizard sequences, for the Walt Disney/NBC Special, Major Effects Producer/Director/Writer/Animator/Editor/Star - all three Mouse Mania sequences on the Disney/NBC Special, Mickey's 50th Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Animator/Editor/Star - Time Tripper, a live-action and special effects showcase Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Animator/Editor/Actor - Animato, award-winning live-action & animation showcase Producer/Director/Writer/Star - Weightless Love sequence for The Future - What's Next, NBC Special for Alan Landsburg Prods Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Animator/Editor - Swing Shift, special effects promotional for Broadway/Hale Corporation Director of Special Effects/Animator/Actor - Space Mountain, the national TV commercial for Disneyland and Walt Disney Prods Director/Cinematographer/Animator - created the Universe for Black Hole Monsters, Walt Disney syndicated TV science-special Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor - Come Home to Valencia, created the corporate promotional for Valencia Land Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor - New Wave Communications, created the New Wave corporate promotional Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Creative Visual Systems, created the CVS corporate promotional Director of Animation/Actor - Random House Encyclopedia, national TV commercial for Liberty Pictures Incorporated Actor/Special Effects - stop-motion-acted as the Dark Spirits in Ghost, mega-hit feature film for Paramount Pictures Director of Animation/Animator - all kinestasis sequences in All That Glitters, a documentary for Filmline Productions Director of Animation/Animator - special kinestasis finale sequence in US Art - The Gift of Ourselves, for Universal Prods Graduate of UCLA - with special dual BA in Motion Pictures and Television Production & Direction (But wait, there's more!) A FEW HONORS: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Winner of the Grand Prize, at the Aspen Film Festival - Four-time Nomination Finalist for the Academy Award, Short Subject Winner of the much-harder-to-get President's Academy Award, from the Academy of Science Fiction and Fantasy Films Winner of both the IFPA Gold Cindy (First Prize) and IFPA Special Achievement Award - Winner of two CINE Golden Eagle Awards Winner of the Norman McLaren ('Disney of Canada') Award for innovative animation, at the Chicago International Film Festival Winner of the California Cinemedia Film Festival, for three years in a row - and then chosen to produce Festival's PR film Winner of the First Prize (and first winner) at the First Annual Los Angeles Film Festival - check presented by Mayor of L.A. Winner of the First Prize in Experimental Animation, at the Miami International Film Festival Winner of the Award of Excellence as Motion Picture Producer, Writer, and Director, from the Hollywood Film Advisory Board Winner of the Entertainment Weekly Critics' Award as creator of One of 1989's Ten Best Videos - etcetera, and so forth ADMISSIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hecto-Hyphenate Auteur - worked in over 130 film production jobs (unofficial world's record) (more than Lucas, Spielberg, and Jerry Lewis combined) to create The Wizard of Speed and Time, 35mm theatrical feature & critically acclaimed 'cult-classic' Co-starred with Mickey Mouse on Disney's NBC-TV Anniversary Special - animated the first stop-motion Mickey Mouse (plus 1000 more Disney character toys) marching throughout a psychologist's office - created the original Disney Channel Satellite Films chosen as Openers and Finales for the Los Angeles Film Exposition - produced the only film ever shown 5 times at FILMEX Films presented at the IFPA and SMPTE conventions as 'state-of-the-art' in animation & effects (and made without computers!) Filmed NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper and scientist Durk Pearson in LearJet zero-gravity freefall - reprised for NBC's special, The Future, directing and co-starring in zero-G with Hollywood stuntwoman Mary Peters (stop smirking, this is all true!) Ghost-starred as the entire troop of Avenging Spirits in Paramount's smash-hit feature, Ghost (go ahead, check the credits!) Gave the historic, first-ever presentation of silent movies over the radio - on Los Angeles' beloved Hour 25 show, radio KPFK Gave the first magic show at Hollywood's Magic Castle - West-Coast creator of the Smiley Face in 1965 (and not Forrest Gump) Climbed Norway's Virgins (tall snowy peaks) (mountains) without equipment or wits, and signed the guest-book at the summit Bungied off Europe's highest bridge, just missing a midlife crisis - Bicycles through Hollywood without weapons or body-armor Hypercreative icon-star of his own InterNet newsgroup Alt.Fan.Mike-Jittlov, with international subscribership of 70,000 ('96) Listed by Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Entertainment, and the Greater Los Angeles Phone Directory using his real name Featured articles written for American Cinematographer (front cover), Starlog Magazine, Fantastic Film, Comicbook Marketplace Talkshow appearances on CBS (Two On the Town, Noontime, It Takes All Kinds), NBC (Entertainment Tonight, Everywhere), ABC (Eyewitness News, The AM Show), KWHY (Cindy), KSTU (Weekday), KCOP (Beat the Odds), KTTV (Ben Hunter) and PBS/NET Standing-room-only presentations, demonstrations, dedications, personal appearances, autographings, photo-opportunities and Guest of Honor at countless film festivals, sci-fi & fantasy conventions - across America, as well as the civilized world SRO guest lecture-presentations at Harvard, MIT, UCLA, USC, Caltech, and many other very impressive educational institutions Folds paper money into amusingly animated shapes - Whistles three octaves on key - Won't frighten children or small animals Movie star, world traveler, thrill-seeker - and yes, Living Legend - yet he's still surprisingly humble (& availably single) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) 2001 BY MIKE JITTLOV * IN STEREO WHERE AVAILABLE * SAFE WHEN USED AS DIRECTED * OBJECTS MAY BE LARGER THAN THEY APPEAR