David Cohn: Qualifications and Experience


Experience:

1/95-present –  Founder and Principal — Eyebright Interactive

6/91-1/95 – Fathom Pictures — Technical Director

Managed the programming department and served as technical contact for this multimedia company. Fathom specialized in interactive multimedia projects which emphasized live action and animated film/video production. Responsibilities included project management, interactive design, researching technical solutions, and graphic/video direction for all in-house projects. Projects included: "Power Hitter," "CD-Coach," "The Maze," "Return to CyberCity," "Skins Game at Bighorn," "Gold Tee at Bighorn." Development included: Macintosh C/C++, Windows C/C++, Macromedia Director, Apple Newton, and CD-I.

11/88-6/91 – CD-I Systems — Technical Director

Developed interactive design and directed programming for CD-I disc "Caesar's World of Gambling," one of the best selling CD-I titles.

3/83-3/88 – IBM — Staff Programmer

1985-88 – graPHIGS development team.
graPHIGS is one of the first industry implementations of PHIGS, a graphics standard emphasizing interactivity and 3-D modeling. Implemented 5080 graphics workstation support and helped design and implement interface extensions.

1983-85 – VM/XA Operating System development.


Education:

3/94 – M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles
Department of Film and Television, Animation Workshop.
Thesis project—an interactive educational exploration of the Middle Ages, using Macromedia Director.

5/82 – A.B., Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction. Double majors in English Literature and Computer Science.


Films:

A Short History of Civilization
4 minutes—Marker and pencil on paper.
1992 UCLA Animation Explosion Film Festival

Meter Unmade
2 minutes—Cubicomp PictureMaker Software.
Card Walker Motion Picture Award
Cinemation 1990 Film Festival

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