Paul R. Hollett Founder / Executive Producer / Creative Director
Paul is a
digital media pioneer with over 25 years of experience in crafting creative electronic
communications. He blends a creative and technical background in animation, graphic design, video, film &
photography with expertise in the latest systems and software
technologies.
Production exposure
across all digital platforms has evolved his veteran outlook on production methods
of seamlessly integrating art, animation,
3D and VR immersive visuals into rich digital interactive user "experiences".
His strategic thinking and innovative content "architecture" has allowed numerous clients to find fresh ways of
marketing and digital branding with fresh and creative interactive media. He has been an innovator in online community development and social networking content.
In addition to forming Light Fantastic Studios, Paul was a founder
of pioneering New Media agencies Arc Studios International and ZStrata LLC with
interactive clients such as Bozell Jacobs, Burson Marstellar, Cantor Fitzgerald, Chase, eSpeed, IDT, Intel, McCann-Erickson, MCI, Merrill Lynch, Paramount, Philip Morris, Poppe-Tyson, Prudential, Simon & Schuster, Sony, Wunderman Worldwide and Young & Rubicam.
Over the years, Paul
has built a virtual Who's Who of interactive media specialists;
a network of talented developers and digital artists, animators,
programmers and writers that further enrich his ability to define and express his clients
vision and critical communications. Past projects have included exhibit
design, event media, game & entertainment content, advertising
& television media, interactive online magazines
and web community development.
Paul holds a BFA degree
in Photography & Multimedia from Arizona State University and has taught digital media design
& production at Pratt/Manhattan and for the Association of Graphic Communications
(AGC). He is a member of ACM/Siggraph, NYNMA, WWWAC and has been on the Computer Graphics Advisory
Committee at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Paul is also an accomplished artist and
photographer who resides on Long Island with his wife
Valerie and two children Lorraine and Steven.
