My name is Frank… about me..professionally, at least..

I received a BA in Film and Video from UC Santa Cruz in 1998 and was particularly interested in a course entitled Computers in Motion Picture and Video, which integrated digital media with traditional film and video elements. It was in this class where I first experienced the creative potential of multimedia as a powerful tool for artists. I applied this experience towards learning Web design, and soon got a job doing it.

I received my Masters Degree in Broadcast Electronic Communications from San Francisco State in October 2004, again building on digital media design and theory.

Shortly after, I went to work for the Academy of Art University, building a whole new set of skills based on broadcast media content. I was an assistant editor, DVD designer and author, and composer of original music for the On-Air Advertising department.

In addition to the visual arts, I have been a traditional musician for many years, playing trumpet from elementary school through college. I played classical and jazz, and toured the world with the high-school band. As a rock and electronic music fan, I learned guitar and bass soon after. I continue to play with various groups and and record on my own mini-studio as well.

I do tend to pay attention to the look and sound of life in general, and what it all means in the long run. Along with my passions for film, music, and history, I like solving puzzles, traveling, swimming, hiking, hobby art, good food, popular science, and celebrating ridiculously dated pop culture relics , among other things. I have a great wife, Jennifer, who, as it goes without saying, has more than served her tour of duty by putting up with me.

If nothing more, I hope to make people look at things just a little differently after meeting me..not from by the brute force of a fistfight or anything like that, but rather through the exchange of ideas.

Here is the rather popular “Nightmare from 1992: Brian Austin Green” YouTube video made by yours truly a few years back. If you think this is funny, we will probably get along. If not, well, you’ll have to work on that..