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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Account Director
Havas Digital
Dubai
2010

Film & New Media Specialist
Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts
2008-2010

Producer, Interactive Designer & Trainer
ReBirth Cinema LLC
1998-Present

Cinematographer & Assistant Director
Clear Channel & HQ Productions
2007-09

Graduate Student Instructor
Hunter College
2002-07

Creative Director
United Nations Development Programme
2004-06

3d Animator & Interactive Designer
New Media Lab
2003-04

Film & New Media Producer & Teacher
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
1999-2003

Marketing & Communications Associate
America Online
1998-99

EDUCATION
MS, Information Sciences & Digital Archives, LIU/NYU 2010
MFA, Integrated Media Arts, Hunter College 2007
BA, Spanish, ASU 1998
BA, Anthropology, ASU 1998

CERTIFICATES & ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
3d Animation & Visual Effects, NYU 2006
New Practices in Performance & Technology, Sarah Lawrence 2003
Apple Certified Trainer, 2004 & 2005
La Universidad de Granada, Espana 1997-98
La Escuela Normal, Ensenada, Mejico 1995

LANGUAGE & TRAVEL
FLUENT - English & Spanish
BASIC - Arabic, French & Persian

FOREIGN WORK
Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Argentina, Ireland, England, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Iran

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It seems that each person has one goal that could be considered on the threshold of possibilities, that is, something a person wants to achieve that may in fact be impossible. For me, this is to make a project in every country, in every language and working with every group. I believe in the KISS* rule so aptly enough, it is to experience everything that life has to offer. One of my professional character traits is thinking big and compromising to make the almost impossible, possible.

Through this pursuit of meeting each language, culture, person, I strive to interact with communities from every country; to influence the context of art and society by immersing myself in the public sphere; and through this exchange of learning and teaching, to produce and share integrated communications. Realizing that there are more then 200 countries, I often call upon another one of my traits, patience ;-).

* KISS - Keep it simple, silly

Mini-Biography

Cortlan McManus was born in Traverse City, Michigan and worked professionally in New York City for more than one decade before moving to Dubai, UAE in 2010.

He has studied in the US, Mexico, and Spain earning Bachelor degrees in Spanish and Anthropology (magna cum laude), a Master of Fine Arts degree in Integrated Media Arts (supported through one of two scholarships awarded to incoming classes of 30+) and is presently completing a Master of Science in Information Sciences. In addition, he has certificates in 3d Animation and Visual Effects from NYU; Latin American Studies from ASU; and New Technologies in Performance from Sarah Lawrence. He has directed and produced films, videos, interactive and social media projects through his production company ReBirth Cinema LLC in more then 20 countries, including Cuba, Yemen, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Spain, Germany, Argentina and in many of the 50 US States. He has produced or co-produced integrated communication, social media and brand awareness projects for clients including, UNDP, Arab Gulf Fund, Clear Channel Communications, New York Public Library, New York State Board of Education, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Minnesota Vikings (American Football style team), Hain Celestial (one of the World's largest natural and organic food companies) as well as Grammy-award winning artists, including Alicia Keys, Patti LaBelle and Sean Kingston. He has interviewed some of the highest ranking UN officials (UNDP Administrator) and Ambassadors (Algerian Mohamed Sahnoun). In addition to English, he speaks Spanish fluently with working knowledge of Arabic, Persian and French.

He is happily married to the woman of his dreams.