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 Faculty - Art Direction
Balint Birkas
Faculty: Art Direction (2000)
Studied fine arts. Fifteen years experience as a filmmaker. Career spanning features, theatrical shorts, television, industrials and scores of TV commercials. Credits include: KANGAROO MAN (U.S.-Taiwan), HOMER AND EDDIE, THE HITCH-HIKERS (Eudora Welty short story), SEIKO MATSUDA (Tokyo Broadcasting); commercials for Kellogg's, Colgate, Twinings, BMW, Mars, Puma, Kenwood, Rack Room, among others. Most recent exhibit as an artist: Greensboro, 1999.
Balint Birkas
Dane Krogman
Dane Krogman Faculty: Art Direction (1998)
M.F.A., University of Minnesota. CEO, Artdemo, Inc., scenic design and special f/x company. Films include SILENT STEEL, PSYCHIC MOM, BOUND & GAGGED, DROP DEAD FRED. Commercials designed for McDonald's, Olive Garden, Miller Beer, Seiko and many others. Has many screenwriting awards and optioned scripts. His illustrated book, "Final Sunset, SB-1," is in Japanese publication. Has taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Cal-Poly-Pomona, College of Charleston, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Burton Rencher
Faculty: Art Direction (2001)
Member of Local 876, Art Director’s Guild in Los Angeles. Has worked as production designer, art director and set decorator on a variety of film and television projects. As production designer: MARY JANE’S LAST DANCE, BRUNO, AMBUSHED, SHADRACH, STEPHEN KING’S THE NIGHT FLIER. As art director: KISS THE GIRLS, THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD; BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, RUBY IN PARADISE, BLANK CHECK and STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND (Emmy nomination, Best Art Direction).