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Mike Levine is the President and Founder of Pileated Pictures and HappyGiant, and veteran of LucasArts, currently living in Western Massachusetts. He is currently making the AR game, "HoloGrid: MonsterBattle", with Phil Tippett, Academy Award winning Visual Effects Artist, and creator of the famed "HoloChess" scene and many morefrom Star Wars and other classic films - for mobile first and next-gen platforms.
Michael has been working with interactive and digital media for over 20 years. He is currently CEO, founder and Creative Director of HappyGiant and Pileated Pictures, focused on creating immersive Augmented Reality experiences and tools for mobile and the next generation of headset devices. Mike spent his early years in San Rafael, California at LucasArts Entertainment, George Lucas' gaming and software division. Mike ran the FX group there, sat on the Technology Council at Skywalker Ranch, and oversaw compression, compositing, and video, and developed several art production techniques on classics such as Sam & Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle, The Dig, Rebel Assault 1 and 2, and Jedi Knight: The Force Within. In 1997, Mike left LucasArts to form Puffin Designs, a software company founded by Scott Squires of ILM, Lucas Effects Division. Mike was Product Marketing Manager for the award-winning program Commotion, and ran the Engineering, Quality Assurance and Tech Support teams at the company at various points. Mike has spoken on numerous trade show panels such as Macworld New York and San Francisco, and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).
Specialties: Augmented and Mixed Reality, Business Development, Game Development, Producing, concept creation, project management, writing, tech skills.
