Anthony J. Colombo

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2004 - 2006: Director of Kohala Village Productions, LLC:

Kohala Village Productions provides media production services and community outreach for the district of Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii.  Our focus is to support individuals and organizations involved with community building and alternative living.  For the North Kohala Community Development Plan, Anthony acted as the principal director, meeting organizer, video documenter, and Web site designer.

1998 - 2004: Director of 5thWorld:

The 5th World's networking and media services offer education, promotion and creative collaboration for a wide variety of organizations and individuals involved with indigenous culture, sustainable living and environmental education. In addition to collaborating closely with clients and managing projects, Anthony's responsibilities included: all aspects of video production, script writing/editing, Web authoring, information architecting, graphics/interface design and animation.

1994 - 1998: Interactive Multimedia Instructor:

  • Professor at University of Arizona - Media Arts Department, taught Multimedia Design, Production and Ethics classes. (Anthony graduated Magma Cum Laude from University of Arizona after receiving the 1993 Media Arts Creative Achievement Award)
  • Instructor at Pima Community College, taught multimedia authoring and production.
  • Multimedia Instructor for workshops in the Medical Media Department of the Veteran's Hospital.
  • Instructor at an intensive two-week multimedia training workshop for University of Arizona Fine Arts faculty.

1992 - 1998: President of MediaFusion, Inc.:

By uniquely combining the talents of media artists, computer science professionals and content specialists, MediaFusion created highly effective interactive information spaces, including multimedia CD-ROMs, Web sites and educational and promotional videos.


MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTIONS:

Web Sites:

Please visit www.5thworld.net & www.kohalavillage.com for a listing of Web sites designed by Anthony – sites include online video and animation.

Video & Interactive Productions:

  • Director, animator, editor & scriptwriter of Designing the Solarwind Turbine™, a six minute promotional video for Bluenergy, Inc.
  • Director, videographer & editor of Feta & Shiraz – The Salad Years, a mockumentary about two musicians - Stuart Oliver and Katie Toye.
  • Director, videographer, editor & scriptwriter of The Kohala Village Project, a promotional video for an extensive village construction project.
  • Videographer & editor of Hawaii: A Health & Wellness Paradise a promotional video for a health & wellness travel consultant.
  • Co-Director, videographer & editor of The World We Want, a 45-minute interview with futurist Jim Channon at Artesia - Jim's community gathering site and amphitheatre in North Kohala.
  • Producer of a funding-raising video for Crazy Eights Pool Hall & Community Kitchen - Hawi, Hawaii.
  • Videographer & multimedia specialist for Aha Punana Leo Hawaiian language immersion schools – worked on-location at schools across the Hawaiian islands.
  • Producer of Aha Punana Leo's interactive history of the Hawaiian language - produced the user interface, programming & video. The narration and interface can be switched between Hawaiian and English.
  • Producer of Earth Wisdom and Change, a video that introduces the World Wide Indigenous Science Network (WISN).
  • Videographer for Mua Ha'i Kapuna Hale, a Ford Foundation funded documentary involving Keoua, an ancient Hawaiian King, as told through Keoua's descendent Hale Makua.
  • Videographer, script editor and video editor of Building Codes for a Small Planet, an educational DVD video and interactive CD designed to inspire building code officials to support the use of alternative building materials and systems.
  • Videographer and cultural apprentice for the Dan Chee Media Archive Project – recorded "Grandfather" and his teachings for several years.
  • Multimedia producer and programmer for Mission 3R, a multi-platform, animated simulation that teaches the concepts of Reducing, Reusing and Recycling through the virtual experiences of shopping, cleaning and going on a field trip. Funded by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Mission 3R is distributed to elementary schools in Arizona.
  • Multimedia producer and programmer for The Mesoamerican Cultural Code, Volume One, an interactive documentary that examines sexuality, politics and religion in the cultures of Mexico and Central America.
  • Camera operator for the Mesoamerica Cultural Code documentary series - involved on-location filming in El Salvador and Guatemala. 
  • Multimedia producer, videographer and programmer for Saguaro and the City, a cross-platform 57-minute interactive documentary, focusing on the ecosystems and cultures of the Sonoran Desert. Funded in part by Apple Computer, and Arizona Game and Fish (Anthony won the Peter Treistman Creative Achievement Award for this work).
  • Multimedia producer and programmer for Arizona Public Service's Environmental Showcase Home CD, a cross-platform CD ROM and multiple-site kiosk system that reveals, through video and animation, several resource, energy and water efficient home-building techniques.
  • Director of The GRADIUM Advantage, a promotional/educational video for LightPath's Gradium glass. The video is comprised mainly of high-quality 3D and 2D animations.
  • Producer of Tucson Land Development, Who Cares for the Land, a documentary that explores land use in Tucson from social, economic and cultural perspectives.
  • Producer of In Our Hands, a fund-raising/revival video for Saint Francis in the Foothills Church.
  • Producer of Multimedia: A New Era in Education, a documentary examining the role of multimedia in education.
  • Executive producer of The Sabino Experience, a promotional video for tourism and recreation in Tucson's Sabino Canyon.
  • Director of Tucson Water Department's Water-Van video, an animated educational video about ground water and its usage.
  • Multimedia producer and programmer for LightPath Explore! and GRADIUM 101, cross-platform marketing and educational CD ROMs for LightPath Technologies. LightPath is a publicly traded, high-end optics manufacturing company from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Multimedia producer, database designer and Web site manager for Light.Net, a World Wide Web site for LightPath. The site existed entirely in an end-user-modifiable database template system.
  • Video/multimedia producer for two 10-minute interactive laser disk kiosks introducing Nevada's State Parks.
  • Programmer & interface designer for SwitchTracker, a mission-critical inventory, invoicing and job tracking system for Morpac Industries, a industrial switch manufacturer in Seattle and Tucson.
  • Primary programmer & interface designer for PowerStudio, a comprehensive photo and job management database system.
  • Interface & software design consultant for the Fernando Gallego Altar Piece, an interactive CD on the painter, Fernando Gallego.
  • Multimedia producer & programmer for Minerals, Where and Why, Arizona and Minerals, Where and Why, USA, K-12 educational programs about mineral resources - distributed internationally.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
  • 1995: Presented Minerals, Where and Why at Arizona's Minerals in Society Conference, Arizona State University (ASU).
  • 1995: Conducted "Using Digital Media" workshop at the Arizona International Film Festival.
  • 1995: Conducted "Producing Interactive CD ROMs" workshop at the Arizona International Film Festival.
  • 1995: Presented the Mesoamerican Cultural Code at the Peter Treistman Colloquium Series, U of A.
  • 1995: Presented the Mesoamerican Cultural Code at the Third Annual Teaching and Technology Conference, U of A.
  • 1994: Presented paper entitled: "The Saguaro and the City: Developing Interactive Multimedia for Environmental Education" at the National Symposium on Urban Wildlife in Bellevue, Washington.
  • 1994: Presented the Mesoamerican Cultural Code at the Consoling Passions Conference in Tucson, Arizona.
  • 1994: Presented Saguaro and the City at the State of the Art Conference, ASU.
  • 1993: Presented Minerals, Where and Why at the CCIT Education series, U of A.


OTHER ACTIVITIES:

  • 2004 - 2006: Secretary on the Board of Directors for Kohala Community Land Trust.
  • 1988 - Present: Highly enthusiastic student and researcher of indigenous and modern sciences.
  • 1987 - Present: Attended numerous conferences and events for film and multimedia, and have participated in a wide variety of online groups.
  • 1994-98: Vice President of To All of Our Relations, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes communication among indigenous cultures. To All of Our Relations supported public access TV on the Yaqui reservation and worked with the Tohono O'odham education committee in facilitating cultural expression through new media.
  • 1990-94: Served on the Board of Directors of the Dan Chee Preservation Foundation. Documented and learned from the teachings and ways of Dan Chee, a 92 year old Navajo medicine man. Dan Chee, his grandson Cayce Boone and their family continue to be the source of spiritual teachings through ceremonies, gatherings and deep friendship.
  • 1992-93: Served on the Board of Directors of TIA, Traditional Indian Alliance, a Tucson-based health care organization for indigenous North Americans.