Jemison High School Alumni
Jemison, Alabama (AL)
Mark Smith
Jemison High School
Class of 1988
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MARK'S PROFILE
| First Name | Mark |
| Last Name | Smith |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1988 |
| Gender | Male |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | GA |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Animation Instructor/Freelance Animator |
| Married | Yes |
| Favorite School Memory | Activities in the Drama Club (Kreechur, 1987 and The 13th Hour, 1988) |
| About Me | After graduating from Auburn University Montgomery, I did my internship at the Alabama Department of Public Health, in their Video Communications Division. Later, I went to work for American Klassic Designs, illustrating Tshirts for Auburn-Alabama mascots. I started doing freelance animation for TV spots and commercials in 1992, then in 1995 started teaching Video Animation at AUM. I worked for KinderCare as a Multimedia Specialist, and they sent me to the Richard Williams Animation Masterclass in 1997 (Williams was Animation Director on Roger Rabbit). When KinderCare shut down their Montgomery office, I worked for Alabama Public TV as a Computer Graphics Operator in 1998. When my freelance animation business got busy, I quit my APT job; that turned out to be not such a hot idea when "Lake Freelance opportunity" dried up afterward. I met my wife, Albalis, an architect from Costa Rica at this time, and we got married just as I started working for a printing company doing typesetting. Then ABC-32 Montgomery announced their need for a CG operator; I applied for the job, and they not only hired me, but my wife started working there as a camera operator part-time. I worked there almost five years before layoffs finally closed down the news department; almost five months later I was re-hired when their Creative Services Director suggested me as his replacement. My wife got a job offer at a firm near Atlanta, and eventually I got a job teaching animation at Westwood College Atlanta. Thanks to a contact at Westwood, I recently started teaching at Art Institute Atlanta, using my own book, The A...(read more) |
Class of 1988 Alumni
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Recent Class of 1988 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1988 Reunion for Free
JHS Class of 1988 20 Year Reunion
Invited Classes: 1988
Date: Oct 04, 2008
Description: Please contact Sandra Bice Millard, Kim Nelson Smith, Sharon Sanson Smith, Lisa Davenport Campbell for additional detail...(read more)