MOST RECENT CLIENTS
Chase Bank: Cinematography and Audio
-Transmedia Creative and Behind the Scenes: Commercial Spots
Reset: Cinematography and Audio
-Transmedia Creative and Behind the Scenes: Commercial Spots
Caps: Cinematography and Audio
-Transmedia Creative and Behind the Scenes: Commercial Spots
First Market Films: Cinematography and Audio
-Transmedia Behind the Scenes
Make It Happen: Cinematography and Audio
-Transmedia Creative and Behind the Scenes: Commercial Spots
Diabolik Films/Phil Mucci: Practical and Visual Effects
-Art Direction, Design and Fabrication: Droid and Blaster: TORCHE Annihilation Affair
-Rotoscoping and Effects: File Set up for VIsual Effects: The Vengeful One music video for DISTURBED
Not Dead Yet Records: Writing, Directing, Editing and Visual Effects
-No One Can Stop Me: The Fabulous Miss Wendy
-Death to Zombies: Theadora Kelly Project
Vanessa Bell Calloway: 2nd Camera
-DIY Cooking Series: Cooking and Hooking Up
PIEL Music: Writing, Directing, Editing and Visual Effects
-CINNAMON: Music Video: PIEL
AIQ Digital: Cinematography and Audio
-Behind the Scenes Album Recording and Video Production
-COOKIN’ and HOOKIN’ UP!: Online Cooking show, six episodes.
-MISC: EPK and Performance Based Videos
Pretend For Reals: Visual Effects
-Key Light -Rotoscoping -Color Correction
-Additional textures and filters
DC Comics: Digital Color
-JLA: Convergence: Chris Cross
TOOL SET/CURRENT MISSION
-Sticks and Hairs: Yes! I can use the old traditional ways of pencils and brushes. I can do that, without a computer. It’s all about the fundamentals!
-Adobe Suite: Since 1993
-Final Cut Pro X
-Premiere
-After Effects
-Canon Cameras: C100 and C300 Cinema Cameras. All DSLR editions.
Along side an assortment of additional audio and visual applications and gear to support the needs of the production. Full production team management from Makeup to Lighting.
My current focus is on Transmedia where my studio, ENTERMERCE TRANSMEDIA, has been facilitating services in the categories of Intellectual Property Development and content for Publication, Video Production, Music Videos, Commercials, Educational Series, Reality Shows, Behind the Scenes and EPK. We also supply Visual Effects, Rotoscoping, Keylight, Filters, Graphic Animation, Color Correction. Photography, Illustration, Digital Color, Matte Painting, Design and Education.
Find our most recent commissioned works in my video and photography sections of this site.
Contact me at snakebitecortez@snakebitecortez.com
PAST CLIENT LIST ARCHIVE
FILM/MULTI-MEDIA
-Atlas Pictures
-AnimationNation.Com
-The Shop @ ShowReady
-Red Sky Studio
-Sarka Lmt.
-Brand X Design
-Evolve
–RPI Distribution
-Petra Gallerie/SORO Social Club
-Heavy Metal Magazine
MUSIC
-Sony Records
-Interscope Records
-KORN
-That Noise
-Piel
-The Singularity
-Layla Kilolu
-Malik “The Freq” Moore
-Woven
-Rev Theory
ANIMATION
-VH1
-McFarlane Productions
-Matinee Entertainment
-Titmouse Animation
-Dreamworks
-Klasky Csupo
-Graham Morris Animation
-Saban
-MGM
-Sony
VIDEO GAMES
-TITMOUSE- Legacy Rise of the Hip Hop Super Hero (Viz Dev)
-Acclaim- The Red Star (Viz Dev/Cover Art)
-Crash 2 Racing (Viz Dev)
-Spierman (Cover Art)
COMIC BOOKS
-D.C. Comics
-Marvel Comics
-Verotic comics
-Image comics
-Barr Entertainment
-Archangel Studios
-Vicarious Visions
-Olyoptics
-Humanoids Publication
-Terrorbyte
-Event Comics
-Chaos Comics
-Spiritsmanship Prod.
-Lewis Color
FASHION/BEAUTY/TRIM/ACCESSORIES
-Von Dutch
-Joie Jeans
-Gleam Body Radiance
-Labeltex
-Nagual Designs
-King Baby
-Rimonita
-Dirt Custom Leather
-Skkin Custom Leather
-Scanty Pajamas
-Scanty Clothing
-Eisbar Clothing
EDUCATION
-The Animation Academy
-Otis
-Cal State Northridge
AWARDS ASSOCIATED
-Grammy
-Heavy Metal Magazine Gallery
-ANISE International Film Festival
-Eisner Awards
-The Museum of Television and Radio
-Chicago Television Festival
-MTV Music Video Awards
Snakebite Cortez™
26 Years Experience
Snakebite Cortez is a Bridger of Worlds, a Transmedia Specialist with over two decades’ experience in the many creative fields of transmedia. He has brought his unique skill set and award-winning aesthetic flavor to bear on projects for a diverse clientele ranging from Dreamworks Animation to DC Comics, Von Dutch to VH1. Multi-media artist by trade focusing on transmedia development. He is also a highly regarded teacher, having shared his knowledge of Photoshop and The Business of Art both on staff at The Animation Academy in Burbank, California and has been an occasional guest lecturer at high schools and colleges around Southern California.
He is a five-time nominee for the prestigious Eisner Award in recognition of his outstanding color work in the comics industry, and he was an integral part of the team on the groundbreaking animated video for KORN’s “Freak on a Leash,” which earned a Grammy as well as MTV Video Music Awards. More recently, he served as Background Painter on the acclaimed animated series “G.I. Joe: Resolute”.
In addition, his work has won awards at the ANISE International Film Festival and the Chicago Television Festival, and has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Currently focusing on Transmedia Development for clients as well as original content with his partner Samee Tatu.
-Director, Videographer/Editor, Photographer, Traditional and Digital Artist, Designer, Educator and Collaborator.