Stephan Vladimir Bugaj

Current

Technical Director (Generalist) at Pixar Animation Studios
Writer, Filmmaker, Photographer, Philosopher at Bugaj.Com

Past

DCTO at Webmind (formerly Intelligenesis)
Director of Technology at Thunder House NY
MTS at Bell Labs

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Stevens Institute of Technology
UC Berkeley (Extension)

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Stephan Vladimir Bugaj’s Summary

Professional with experience in both the technical and creative aspects of animated and live action film making. Also have professional experience with computer science R&D in the areas of multimedia and artificial intelligence.

I'd also like to point out that, in terms of interpersonal skills, I have had real-world interactions with about 90% of the 500+ people on my linked-in contacts list, so I'm not just a cyberfriend collector.

Stephan Vladimir Bugaj’s Specialties:

screenwriting; fiction writing; sci/tech writing; copywriting; directing; photography and cinematography; producing; production pipeline analysis; shading and rendering with slim, sl and prman; compositing; cloth and hair simulation; non-linear editing; audio recording; sound design; AI theory; software engineering; software and systems requirements analysis and design; information architecture; server and cluster architecture; business process analysis; market analysis; product design

Additional Information

Stephan Vladimir Bugaj’s Interests:

oenophilia, writing, directing, photography / cinematography, digital art, drawing, assemblage sculpture, sound sculpture, music, reading, film / television, cats, python programming, electronics, team management, bicycling, weight lifting, boating

Stephan Vladimir Bugaj’s Groups:

Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute (AGIRI) -- Leadership Committee

Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) - Lifetime Member

Global Brain Institute - Founding Member

Visual Effects Society (VES) - Technology Committee Member, Student Mentor

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and SIGGRAPH, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Computer Society, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Electronic Music Foundation, Headlands Center for the Arts (donor), San Francisco Film Society