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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Recommended

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Connections

492 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• My Website
• Blog
• IMDB page

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.

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 Websites:

• My Website
• Blog
• IMDB page

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), 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, ZeroOne, Singularity Institute, Headlands Center for the Arts

•    Simon's Rock Alumni member
•    Bell Labs Alumni member
•    UCLA Professional Programs Alumni member
•    LinkEds & writers member
•    Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers member
•    The Visual Effects Society member
•    Visual Effects Society member
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com) member
•    ThoseInFilm (Motion Pictures & Film Industry) member

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