Fran Battaglia

Current

Flame Artist at Solid
Founder at Global Shift Entertainment
Founding Arc Angel at Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB)

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Past

Investor / Colleague at Chestnut Biosensors aka TBT Group
Flame Artist | Visual Effects Compositor at freelance
Producer at The G Living Network

Director | Big Wave Filmmaker at Surfline.com
Video Director at Swell.com
Avid Editor at Surfer Magazine Video Awards Show

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Education

University of Southern California
Santa Monica College
University of Delaware

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Fran Battaglia’s Summary

Currently I'm working full-time for Solid (www.solidla.com) in Santa Monica. I've worked as a freelance Flame Artist between various projects since 1997. Visual effects work includes national commercials; network studio image campaigns, Upfront and on-air promos; independent and feature films.

Global Shift Entertainment is a Joint Venture with Golden Roads, LLC. Plans include creating digital media for the planet's first sustainable live music venue, a renovated landmark with a 40-year live music history called State Bridge. This state-of-the-art, outdoor venue along the Colorado River and Rocky Mountains will be a benefit concert every show.

In 2008, I traveled to Liberia and Kenya documenting new and existing humanitarian and fair trade projects (food, water, education, and micro-loan programs). Earlier in 2008 I produced, directed and edited HUB's 11-disc Global Empowerment Series, featuring speakers Kimmie Weeks, Michael Beckwith and Charlie Gay.

Education, work and life experience includes documenting surfers riding giant waves in the middle of the ocean and creating big wave surf films, producing live awards programs (XXL and Surfer Magazine Video Awards), shooting internationally (TV / Film production on the WCT pro surfing tour), and editing (Sublime's documentary, Quiksilver's Surfers of Fortune, TV programs).

I'm grateful to have worked with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner / Grameen Bank founder Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Historian / Author Dr. Howard Zinn and many others, including athletes, artists, designers, inventors and humble effective leaders. While in college, I played varsity soccer, worked as a newspaper reporter and radio broadcaster. I also studied abroad in Costa Rica and completed an independent study of bias in the news media using communications research methodology. I've won awards as a writer, producer, cameraman, editor and visual effects artist (latest project news at www.nomads-cafe.com).

Fran Battaglia’s Specialties:

Integrating forward-thinking projects with digital platforms. Bridging the gap between technical and creative. Managing artists, clients and administrators. Writing, producing and editing original programs. Flame visual effects compositing. Color-correction. Directing multi-camera HD productions; web video and DVD Production.

Fran Battaglia’s Experience

Flame Artist

Solid

(Broadcast Media industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Founder

Global Shift Entertainment

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Global Shift Entertainment is integrating sustainable products and services with pop culture and new technology platforms.
Founding Arc Angel

Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB)

(International Trade and Development industry)

December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

I discovered HUB shooting their inaugural 3-day conference in December 2007 and was blown away by their vision. HUB is a new model for business and humanitarian living - a company repurposing a network marketing model for sustainable giving to life-serving projects. I witnessed those projects firsthand in Africa in August 2008 while documenting food, water, education and microloan projects among many others with Kimmie Weeks and Shauna Kane. HUB is associated with Kimmie Weeks' Youth Action International, Larry Jones' Feed The Children, Zebiba Shekhia's Healing Bridges, Dr. Jean Houston's Social Artistry, Global Elders and Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela and Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Mark Victor Hansen, Rev. Michael Beckwith, Spryte Loriano's Feed333.org and several microcredit organizations including Dr. Yunus' Nobel Peace Prize-winning Grameen Bank. Currently in pre-pre launch, HUB is gathering original founding angels on three levels through the end of February. HUB is a revolution of empowered people, inspired by purpose, for abundant profit that's shared to affect global change.
Investor / Colleague

Chestnut Biosensors aka TBT Group

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

2006 — 2009 (3 years)

TBT Group's patented piezoelectric technology is rolling out in 2009 with a prototype in cell phone headsets that will be the beginning...in a nutshell, someday, this vibration energy technology could replace batteries in small electronic devices.
Flame Artist | Visual Effects Compositor

freelance

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 1998 — April 2009 (11 years 4 months)

I finish TV commercials after editing and mixing - putting layers together seamlessly, with color-correction, animating CGI and live action elements, etc. Clients include various commercial production companies in Los Angeles, and ad agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi. Clients include Diet Pepsi, Nike, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota, Mattel, IHOP and DirecTV and The CW and WB TV Networks.
Producer

The G Living Network

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

February 2006 — November 2006 (10 months)

Producer, Co-Director, Cameraman and Editor of "LIVE" show. Responsible for researching topics, coordinating guests, managing production, developing original programs for a startup modern green lifestyle network. Guests included Howard Zinn, Global Green USA's Monica Gilchrist, Lovecraft BioFuels' Brian Friedman, RAWvolution's Matt Amsden, Vegan Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier, Complementary and Alternative Medicine professionals, innovative raw food chefs, green architects, filmmakers, artists, inventors and fashion designers.
Director | Big Wave Filmmaker

Surfline.com

(Privately Held; Sports industry)

January 2000 — December 2003 (4 years)

Surfline.com merged with and then split from Swell.com around 2002. Located in Huntington Beach, Surfline.com is the most popular wave forecasting company on the planet, serving surfers, boaters, lifeguards and coast guards on every coastline in the world. On January 19, 2001, perfect conditions arrived at an offshore big wave spot called the Cortes Bank, which had been monitored for over 10 years. Documenting the first 60ft+ surf session at Cortes Bank 100 miles west of San Diego was a once in a lifetime experience that landed on the front page of the LA Times the next day. The footage was also utilized to make two documentaries, the first for Swell.com with Jay Moriarity (R.I.P.), Flea, Gerlach, Snips and Laird. The second combined action, music and science for Surfline and a target high school library audience, "Making The Call: Big Waves of the North Pacific". (http://www.surfline.com/mtc/04/) The footage was also licensed to NBC Dateline and Activision.
Video Director

Swell.com

(Privately Held; Retail industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years)

This Webby Award-winning action sports internet start-up company was co-founded by Nicholas Nathanson and Jeff Berg, who signed up Steve Hawk to bring on the best in the surf, skate and snow board industries. What started as 25 or so in SF bloomed to about 110 employees in OC and SF, and spawned the XXL Big Wave Awards among other fun projects, like AMC Adrenaline Theater, The XXL Documentary and commercials for Monsterskate.com with Tony Hawk. After several ups and downs in the dot com world, Swell eventually evolved into a successful action sport retail destination.
Avid Editor

Surfer Magazine Video Awards Show

(Broadcast Media industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years)

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Fran Battaglia’s Interests:

Green Festivals, renewable energy technologies, strategic business partnerships, independent media, sustainable living, sustainable humanitarian giving, special projects, surfing.

Fran Battaglia’s Groups:

Visual Effects Society, Green Business Networking, United Professionals, Wiser Earth, Peace Portal, Green Drinks, Surfrider Foundation, United States Green Building Council - Los Angeles Chapter, Independent Media Center, LinkTV, Independent Media Advocates, Green Festivals, Green Jobs and Renewable Energy Advocates