Rodney Gibbs

Current

• Board Member at Austin Film Society
• Board Member at KUT Radio
• President at Ricochet Labs

• Chair at Digital Media Council

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Past

• Co-founder and Studio Director at Fizz Factor
• Senior Producer at Sapient (formerly Human Code)
• Screenwriter at Various TV Networks

• Writer and Associate Producer at Dead Man's Gun Productions
• Program Director at Austin Film Festival
• Harris Fellow at WTTW TV Chicago
• Writers' Assistant at Comedy Central
• International Radio and TV Society Fellow at Time Magazine
• General Manager at KTRU FM

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Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• Rice University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Wireless

Websites

• Facebook
• Twitter

Rodney Gibbs’s Summary

Digital media entrepreneur and active member of Austin's media community

Rodney Gibbs’s Specialties:

Studio building, creative and technical team management, strategic direction, project management, creative direction

Rodney Gibbs’s Experience

• Board Member

  Austin Film Society

  (Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  http://www.austinfilm.org/

• Board Member

  KUT Radio

  (Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  http://kut.org/

• President

  Ricochet Labs

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Developing location-based games and applications.

• Chair

  Digital Media Council

  (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

• Co-founder and Studio Director

  Fizz Factor

  (Computer Games industry)

  November 2001 — August 2009 (7 years 10 months)

  Managed all aspects of production, ran P&L, and carried the vision for our products and personnel.

• Senior Producer

  Sapient (formerly Human Code)

  (Public Company; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1999 — November 2001 (2 years 9 months)

  Led the creative vision of projects, from initial pitches through all stages of development.

• Screenwriter

  Various TV Networks

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 6 months)

  Wrote for several live-action and animated television programs, including Godzilla, Beast Wars, and Dead Man's Gun.

• Writer and Associate Producer

  Dead Man's Gun Productions

  (Entertainment industry)

  August 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 2 months)

  Coordinated production between our Los Angeles and Vancouver production offices; wrote multiple episodes of the series, one of which earned a nomination for Best Dramatic Writing from the Writers Guild of Canada.

• Program Director

  Austin Film Festival

  (Entertainment industry)

  February 1993 — November 1995 (2 years 10 months)

• Harris Fellow

  WTTW TV Chicago

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 1992 — April 1993 (8 months)

• Writers' Assistant

  Comedy Central

  (Public Company; Entertainment industry)

  1992 — 1992 (less than a year)

  Research and assistance to writers during CC's coverage of the 1992 Republican National Convention.

• International Radio and TV Society Fellow

  Time Magazine

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  1992 — 1992 (less than a year)

• General Manager

  KTRU FM

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  June 1990 — May 1992 (2 years )

Rodney Gibbs’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  MFA , Screenwriting , 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  James A. Michener Fellow, Texas Center for Writers

• Rice University

  B.A. , Sociology , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Rodney Gibbs’s Websites:

• Facebook
• Twitter

Rodney Gibbs’s Interests:

professional: digital media, production, brand development, team building, public speaking personal: reading, movies, bicycling, swimming, cooking, fringe technology, cavorting with my kids

Rodney Gibbs’s Groups:

• Digital Media Council, industry chair
• Texas Motion Picture Alliance, advisory board
• International Game Developers Association of Austin, advisory board
• Austin Community College's Game Program, advisory board
• Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's AusTech Alliance, advisory board
• SXSW ScreenBurn, advisory board
• Rice Alliance–Austin chapter, steering committee
• Leadership Austin, class of 2002
• Dorkbot Austin, co-founder

•    International Game Developers Association
•    Austin High-Tech
•    Association of Rice Alumni
•    Austin Under 40 Winners
•    40 Under Forty Global Alumni Society
•    Geek Austin
•    Casual Games
•    Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter
•    Game Writing
•    IGDA
•    Video Gaming Industry Executives
•    VideoGame Professionals
•    ProductCamp Austin
•    Austin Ventures Network
•    Transmedia Producers Network
•    IGDA - Austin
•    Tech Ranch
•    Gamesrecruit
•    Friends of the LBJ Future Forum
•    Tyler Junior College - Gaming and Simulation Development
•    Social Game Developers

Rodney Gibbs’s Honors:

• Austin Under 40 Arts and Entertainment category winner, 2008
• SXSW Interactive Dewey Winburne Nominee, 2007
• Big Brothers Big Sisters' Individual Supporter of the Year, 2002
• Big Brothers Big Sisters' Big Brother of the Year, 2000

Rodney Gibbs’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch