Digital Media Concepts/Major Lightner

Major Lightner (Born March 9, 1970) is a motion-pictures professional who graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 1997. He started his professional career working on the sound track for the Titanic and moving on to directing music videos for MTV. He currently manages his own company as Creative Director and Executive Producer for Major Lightner Productions.

Education
BA, Motion Pictures from Academy of Art University (1993-1997) Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Motion Pictures&Film Writer/Director/Producer from Cabrillo College (1990-1992)

Slogan
(Editor) (Television Drama, 2004) Protagonist makes decisions based on advertisements.

The Girl From Monday
(Collaborator) (Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, 2005) Futuristic world where prostitution is used as currency.

Hawthorne Heights Make a Video: Niki FM
(Director) (2005) Music video for alternative band.

The Stairwell
(Director, Writer) (2007) "An absurd Orwellian study of the modern corporate caste system."

Work
1997 - 2000, Editorial Producer, Gil Gilbert Production 2000 - 2003, Post Production Supervisor, Grey Worldwide 2003 - 2004, Director/Producer, Department of Film for MTV 2005 - 2006, Director/Producer, MTV 2007 - 2008, Freelance Producer/Editor, Current TV 2004 - 2009, Director/Producer, MotivFilms 2008 - 2011, Director/Producer, Expression College for Digital Arts 2011, Freelance Director/Producer, Google 2012, Producer/Editor, Sephora 2012, Producer/Editor, Pacific Gas and Electric 2013, Freelance Director/Producer, uberVU via Hootsuite 2014, Organizer, Route 66: The Road Ahead, American Express

Other Work
Wax Poetic (feat.) Norah Jones The Exit - Back to the Rebels Straylight Run - Existentialism on Prom Night Asobi Seksu

Other Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/majorlightner https://twitter.com/majorlightner http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626844/ https://www.youtube.com/user/majorlightner https://vimeo.com/user12828209