
Timeline
About me
Emmy Award-winning Experiential Director, SAG-AFTRA certified and accredited Intimacy Coordinator and Trainer
Education

Rensselaer polytechnic institute
2009 - 2011Mfa electronic artsMFA Electronic Arts & Interactive Technologies.

Skidmore college
1992 - 1996Bachelor of science - bs theater, english
Experience

Chashama
Jan 1998 - Jan 2002Technical directorConverted four commercial properties on 42nd Street into multi-use artist spaces including performance venues, fine art studios, dance studios, and gallery space. Responsibilities included scheduling and supervising build crews, coordinating load-ins and load-outs, and overall organization of the technical production process for over 80 productions across 20 discreet spaces inside of four commercial properties.

The national theater of the united states of america
May 2001 - Jun 2010Co-founder/co-artistic directorFounder and co-artistic director of the multi-award winning theater collaborative NTUSA in New York, NY.

Freelance
Jan 2007 - nowIntimacy coordinator and trainer
Mindride llc
Jan 2011 - Dec 2019Chief experience officer, founderMindride creates startlingly unique immersive experiences. They combine a deeply human creative vision with a bleeding edge technological perspective. Mindride’s team has worked in collaboration with clients such as GOOGLE/YOUTUBE, WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING, AUDI, R/GA, THE AD COUNCIL, MGM/UA, and ALPINE LABS among others. Mindride recently created AIRFLOW, a 4D Virtual Reality flying experience which has been featured on Nerdist, Engadget, and other media. In 2015, Mindride designed the production, live experience, and technology for the LOVE HAS NO LABELS campaign which won 21 awards and has over 110 million views online. Mindride is also known for creating THE ASCENT, a mind-controlled flying experience driven by the world’s first EEG bio-interface for a physical ride. Their hybrid techniques for next-gen story-telling emerge from their passion and 20+ years of experience in the arenas of large-scale events, interactive technology, ride-design, gaming, virtual and augmented reality, neuroscience, physical computing, and creating visionary immersive theatrical experiences around the world. To conjure the most transcendent human experiences, they are venturing a step beyond the possible, into the impossible. Show less

Walt disney imagineering
Aug 2011 - Apr 2012Experience designer, creative consultantWorked with Research and Development, Blue Sky and Creative Interactive on new form immersive narrative experiences.

Logan & sons
Feb 2014 - May 2014Experiential director, production designerYehuda was the Experiential Director and Production Designer for the Audi A3 #paidmydues event produced by LOGAN & SONS, Alexei Tylevich, Creative Director.http://www.audia3presents.com/

Persuade & influence
Sept 2014 - Dec 2015Experiential directorExperiential Director at Persuade & Influence, specializing in next-gen storytelling, live immersive experience, connected content, and interactive technologies.

Intimacy professionals association
Jul 2015 - nowCertified intimacy coordinator and director
The flea theater
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015Intimacy directorYehuda choreographed the sex scenes for the premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's show "Fulfillment" in New York City and Chicago.

Alpine labs
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015Producer / creative directorYehuda is a Producer and also the Creative Director for Fight of the Living Dead Season 1, a new 8-episode YouTube reality experience starring 10 top YouTube content creators. FOTLD 2 is a 3-day immersive Zombie-survival-reality-experience where content creators fight to survive a Zombie apocalypse with as many team members intact as possible.

M ss ng p eces
May 2016 - Jan 2020Experiential directorExperiential Director at M ssng P eces, specializing in next-gen storytelling, multi-cam livestreams, live immersive experiences, VR, AR, connected content, and interactive technologies.

Fight of the living dead
Apr 2017 - Dec 2020Senior producer / creative directorYehuda is back for another season as Senior Producer and Creative Director at Fight of the Living Dead, a 3 day immersive Zombie survival experience created for YouTube stars.

Technology, humans and taste llc
Apr 2018 - May 2018Creative director
Baker's dozen web series
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018Intimacy director/coordinator
Unit9
Jan 2020 - nowExperiential director/creative director
Netflix
Dec 2020 - Oct 2023Intimacy coordinatorNetflix + Ryan Murphy Productions

Hbo
Jun 2021 - Feb 2022Intimacy coordinator
Cintima: intimacy coordinator training
Oct 2022 - nowCo-founder
Licenses & Certifications

Mental health first aid usa
National council for behavioral healthOct 2019
Mfa electronic arts/interactive technologies
Rensselaer polytechnic institute
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Yehuda DuenyasEmmy® Award Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Sep 2016 Mindride is honored to receive a 2016 Prime Time Emmy for Outstanding Commercial alongside R/GA and Persuade for creating Love Has No Labels.
- Awarded to Yehuda Duenyas11 Clio Awards for Love Has No Labels Clio Awards 2015 Sep 2015 The spot we designed and produced for the Ad Council and RGA won 11 Clio Awards:Gold - DigitalGold - Integrated CampaignGold - Out of HomeGold - Social MediaSilver - Branded EntertainmentSilver - Engagement/ExperientialSilver - InnovativeSilver - Public RelationsSilver - Use of MusicBronze - DirectBronze - Film
- Awarded to Yehuda Duenyas8 Cannes Lions for Love Has No Labels Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Jun 2015 The spot we created and produced for the Ad Council and RGA won a record 8 Cannes Lions!The "Love Has No Labels" campaign set records with 110 million online views, and is currently the second most watched social and community activism ad of all time, behind "Kony 2012."It won eight Lions picking up a gold and two silvers in Direct, a silver in Outdoor, a bronze in Titanium & Integrated and three more bronzes in Cyber (including one for spatial tech).
- Awarded to Yehuda DuenyasAuggie Award - Best in Show Augmented World Expo, UploadVR Jun 2015 Our VR Flying experience AIRFLOW won an Auggie Award for Best in Show at the Augmented World Expo 2015.
- Awarded to Yehuda DuenyasPresident's Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre Lower Manhattan Cultural Council May 2010 The National Theater of the United States of America wins the LMCC's sustained excellence award
- Awarded to Yehuda DuenyasVillage Voice OBIE Award 2006 Village Voice May 2006 The National Theater of the United States of America wins the Village Voice Obie Award, 2006, for Outstanding Production Design, Abacus Black Strikes Now (NTUSA/P.S. 122)
- Awarded to Yehuda Duenyas2 Facebook Awards for "Love Has No Labels" Facebook The spot we created and produced for the Ad Council and RGA won two Facebook Awards, one for "Integrated Campaign," and another for "Facebook for Good."
Languages
- enEnglish
- heHebrew
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