Howard Newstate

Experience

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  Motion Picture Industry

  Jan 1996 - Dec 2013

  • Cinematographer / Producer

    Mar 1996 - Dec 2013

  • Gaffer

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2007
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  Cedar Fair Entertainment Company

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2017

  Executive Producer - Cedar Fair Media Networks

  • Collaborate across divisional teams to share information and new ideas and to coordinate multimedia projects including several recent Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences• Creative and Technical lead for Cedar Fair on "Mass Effect: New Earth, a 4D Holographic Journey" at California's Great America• Direct, refine, and execute content strategy for new national in-park TV network, FunTV• Build-out complete production facilities, budgets, staff, and create pipeline/workflow to deliver over 1200 unique multimedia clips in the first 5 months of group operation• Creative member on team developing unique opportunities for Sponsorship and Marketing partners across portfolio of 11 amusement parks and diverse technologies• Lead simultaneous projects across local and partner production teams, ensuring smooth rollout of complex and dynamic content elements• Concept and execute major press announcements, including pre-visualization multimedia and event programming Show less

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  Innovation Consulting

  Feb 2017 - now

  Innovation and Emerging Technologies Consultant

  I help industries answer business questions and foster a culture of innovation within their organizations. My experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality, Interactive systems and Traditional Media help me to match challenges with solutions using the most cutting-edge tools.

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  Holovis

  Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  Vice President, Experience Innovation