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Lifecycle
Management
and Product
Development as
Global Chief
Creative Officer,
CCO
Liaison between fortune 500 companies, select wholesalers and their suppliers in producing creative, brand exclusive programs
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Meet Amanda Giddens
President and CCO
Home Decor, Textiles and Art Licensing - Wholesale and Retail
Creative Charlie
by Amanda Giddens
Production and Interior Design
1995-2001 I Art Department Management Roles I VARIOUS FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
(media and entertainment industries)
Feature Films
Fortune 500 Company 20th Century Fox ($71 Billion) / The Walt Disney Studios ($201 Billion)
Acted as Art Department Assistant on Black Knight of Twentieth Century Fox /The Walt Disney Studios: designed props such as Jamal's custom necklace (above) worn by Martin Lawrence. Designed
and hand painted the puppet theater (below) for the medieval castle's courtyard.
Medieval barding costumes designs for the horses (shown below) feature Martin Lawrence as Jamal.
Created heraldic designs for the medieval armorial bearings and signage (below).
Designs included graffiti and signage for Medieval World, Jamal's workplace with Martin Lawrence (below) on location at Carolina Beach, NC.
In addition, assisted the Production Designer Leslie Dilley, best known for Star Wars, Art Director Steve Cooper, well known for Superman, and team with medieval research and set construction and decorating tasks examples (below) village model, castle construction and blue print at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, NC.
Additional Feature Films and Production Companies...
The Killer Next Door starring Adam Scott, Aimee Graham and Brian Austin Green: assisted the Production Designer Rando Schmook, best known for X-Men, and the art department on-set with decor and props
(above left with Matt Giddens and a handsome stunt double) in Los Angeles, CA.
Herman USA feature film: assisted the Art Director, Rando Schmook, best known for X-Men, as a Set Construction Laborer in pre-production (right) in Minneapolis, MN.
A fun summer, ha!
Pirate Kids feature film sold in Fortune 500 Walmart ($328 Billion) stores: acted as Art Department Coordinator
(left) in Wilmington, NC.
Production Designer on Jacob's Sound, directed by Anna Dudley (above right) for Showtime Networks / ViacomCBS ($49.5 Billion): task included breaking down the script for Art Department planning, translating the script into set illustrations (below painting), sketching storyboards (below pencil renderings), crew management, budgeting, set decorating, preparing props, on-set management and post production wrap.
Jacob's Sound
storyboard samples continued
Television
Art Department Assistant on the Dawson’s Creek hit TV show (below), a
Warner Brothers ($5 Billion) / Sony ($70 Billion) series.
Commercials
Assisted in the conceptual pre-production processes as well as on the sets of multiple commercials, for example (above): Cadillac / GM ($228 Billion) Property Master for Cadillac's "MY OTHER CAR IS AN STS." at the VIRginia International Raceway playground, (below, left to right) Art Department Assistant at Harmony Scenic Studios for Spring Air, Assistant Art Director for Rebel Grass Seed, Set Decorator of a prehistoric cave set for Coca-Cola, Art Department Assistant for Raid and many others.
Platforms for film: Avid sound and editing software plus design software such as Softimage 3D, AutoCad and Adobe Photoshop.
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Creative Charlie, LLC
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