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Thorsten, who?
Name:
Thorsten Hary (Follow me @twitter)
Where:
Saarbrücken, Germany
Profession:
Director & Lead TVC Artist @ Haus & Gross
How I got here:
Created pixel-art in DPaint on the Amiga way back in the day. Founded Internet startup while studying Informationswissenschaften at the University of Saarland, became interested in 3D graphics and won MAXON student 3D-Award in 2000. 3D work featured in numerous publications as well as Maxon Cinema4D marketing materials. Worked as freelancer for various agencies (mws, netmedia, ominnet, mediakreativwerk, ...). Founding member of med4you interactive devision (now: Haus & Gross) in 2001, moved on to build and lead the Haus & Gross TV/Motion Devision in creating and directing TV and Cinema commercials as well as music videos and virals (Crew United Profile). Awarded "Saarländischer Staatspreis für Design" in 2011.
Weapon of Choice:
Macintosh
Tea:
Earl Grey, hot.
Been there, done that:
Screendesign, Usability Engineering, HTML/CSS/Flash, CI, Illustration, Print-Design, CGI/3D Graphics, music sequencing, Editing, VFX, Compositing, Photography
Current work/interests:
Directing & Cinematography
I enjoy:
Painting, playing the guitar, cooking, obscure camera lenses, good food, great wine and fine single malt scottish whiskey.
Things of timeless beauty:
Falling Water, Le Corbusier LC Chairs (did you expect Steve Jobs to sit on anything else?) , Sunflower iMac, Barcelona, Helvetica, Fender Stratocaster,...
Things to do in 2011:
Direct a whole lot of music videos and commercials to get better at my craft.
Things to do in 2012:
Skate to where the puck will be.
I live by this:
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." - George Bernard Shaw
People way smarter than me:
Steve Jobs, David Fincher, Seth Godin, Greg Graffin, Dieter Rams, Robert Rodriguez, Jonathan Ive...