Hi, I’m JC Weatherby.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary degree I created myself in 1988. The degree was based on the idea that film is the intersection of all arts, writing, photography, visual art, acting and theatrical arts. This was before the digital revolution. I learned film editing on a 16mm flat bed editor.
My first job was with Turner Broadcasting as an intern. I produced on-air announcements, and was a P.A, and even puppet talent in a network promo. Later, I became a camera man and floor director for TBS’s wrestling shows, and several shows at the then fledgling CNN.
My first ‘real’ job was as a theatrical stage technician at Walt Disney World in Florida. I moved the world’s largest sets at the Indiana Jone’s Epic Stunt Spectacular, and drove Ursula at Voyage of the Little Mermaid.
In ’96 I moved to Los Angeles and became support staff for all the major entertainment companies. I worked for Disney Consumer Products and Walt Disney Records underCarolyn Mayer Beug who was an awesome executive and the only one I personally knew who died in a plane on 911. I managed DVD release windows internationally for Warner Home Video during Warren Lieberfarb’s tenure. I worked for Disney Government Relations, Hollywood Records, ICM Music Division. I did a brief stint in the admin pool for Leslie Moonves at CBS, and toured through Movies of the Week, and Business Affairs. I worked at Interscope. I worked at Dreamworks / Sega. I worked in the legal departments at MGM and Universal. Finally, I landed a job at Universal IT, doing special projects with the then fledgling web development tool known as Flash. During dot-com 1 (1998-2001), I became an art director at 2 startups, Feed the Monster Media, building websites for CBS radio stations, then at iFuse, a youth-culture-lifestyle startup founded by former Fox Sports executive Rich Battista and an agent from Endeavor named Michael Dowling.
After dot com 1, I did cutting edge work integrating Quicktime and Flash to create DVD styled websites for movie promotion websites, and then met Rod Dyer, who was one of the great logo and graphic designers known in Hollywood for his work on movie logos, posters, and famous LA restaurants and shopping centers. I had known Rod’s work since I was a kid, having marveled at the classic ‘future-forward’ logo he created for MCA records in the early 70′s. It was my pleasure to have him as my mentor and co-creator for 3 years.
Over the last 10 years I have created interactive media for boutique ad agencies and large entertainment companies like Newline Cinema.
In addition to all this I have authored numerous screenplays and several novels, including“Outland Hotel,” which you can buy on Amazon.
In 2006, I created 6 episodes of “The Moogie Show,” a mix of puppetry, 2D and 3D animation. It was the first of its kind on YouTube, and routinely played in the top 10 spot (often hitting #1) on the YouTube Comedy Chart. This year (2010) I produced “League of Indecency” an improv sketch show, with members of Atlanta’s famed “Dad’s Garage.”
I currently have my own business, helping small and medium sized use the power of video online, and I am creating graphics for Farmtown, a popular Flash-based game on Facebook.
