About

Lee Stranahan is a pioneer in digital media who has over twenty-five years of experience in production, computer graphics, education and independent media.

Lee started working as a production assistant in 1979 at age 14 on the ground-breaking pre-MTV San Francisco TV show VideoWest. Among other projects there, Lee worked on director Joe Dea’s music video for Commander Cody’s Two Triple Cheese, Side Order Of Fries, a video which has screened at New York’s Musuem Of Modern Art.

In 1991, he became involved with the first ‘desktop video’ product, NewTek’s Video Toaster, a computer based production and post-production tool that combined effects, video paint, titling, 3D animation and more in an affordable box. He started a magazine and user’s group in Los Angeles that helped people learn how to use these new technologies.

Lee’s interest in cutting edge technology has led to a broad range of production experience over the years. He’s been a visual effects artist and supervisor for TV shows like Space: Above And Beyond and films for HBO and FOX. He’s produced and directed 35mm stock film footage for clients like ArtBeats and Digital Juice, in addition to owning his own stock footage company, Imagery Now. He’s produced and directed corporate video production for clients like Alesis, NewTek and Play, Inc. and has been a voice director for top talent like Penn Jillette, Don “King Of Movie Trailers” LaFontaine , Jim “The Other King Of Movie Trailers” Cummings, and Ken Nordine. Lee also wrote, produced and directed the 35mm feature film Breathing Room.

Lee’s work as a teacher has taken him all over the world. Since 1992, he’s given hundreds of seminars on video production, computer animation and graphics to tens of thousands of people in over fourty American states as well as in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia. He’s also taught at schools such as The Maine Workshops, Video Symphony, and the DAVE School.

Aside from starting Video Toaster User magazine, Lee was the Editor In Chief of Keyframe magazine. He’s written for a number of publications including Musician and Windows NT. He’s also the co-author of 1001 LightWave Tips And Tricks and his work as a photographer has also appeared in a number of books.

Lee currently lives in Burbank with his wife and children. He currently works as a staff graphic artist and animator on the TV show Access Hollywood and co-owns the indie media production company Herd of Mavericks Media with his wife Lauren.

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My Music

Movies

Trainspotting, Birdie, Goodfellas, V For Vendetta, Sin City, Docs, Everything Tarantino

Music

Neil Young, Sufjan Stevens, Van Morrison, Ani Difranco, Death Cab For Cutie, Springsteen, Rush, The Beatles, Josh Homme, Nirvana, Kid Beyond, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Titantica

Television

Six Feet Under, Rome, Mr. Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Sunday Morning Poltical Talk Shows, Upright Citizens Brigade, This Amercian Life

Books

Assasination Vacation, Rebel Without A Crew, The DV Rebel's Guide To Filmmaking, The Long Tail, The Time Traveler's Wife, Everything Seth Godin,

Activities

Husbanding, Parenting, Blogging, Graphicing, Film Makin', Photo Takin', Musicianing

Interests

People Living Independent Lives, Poltics, Cooking, Yurts, Philosophy, Homeschooling, Tiny Houses, Ubuntu, Amiga, Small Cheap Ethnic Restaurants