Advisory Board Member

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Mr. Cortina is founding partner of Cortina Productions, Inc., a full-service creative media design and production company specializing in the museum field. Since its founding in 1999, Cortina Productions has pushed the envelope of technology and digital storytelling in location-based entertainment, creating thousands of films and interactive experiences for museums and attractions around the world. He provides Cortina Productions with media experience design, visual creative direction and senior level artistic direction. He uses his years of high-end production and special effects post-production experience to set the bar for delivering Hollywood-quality special effects and animation services to museum clients. His 30+ years of cinematic direction experience includes studio, on location, weapons special effects, green-screen effects and post-production experience leading special effects animators, 3-D artists and editors.

Mr. Cortina’s work has been awarded five National Emmy Awards including his work as coordinating director of the 25th Olympiad in Barcelona for NBC Sports and his museum work has captured numerous CINE, Telly, THEA and American Association of Museum MUSE awards. In 2018, he was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, which recognizes media professionals who have made outstanding long-term contributions in the field of communications. Mr. Cortina holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts in Richmond, VA.