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Jan Nickman (born October 17, 1950) is a multiple award-winning American film and television director, producer, cinematographer and writer. As the co-founder of Miramar Images, Inc. and Sacred Earth Pictures, Nickman's career in film and television spans three decades. ==Career== Nickman's career in film and television began as a studio camera person and editor with the ABC in Sydney, Australia. Upon returning to the U.S. and graduating with a degree in communications from Washington State University, Nickman then produced and created stage and lighting designs for leading-edge, live multi-media concerts combining rock bands with symphony orchestras along with his filmed images projected onto large screens above the performers. Most notably, "Leviticus"〔Washington State University with Inner City Symphony Orchestra and rock group Winship〕 and "Trinity"〔Seattle Symphony Orchestra with rock group Alpha Centauri and the Daryl Hansen Dance Troupe, 1973〕 performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. After directing and producing live productions, Nickman returned to television as a news photographer with NBC affiliate KING T.V. out of Seattle, Washington.〔 He eventually became a senior producer and director in the production department and produced and directed the Emmy Award-winning television program ''REV'', an innovative rock and roll series featuring live music performances, music reviews and comedy sketches.〔"REV It Up", ''Seattle Times'' Arts & Entertainment, January 8, 1984.〕 The program was responsible for debuting many musical groups including Queensrÿche and〔"Rock Rolls to New Frontiers with TV's Music Video Shows", ''Seattle Times'' TV Columnist John Voorhees, July 29, 1983.〕 is commonly credited for catalyzing the Seattle music scene in the 1990s.〔 Nickman went on to co-found Miramar Images with the release of ''Natural States'' (1985)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Natural States (1985) )〕 featuring the music of David Lanz and Paul Speer. The film was one of the largest selling, non-theatrical releases of its time and recognized as one of the top 10 videos by ''People Magazine''.〔Picks & Pans, ''People Weekly'', December 26-January 2, 1989.〕 ''Natural States'' went double platinum, selling more than 100,000 copies, and launched the success of Miramar Images.〔"Miramar - A Crystal Clear Picture of Success", ''Business Wise'', Nov/Dec 1989.〕 Miramar then released two more of Nickman's films, ''Desert Vision'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Desert Vision (1987) )〕 and ''Canyon Dreams''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canyon Dreams (1987 Video) : Full Cast & Crew )〕 and earned Tangerine Dream a Grammy nomination for their music score.〔''Los Angeles Times'', Entertainment Desk, January 10, 1992.〕 In 1990, Nickman directed and co-produced ''The Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey'', the first of the ''The Mind's Eye'' series, a collection of art films rendered using computer-generated imagery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Mind's Eye (1990) )〕 His body of work, which also includes ''Planetary Traveler''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Planetary Traveler (1997) )〕 and ''Natural States'',〔 has firmly established him as a computer-generated imagery (CGI) pioneer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Animation World : August 1997 )〕 and a master of long-form films that use music as the primary narrative. Nickman's film ''The Mind's Eye'' was released in 1990 and was a double platinum-selling film considered to be a milestone in the field of computer animation and reached number 12 on ''Billboard''′s video hits chart. Combining the artistry of numerous computer animators from around the world with a score by James Reynolds, ''The Mind's Eye'' is credited with giving rise to such films as ''Toy Story''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Mind's Eye (1990) )〕 ''Animation Magazine'' reviewer Karl Rathcke wrote the film was "... the type of audio-visual ‘head trip’ for the 90’s that Stanley Kubrick’s ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' Donald Liebenson of the ''Chicago Tribune'' described Nickman's next release, ''Planetary Traveler'', as "boldly () where no computer animation video has gone before."〔''Chicago Tribune'', October 16, 1997.〕 At a time when computer animation (CGI) was created solely on dedicated computer graphics work stations, ''Planetary Traveler'' became the first original, full-length program ever created entirely on standard desk-top computers.〔''Chicago Tribune'', October 16, 1997.〕 The seminal work was the result of a two-year collaboration by Nickman with seven artists from five different states via the internet. Former Tangerine Dream member Paul Haslinger composed the music score. As a result, Nickman was invited to give the Keynote Address at the MacWorld Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, in November 1997. The sequel to ''Planetary Traveler'' is entitled ''Infinity's Child'' and was released by Sacred Earth Pictures in 2009. Two of Nickman's most recent films, ''Echoes of Creation'' (Sacred Earth Pictures, 2010) and ''Sacred Earth'' (Sacred Earth Pictures, 2009), began airing on Public Television nationwide in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Echoes of Creation (2010) )〕 Both films are true to his signature fusing of picture to music and were specifically designed as way for viewers to connect emotionally with the beauty of our planet, rather than intellectualize it through a discussion about it. Using music as the narrative, ''Echoes of Creation'' is a 40-minute journey through Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and as far south as California, featuring a soundtrack by Grammy nominated composer David Arkenstone and spoken word by Karen Hutton. Its prequel ''Sacred Earth'' also follows Nickman's unique fusion of picture to music throughout the American Southwest, featuring music by Grammy-nominated composer David Lanz and spoken word by Academy Award-winning actor Linda Hunt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Nickman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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