KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage
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About Jamie Hyneman
(Source: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/jamie-hyneman.html)
Hailing from Indiana farm country, Jamie Hyneman is a multifaceted
man: wilderness survival expert, boat captain, diver, linguist,
animal wrangler, machinist and cook, to name a few. His career
has been as equally diverse: Jamie earned a degree in Russian
languages and ran a sailing/diving charter business in the
Caribbean for several years before he moved over to the visual-effects
industry.
Once he had joined that field and had worked for several
special-effects companies, Jamie found his way to Colossal
Pictures' model shop, where he managed the production of models
and special effects for hundreds of commercials and movies.
Then, 16 years ago, Jamie took over the shop and created
M5 Industries Inc.
Jamie has worked on over 800 commercials for major automobile
manufacturers, soft-drink companies, athletic shoe companies
and numerous other products. And in the midst of all this
activity, Jamie's company diversified into toy prototyping
and research and development in a variety of other areas as
well.
The holder of several patents and the winner of numerous
industry awards, Jamie is also a long-standing Screen Actors
Guild member.
Today, while MythBusters occupies the majority of Jamie's
professional activity, M5 is active with developing cutting-edge
technologies for a variety of industries ranging from defense
to green vehicle design. In Jamie's own words, "At this
point, with over 130 episodes under our belts, I feel that
we have evolved into different people than we were when we
started Mythbusters. You can't go through all the mayhem we
have been into on the show without it changing you. I feel
like we are just getting warmed up."
About Adam Savage
(Source: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/adam-savage.html)
Adam Savage has spent his life gathering skills that allow
him to take what's in his brain and make it real. He's built
everything from ancient Buddhas to futuristic weapons, from
spaceships to dancing vegetables, from fine art sculptures
to animated chocolate — and just about anything else you can
think of.
The son of a filmmaker/painter and psychotherapist, Adam
has been making his own toys since he was allowed to hold
scissors. Having held positions as a projectionist, animator,
graphic designer, carpenter, interior and stage designer,
toy designer, welder, and scenic painter, he's worked with
every material and process he could get his hands on — metal,
paper, glass, plastic, rubber, foam, plaster, pneumatics,
hydraulics, animatronics, neon, glassblowing, mold making
and injection molding, to name just a few.
Since 1993, Adam has concentrated on the special-effects
industry, honing his skills through more than 100 television
commercials and a dozen feature films, including Star Wars:
Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the
Clones, Galaxy Quest, Terminator 3, A.I. and the Matrix sequels.
He's also designed props and sets for Coca-Cola, Hershey's,
Lexus and a host of New York and San Francisco theater companies.
Not only has he worked and consulted in the research and
development division for toy companies and made several short
films, but Adam has also acted in several films and commercials
— including a Charmin ad, in which he played Mr. Whipple's
stock boy, and a Billy Joel music video, "Second Wind,"
in which he drowns.
Today, in addition to co-hosting Discovery Channel's MythBusters,
Adam teaches advanced model making, most recently in the industrial
design department at the San Francisco Academy of Art. Somehow
he also finds time to devote to his own art — his sculptures
have been showcased in over 40 shows in San Francisco, New
York and Charleston, W.Va.
 More
about Jamie and Adam:
» Recent
Interveiw on NPR
» Jamie
Hyneman's Company: M5 Industries
» Adam
Savage's Wikipedia Page
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