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Tónlistarmyndir Sound On Sight
Cory McAbee er þekktastur sem handritshöfundur/leikstjóri/tónskáld og
aðalleikari verðlaunamyndarinnar The American Astronaut. Árið 2007 var
McAbee einn fimm leikstjóra sem Sundance kvikmyndahátíðin valdi til að
þróa kvikmynda- og skemmtiefni fyrir farsíma. Mynd McAbee, Reno, var
frumsýnd í febrúar 2007 á 3GSMA ráðstefnunni í Barselónu og hefur orðið
uppáhald farsímanotenda víða um heim. McAbee hefur verið gestafyrirlesari
um farsímakvikmyndir og vinnslu fyrir smáskjái við ýmis tækifæri, hann kemur
fram í heimildamyndinni og bókinni Mobile Planet/Connecting the World, hefur
flutt fyrirlestra við háskóla um gervöll Bandaríkin sem og Evrópu og hefur
haldið námskeið um kvikmyndagerð í Lissabon, Amsterdam, Lundúnum og nú
Reykjavík.
Cory McAbee is best known as the writer/director/composer and lead actor of the
award winning feature film, The American Astronaut. In 2007 McAbee was selected
by the Sundance Film Festival to create one of five short films used to launch
new advances in mobile phone technology/entertainment. The film that McAbee
created, Reno, premiered February 2007 at the 3GSMA Convention in Barcelona
and has become a worldwide favourite among mobile operators. McAbee has
been the guest speaker on mobile film and small screen entertainment at various
functions, is featured in the documentary film and book Mobile Planet/Connecting
the World, has lectured at universities throughout the US and Europe and has
taught a Master Class on filmmaking in Lisbon, Amsterdam, London and, now,
Reykjavík. For over a decade McAbee has been the singer/songwriter for the
musical group, The Billy Nayer Show. In January 2009 McAbee completed his
second feature, Stingray Sam, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
as part of the New Frontiers program. In addition to working with his new musical
group, American Astronaut, McAbee has recently completed two original feature
length screenplays that are currently being negotiated for production.