Jamie Dixon is an innovative and visionary technology professional with a unique blend of technical proficiency, creative problem-solving and imaginative storytelling. His career has centered around bringing cutting-edge techniques to the field of entertainment and education. With extensive expertise in computer science, 3D computer graphics, animation, digital film production, and augmented reality, Jamie has made pioneering contributions to the industry and spearheaded groundbreaking projects. As a proven leader, Jamie has successfully managed teams and consistently delivered exceptional results.
During his early career at Pacific Data Images/PDI (1985 to 1995), Jamie made significant contributions to the development and evolution of 3D computer graphics and animation. Starting in broadcast graphics and moving into feature films, Jamie created digital film scanning, printing, and production techniques that played a crucial role in advancing digital filmmaking. Jamie pioneered digital wire removals, setting a new standard for visual effects, notably exemplified in Terminator 2 and he created the morphing technology as well as directed the visual transformations seen in Michael Jackson’s Black or White.
In 1995, Jamie founded Hammerhead Productions directing the visual effects production of over 10,000 shots for more than 100 major motion pictures. Notable accomplishments include the iconic dolphin scene in Titanic, the premature demise of Samuel Jackson’s character in Deep Blue Sea and the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in 42, the Jackie Robinson film starring Chadwick Boseman.
As Co-founder and CTO of Living Popups since 2018, Jamie has led the research, development, and testing in the application of AR to education. Creating for the first time, character based experiences that literally jump up from the page, engaging readers, giving them motivation, increasing comprehension and instilling a joy of reading. In addition to directing these projects from a creative perspective, on the technical side, Jamie is instrumental in developing efficient workflows that allow AAA production value at a fraction of the typical time and cost. Jamie has also extended the use of these products as a means to collect usage data, for the first time giving educators and publishers access to how readers engage with their physical and e-book offerings in a real-time and extremely granular level.
Jamie has been a member of the Motion Picture Academy since 1993 and is a voting member of the Visual Effects Branch.