Joel Newton
| Joel Newton | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| 💼 Occupation | Producer, director |
| 📆 Years active | 2010-present |
Joel Newton is a producer and director and the co-founder of immersive entertainment company CityLights.[1] He is best known for his contribution to the virtual reality experiences SPHERES and Tutankhamun: Enter the Tomb, both of which gained significant attention from the media and went on to secure multiple awards and nominations for landmark feats within the virtual reality industry.[2][3]
Career
Newton began his career in Hollywood representing writers and directors and also producing films, including The Kids Are All Right, which won Best Picture at the Golden Globes and received four Academy Award nominations.[4] Newton was also a producer on LUV,[5] which premiered at Sundance, starring Common, and he was an Executive Producer on Raising A Ruckus.[6]
Newton went on to co-found The Virtual Reality Company with Robert Stromberg, Guy Primus, and Chris Edwards.[7] Steven Spielberg was among the company's early advisors. Together with director Ridley Scott, they developed The Martian VR Experience in 2016, which went on to win a prestigious Cannes Lion award.[8]
In 2018, Newton co-founded CityLights. CityLights acquired Executive Producer Darren Aronofsky’s “Spheres,” the space-themed narrative three-piece series that debuted at Sundance and won the Grand Prix at the Venice International Film Festival.[9] It was also the first-ever VR project to screen at Telluride Film Festival.[10] In January 2019, Newton produced a sold-out Spheres Pop-Up at Rockefeller Center.[11] Newton was also recently announced as a producer on The MVP Experience, an extended reality project featuring NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes, in which fans can put on a VR headset and be transported into the shoes of the star quarterback.[12]
Newton's directorial debut was the multi-million dollar virtual reality experience, Tutankhamun: Enter the Tomb, which was created and produced by CityLights and debuted as part of the record-breaking King Tut museum exhibit at the Saatchi Gallery in London on November 1, 2019.[13]
References
- ↑ Nafarrete, Jonathan (January 24, 2018). "CityLights Buys Darren Aronofsky's VR Series 'Spheres' for $1.4M".
- ↑ Carter, Howard, "REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF SPECIMENS FROM THE TOMB OF KING TUT-ANKH-AMEN", The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 214–216, ISBN 978-0-511-72235-6, retrieved 2020-07-06
- ↑ Lopez-Gulliver, Roberto; Hatamoto, Takahiro; Matsumura, Kohei; Noma, Haruo (March 2015). "Synthesis of omnidirectional movie using a set of key frame panoramic images". 2015 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR). IEEE. doi:10.1109/vr.2015.7223375. ISBN 978-1-4799-1727-3.
- ↑ "The Kids Are All Right | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ↑ LUV, retrieved 2020-01-03
- ↑ Roettgers, Janko; Roettgers, Janko (March 27, 2017). "Robert Stromberg's VRC Announces Animated VR Series 'Raising a Rukus'".
- ↑ Schwartzel, Erich (April 15, 2015). "Virtual-Reality Projects Get Hollywood Treatment" – via www.wsj.com.
- ↑ "the-martian-vr-experience". www.sundance.org.
- ↑ "A VR Movie Set in Space Just Landed a 7-Figure Deal at Sundance. This Is Huge" – via www.wired.com.
- ↑ "Darren Aronofsky's 'Spheres' to Be First Virtual Reality Film to Screen at Telluride (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ "Coming Soon: 'SPHERES' | Front & Center at Rockefeller Center". www.rockefellercenter.com.
- ↑ Sprung, Shlomo. "NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes Discusses Extended Reality Project Coming To Kansas City Chiefs Games". Forbes.
- ↑ "Step Inside King Tut's Tomb With This New Virtual-Reality Experience—Possibly the Best Part of London's Tutankhamun Blockbuster". artnet News. November 27, 2019.
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