Jeremy Leeds has joined San Francisco-based production/post/motion graphics/interactive media studio TEAK as senior interactive producer. He will work closely with executive producer Greg Martinez.
Leeds specializes in managing large-scale, complex interactive and web development projects, working with clients on custom designed websites, microsites and landing pages that have included such features as email messaging platforms, robust content management systems, and interactive interfaces.
Leeds was recently at Mekanism where he produced a pair of marquee projects including a comprehensive Flash video microsite and a social network for Harmonix/EA’s popular Rock Band videogame. While at Mekanism, he also had a hand in comedic tongue-in-cheek interactive site for Tostitos, in which users can watch a fictional organization (the National Organization for Legislation Against Fun-NOLAF) rail against the detrimental effects of Tostitos chips.
Among the other clients for whom Leeds has worked on projects are Ferrari, McAfee, SoBe, Toshiba, TheTourOperator.com, Sony, Oracle, Ask Jeeves, Selectica, Emindhealth.com, Kodak, AirTreks and Charles Schwab.
Prior to Mekanism, Leeds was a senior interactive producer at Loomis Group, interactive producer at Attik, and project manager at Landor & Associates, and Fluid, Inc.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More