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About me

Born in the city of Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta and raised on Chicago's South and West side. Floyd Webb's background includes global work in cinema, photojournalism, publishing and advertising. All experiences that contribute to his convergence skills as a producer, designer and consultant for the Internet.

His past work includes; associate producer of the award winning Julie Dash Film, Daughters of the Dust(US 1992); local producer of the American Masters film, The World of Nat King Cole (2006); producer and director of music videos, short documentaries, and 3D animations project.

Webb has also worked with filmmakers such as John Akomfrah, St. Clair Bourne, Jean Pierre Bekolo and Spike Lee doing research and production work on documentary, commercials, drama and short films. Most recently he has assisted director John Akomfrah on a BBC/ITVS documentary on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.

He has produced 3D animation effects for a Wesley Snipes' Amen Ra Films produced documentary featuring Egyptologist Josef Ben Jochanna; Jazz group 8 Bold Souls: Last Option, a DVD project for Thrill Jockey Records; designed and implemented an interactive animated project for the New Caledonia Office de Poste et Telecommunications in Noumea, New Caledonia, South Pacific for Sofrecom/France Telecom. He has done production work for Big Idea (), Larry Boy series.

Working in London, UK, Webb was partnered with new media start-ups Studio Blank, headed by music producer David M. Allen (The CURE) in the stylish Fitzrovia area developing new media projects for various bands and also worked with the 3D animation house MESH Interactive in Battersea as a project manager and sales associate with designers such as Tom Hamlyn, Max McMullin and the well-known Dave McKean. At MESH, he co-produced and co-directed Julie Dash's 10-minute short Digital Diva, based upon her original screenplay.

He has worked as a consultant in film programming and online issues for The Raindance Festival of Independent Cinema in London, The Zanzibar International Film Festival, and The Black Filmmaker Magazine Film Festival in London.

Details

AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractFreelance, Part time

LocationChicago, United States

Skill LevelDirector

Tagged Job TitlesProject Designer, Digital Creative Director, Digital Producer

Achievements

Contributor:

Floyd has been a Contributor since 20th June 2017.

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Recommendations

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Skills

Animation, Audio Visual, Digital Strategy, Film, Production, Video-Journalism

Sector Experience

Arts, Audio / Visual, Foreign Affairs, Television

Clients

Al Jazeera Media Network, BBC Worldwide, France 24, Orange

Awards

Clios - Bronze

CV / Resume

Floyd's CV/Resume

Activity

Connections64 Followers253 Following377

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Floyd's work

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