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Marija Miletic Dail and her animated film PIXELTOWN
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10004/1/Marija-Miletic-Dail-and-her-animated-film-PIXELTOWN.html
By Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic
Published on 08/9/2010
 
Marija Miletić Dail created a very interesting animated film PIXELTOWN. It is based on her book Pixletown - The World Found, issued by PublishAmerica in 2005. Pixletown is where a whole world existed, and even thrived, undiscovered for eons, until this last century, when the vehicle had been invented to bring it to our attention. That vehicle was the computer. Marija was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where her animation carreer had started.
An imaginative journey into the microscopic world within computers


An imaginative journey into the microscopic world within computers called PIXLETOWN.


"There is nothing new under the sun" had been quoted thousands of times in the centuries past. However, there was something "new" on the horizon, just waiting to be "discovered," or, simply, brought into the light. Such is the case in the story of Pixletown, where a whole world existed, and even thrived, undiscovered for eons, until this last century, when the vehicle had been invented to bring it to our attention.
That vehicle was the computer.

In paperback at Amazon.com.

 
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Marija studied art and worked as an illustrator for the daily newspapers, while still in high school. Her animation career had its beginning at the “Zagreb Film” studio, which “infected” her with enough enthusiasm to last her a lifetime. Daughters Mirna and Vera, the “apples of her eye”, provided her with six beautiful grandchildren and enough stories for another lifetime. Marija spends her time between Carmel Valley and Zagreb, with her artist husband Dr. Sukhdev Singh Dail. “There is nothing new under the sun” has been quoted thousands of times in the centuries past. However, there was something “new” on the horizon, just waiting to be “discovered,” or simply, brought into the light. Such is the case in the story of Pixletown, where a whole world existed, and even thrived, undiscovered for eons, until this century, when the vehicle had been invented to bring it to our attention. That vehicle was the computer.





WORK HISTORY
2005 - Director for animated series - European Studio.
1999 - Co-directed “Madeline Lost in Paris,” a feature animation film for
DIC Animation Studio.
1996-1998 - Produced and directed 24 half-hour episodes of “Casper the Friendly Ghost” for Universal Studios.
1989-1995 - Independently produced and directed three half-hour specials for the ABC Network in USA through her own studio, Animation Cottage; utilizing up to 200 people, domestic and foreign.
- Directed and animated a 10-minute promotional piece for the opening of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
- Produced and directed three half-hour specials for the Christian TV Network.
- Produced and directed the environmental short, “Think Earth,” and an educational 15-minute spot.
1989 - Produced and directed eight half-hour episodes of “Kissyfur” for DIC Studio and the NBC Network.
1984-1987 - Producer and Director at Marvel Studios for several ABC series including:
“Little Wizards”
“Moondreamers”
“Glo-friends”
“Jem”
1983 - Animation Director and Designer for Studio Operations. Animated the trailer for the Disney feature film, Black Cauldron.
Produced and directed “Olympiad I,” a music video for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
1980-1982 - Animation Director and Layout Supervisor for Filmation Studio.
1977-1980 - Presentation designer for Hanna Barbera.
1975-1977 - Freelance Artist
- Television commercials for Toyota, Toys R Us, Kleenex, etc.
- Book illustrator
- Independent short animation films.
1970-1975 - Animator and Art director for Animedia.
1968-1970 - Animator for Hanna Barbera.
Started in animation at the Zagreb Film studio in Zagreb, Croatia.

Source www.marijamileticdail.com/biography.htm

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