OLIVE JAR STUDIOS has opened their doors to a new executive in charge of
special venue and theme park productions, MARK RHODES. Rhodes will help the
company's new West Coast branch increase business in both long format
productions and theme park attraction work, as well as aid in the
commercial division. When at Universal, Rhodes supervised two separate
animation projects produced by Olive Jar for Universal Studios' new Islands
of Adventure theme park, which opened in Summer 1999. Rhodes' other
responsibilities while at Universal included the production of all film and
video media for the large-format 3D SPIDERMAN Attraction. Previously, Mark
spent four years at IMAX Ridefilm Corporation where he produced a variety
of special venue attractions for Douglas Trumbull.