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Markus Rothkranz, the founder of Astro films, has been an artist in the film world all his life. For many years before the advent of computers, he was known as the fastest photorealistic matte painter and builder of miniature models in the industry. He was also a designer on many blockbuster films like Die Hard, Total Recall,Red Planet and the Siegfried and Roy 3D Imax film. He wrote, and directed a 2 million dollar film "To the Ends of Time" which got international distribution and played on the sci-fi channel for four years. It boasted 400 visual effects shots, a philharmonic orchestra and 100 man choir, major pyrotechnics and stunts, over 300 extras and exotic animals like lions and bears- all for the unheard of price of 2 million (less than a fifth of what it should have cost!) He also worked on countless television commercials for companies like Chrysler, Pepsi, Volkswagen, Polaroid, Sylvania etc and on multimillion dollar music videos like Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Missy Elliot, etc. The next big project is a wild fantasy television series called ATOMIC CITY, which will have 400 visual effects shots per half hour episode! If you have hi-speed internet you can view a video resume of life achievements- click here. If you want a printable souvenir, click here to download a PDF document about Markus including magazine articles, links to video clips etc. Here is a link to his personal site showing his solar powered home, paintings etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
click here to see an 8 minute VIDEO of Markus's life acheivements so far | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Click here to see Markus on the cover of the premiere issue of Creative Cow magazine! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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A major portion of the visual effects will be handled by the award winning crew at AREA 51 VISUAL EFFECTS, run by Tim McHugh and Glen Campbell. Markus, Tim and Glen have shared jobs for over twenty years. The Area 51 resume is an endless list of top Hollywood titles...Star Trek theMotion Picture, Superman, Blade Runner, Close Encounters, Lifeforce, Battlestar Galactica,Buck Rogers, Absent Minded Professor, X-Files, Children of Dune (2 Emmies), JAG, Wishmaster, Fantasy Island,From the Earth to the Moon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Skies, Unsolved Mysteries, Space Above and Beyond,Chicago Hope, Deal of the Century, etc etc. A good link is here | |||||||||||||||||||||||
click here to see how Markus makes blockbusters at one quarter the cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Much of the architectural work will be done by the Heartwood Studios Team, who's computer work is so realistic, they are the ones called upon when the FAA needs to recreate an airline disaster. Their artist pool is worldwide. Some of their amazing samples are seen on the images page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music Composers- Jeff Victor- Emmy award winner who worked on David Letterman, Tonight Show, network TV and major motion pictures. Also Eckart Seeber- film composer "Red Dragon"(jet Li) "The Prisoner"(Jackie Chan),"Warrior", "Vortex", "Helicon","To the Ends of Time", and countless Disney interactive media- "Little mermaid","Toy Story", Lion King" etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The list goes on. All have worked with Markus/Astro before and plan to make lots of memorable projects together for a long long time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Astro Films LLC, Las Vegas Nevada, Los Angeles, New York | ||