Digital Design Co-Chair, Drew Takahashi

Drew is the emperor of Funjacket Enterprises and former chairman and chief creative officer of Colossal Pictures, a company he founded with Gary Gutierrez in 1976. He began his career working with George Lucas, Francis Coppola and John Korty on such films as American Graffiti, The Conversation and Who are the Debolts?

Under his design and production direction--which ranged from live action through motion control and computer animation to classic cel, Colossal spearheaded the transformation of broadcast IDs into branded interstitial entertainment for MTV, Showtime, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

In the TV advertising world, Drew has directed spots for Coca-Cola, Honda, Nike, Budweiser, barnesandnoble.com and GO Networks. His most recent projects incorporate his experience in advertising, branding and technology and include the development of branding, navigation and architecture for such clients as Excite, Americast, WebTV, Microsoft, VH1 and Replay Networks