Please join us for our October meeting. Dinner/social time begins at 6:30 PM, followed by the meeting at 7:00pm. Our featured speaker is David Parrish, MS, an Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts – Fort Worth.

Professor Parrish has had a diverse career spanning architecture, education, and the entertainment industry. His professional journey began by shepherding in the use of CGI construction documents and design presentations at Dickson Wells Architects in Dallas. After completing his Masters degree in Visualization at Texas A&M he transitioned to feature film visual effects at Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Imageworks where he made his mark on films including The Perfect Storm, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Polar Express. He then transitioned to studio leadership at Reel FX Creative Studios, including as Vice President Head of Production and Senior Vice President of Animation where he helped establish Reel FX as an internationally acclaimed animation studio, working with Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, Dreamworks, Google, and NBC Universal.