Iake Eissinmann - Chief Executive As a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment industry, Iake has extensive experience both in front of, and behind, the camera. He is most widely known to fans worldwide as the star of the Disney classic films “Escape to Witch Mountain” and “Return From Witch Mountain.” Among his many other acting credits are the feature films “Cross Creek,” “Star Trek II-The Wrath of Kahn” and “The Formula,” as well as numerous television appearances. Iake’s creative background includes a mix of disciplines from fine art and photography to filmmaking. He exhibited his photo-realistic drawings exclusively at The Michael Himovitz gallery in Sacramento, California, and The Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, California. As a producer/director Iake has worked in live radio, live theater, film and video. He was invited to participate as a freelance digital video producer in the innovative Galaxy Online entertainment company. His debut 35mm short film, “Singe Family Dwelling,” toured the country at major film festivals. Most recently, Iake co-produced the digital animated feature film “Tugger-The Jeep Who Wanted to Fly” for the digital animation studio Genesis Orlando, Inc.

Alex K. Eissinmann - Director of Operations Alex’s film production experience began as a production assistant. She quickly moved up to production coordinator for commercials and infomercials. Then, as a producer, she has worked on various film and video projects including “Single Family Dwelling,” “Rocket Car” and “The Blair Witch Mountain Project.” More recently, Alex has served her hometown of Celebration by acting as a volunteer Special Events Coordinator for both The Celebration Foundation, a non-profit organization, and The Celebration Special Events Committee, planning and implementing six special events per year for the town of Celebration, Florida. Concurrently, she manages the portfolio of R. I. Trio, LLC., a real estate investment company.

John Gallacher - Co-Producer & Staff Writer John began producing articles and short stories for local magazines in his native Scotland before emigrating here in 1989. Once in the United States John continued to hone his craft during fifteen years at The Walt Disney Company and later at Genesis Orlando Inc. During this time he developed an extensive catalog of short stories and books as well as eleven feature length scripts, two published books, one audio book and several smaller projects. Later John attended the University of Central Florida where he achieved an AS degree in business and a BS in Management Information Systems. With Mighty Mojo Studios John has produced a live filmed account of 9-11 tragedy given by Tom Von Essen, the fire Chief in charge during that time, and a marketing DVD of the Robert Gamez Invitational Golf Tournament and Celebrity Bash. He has also co-written twenty-four scripts for The Mystery of… Series produced by this studio, two of which are already in distribution, written the latest episodes of our Cartoon Galaxy project, and co-authored a book on the life of wrestling legend Dory Funk.

Heath Hollingshead - Technical Director Heath graduated from both the Virginia College at Birmingham in Alabama and Full Sail Real World Education in Winter Park, Florida studying both computer animation, and computer aided drafting and design. He began his career at Disney i.d.e.a.s. as a technical director, lead modeler and animator. He has used those skills extensively as a freelance modeler and animator for local studios and worked with Tri-Dimensional Studios in Tampa, Florida as their CG and animation supervisor. Heath's latest accomplishment was the production of the independent animated film "Tugger-The Jeep Who Wanted to Fly" for Genesis Orlando, Inc. Throughout that production he served as technical director, lead modeler and animator.

Jonathan Lewis - Audio-Video Design & Editorial Jonathan graduated from Full Sail Real World Education in Winter Park, Florida, with an Associate of Science Degree in Recording Arts. He created the opening animatic and was the sound designer for the Pirates of the Caribbean CD ROM Press kit for DLR Public Relations which went on to win first prize at the 2006 Los Angeles Prism Awards. He is Pro Tools Certified and served as the sound designer/editor on the animated feature “Tugger-The Jeep Who Wanted to Fly.”

Barry Temple - Character Animator Mr. Temple has a distinguished animation resume. He is most widely known for his work as the lead character animator for the character of Flounder in the classic Walt Disney animated film “The Little Mermaid.” Barry brought to life Lumiere in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” and has served as character animator on many famous titles including “Home on the Range,” “Mulan,” “Pocahontas,” “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and many others.

Josh Brodsky - Character Animator/Modeler/Storyboard Artist Josh’s digital animation talent is industry leading. As a storyboard artist he will set the style and tone of the Studio’s varied animation projects • Graduating with a degree in animation from the University of Central Florida, Mr. Brodsky has served as storyboard/concept artist on no less than four award winning short films. He has lent his animation gifts to such companies as Stars North, Disney i.d.e.a.s., Think Well, Genesis Orlando and Project Firefly. You will find his name amongst the artist credits on such films as “Curious George,” “Tugger,” and “Eight Crazy Nights.”

Peter Raymundo - Storyboard Artist After completing his studies at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Peter commenced his professional career with the Walt Disney Company in 1996. While working for that studio his artwork earned credit on many of their major feature films including Brother Bear, Lilo and Stitch, Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast Special Edition, The Lion King (IMAX Special Edition) and the Pocahontas 10th Anniversary Edition. Utilizing the skills honed at Disney Peter found himself in constant demand as both a Storyboard and Character Design Artist. Over the next three years Peter wrote and storyboarded numerous animation shorts and songs aimed at opening up the imagination of children to the many fun and diverse aspects of music. Today Peter has brought his experience and wide-ranging portfolio to Mighty Mojo Studios were we are glad to have him as an integral part of our story team.

Luis Batista - Character Animator Luis’ career in animation began in his home country of Brazil where he attended the School of Classical Art. He is vastly experienced in character animation, modeling, rigging and binding as well as being familiar with techniques used in motion capture animation. Luis has excelled while working without specific direction, but is also comfortable functioning as part of a team. He has the ability to create characters that cover the spectrum from cartoon animation to photo-realistic animation. He is well versed in the applications of many software packages including Maya, Photoshop, MotionBuilder, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Macromedia Flash Mx. Luis brings his experience in all aspects of character animation to the Mojo team. As we grow as a studio Luis is sure to be an integral part of that process.

Michael Hoffman - Character Animator Michael brings a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of animation as well as the concepts of motion and body mechanics that make computer and traditional animation possible. He is proficient in both production and post-production software including Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro. After graduating from Full Sail Real World Education with an Associate of Science degree in Computer Animation, Michael enrolled in Animation Mentor to earn a diploma in Advanced Studies in Character Animation. Michael has quickly become a valued member of the animation team here at Mighty Mojo Studios and we look forward to utilizing his talents in many of our upcoming projects.

Steve O'Donnell - Lighting/Texturing/Modeling During his fifteen years in the entertainment industry Steve has immersed himself in many different disciplines of the profession. He excelled as a rollerblading stunt performer for Ringling Brothers’ Barnum and Bailey Circus, Rollerblade, and Walt Disney Company before returning to the collegiate world to earn an Associate Degree in Computer Animation from D.A.V.E. School in Orlando, Florida. Steve enhanced his skills and gained experience in computer animation while in the employ of Digital Domain, Paradigm Productions and Electronic Arts. Examples of his work can be seen in the award winning short film, “Once Upon a Christmas Village,” and also in the gallery section of an issue of HDRI 3D Magazine. We at Mojo are happy to have Steve join our crew and assist in the lighting, texturing and modeling of the characters and sets for our upcoming projects. He has already shown himself to be an extremely talented artist who will definitely bring an added dimension to our future endeavors.

Melissa Mace - Executive Assistant Melissa has been involved in the theater in every capacity from set construction to stage manager on numerous theater presentations. Melissa’s educational background is as varied as her theater background. She is a current member of MENSA, has studied at both Oxford University in England and Penn State University, and written a children’s book and newspaper articles. Using her production process experience Melissa is the ideal person to organize the various segments of our company into one efficient unit. As the company has grown Melissa has become indispensable and we anticipate that with her help we will continue to flourish and grow in the future. On our latest project, The Mystery of… Series, Melissa will take on even more responsibility when she facilitates the production of educational materials for future episodes. She will also oversee the erecting of the set where the live action portions of our show take place.