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EDWY - Alison Savitch - Award Winning Visual Effects Producer 

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...Entertainment Mogul Alison Savitch as VP of New Media Technology 


AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eDoorways International Corporation (Pink Sheets:EDWY) announced today that the Company has engaged Alison Savitch of Digital Fortress as VP of New Media Technology. "Welcoming Alison's genius to our team of executives is by far our most exciting announcement to date," stated Rick Henderson, Executive Vice President of eDoorways.  "We are working to revolutionize the personal concierge avatar industry, and there is no one better than Alison to have on our team."

Alison and her Company, Digital Fortress, have worked on such Blockbuster films as Terminator 2, The Chronicles of Narnia, Dracula and the Green Lantern to name a few. Alison is a pioneer of motion capture technology, used to create extremely realistic animated battles. Alison's groundbreaking work in both The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day won two Academy Awards for special effects. "I'm extremely pleased with the  innovative work being done at eDoorways and Smart1Systems," stated Alison Savitch. "The Company has some groundbreaking applications that our technology is perfect for. This will prove to be a great synergy." In addition to her great work with Digital Fortress, Alison is well known as the Chair of the Producers Guild of America. (Emeritus) Founding Board of the Visual Effects Society, Advisory Board for the Gnomon School for Visual Effects, and many more.




Current Events:
Just had Alison Savitch come on board to design the avatar for the Fitness App Mike Torchia, the fitness guru to the stars, that EDWY and Mike are working on. 

Alison will be designing the Avatar and many other special effects for Mike Torchia's Revolutionary Fitness app for the Android/iPhone/Tablet/iPads 

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Smart1Systems has embarked upon a journey to integrate a unique group of technologies into a single mobile setting. Utilizing the most advanced artificial technology available, S1S will create personal avatars available to interact with people in everyday situations. "We have been working with the distinguished Mike Torchia of Operation Fitness to create a personalized healthcare instrument among other projects in the pipeline," continued Henderson. "We are in the process of creating a demo of our technology which will put a 'real' person or digital double in front of you, able to interact like you would with your healthcare provider or personal fitness trainer." The fitness demo uses some of Hollywood's top technologies also being used for a number of major motion pictures. The project, led by Motion Capture and Visual Effects Expert Alison Savitch of Digital Fortress is well underway and poised for completion by the end of the quarter. 

"In addition to our group, we have brought in two other heavy hitters to ensure the most complete and technologically advanced capabilities," stated Alison Savitch, EVP of New Media Technology for eDoorways. "We are working with the well known Just Cause Entertainment, known for their teams work with the Avatar movie series and top properties including the Resident Evil gaming franchise. We have also brought in TNG Visual Effects, the body scanning, photo realistic experts whose works include Twilight, The Muppets Movie, Grey's Anatomy and Big Love to name a few.





About

Alison Savitch is a producer in multi-media entertainment; live action movies & television, digital visual effects for blockbuster movies; animation and theme park attractions for the worlds leading parks. 

Ms. Savitch is Chair of The Producer’s Guild of America, New Media Council; she is on The National Board of Directors for the PGA; The Advisory Board of Gnomon School of Visual Arts and is a founding Board Member of the Visual Effects Society. 

Savitch is also known for her innovations in 3-D stereoscopic as well as interactive and real time media for tv, internet and broadband. 

Her credits include: The Poseidon Adventure, Messengers, Rise, Journey to the Center of the Earth (stereoscopic pre-viz) The Abyss, Dracula, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Grudge & The Grudge 2, Rise, Aliens of the Deep, The Shadow, Arachnophobia, The Last Action Hero, the Mortal Kombat movies and television series, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Beowulf, The Faculty, Dogma and many others. 

Her groundbreaking work on both The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day contributed greatly to these films winning 2 Academy Awards for best special visual effects. 

Savitch produced both Mortal Kombat features. Each one opened number one in the box office as they went on to gross nearly $200 million worldwide. She also produced Mortal Kombat’s Animated series that was #1 on USA network, as well as Mortal Kombat, The Journey Begins, a direct to video animated special that ranked #1 on the Billboard Kid Vid sales and rental charts, in which Ms. Savitch pioneered the use of Motion Capture and went on to further develop Motion Capture for some of Hollywood’s most memorable and technically advanced moments on film. 

Most recently, she produced and supervised the animation and visual effects on numerous major theme park attractions, including an all CGI stereoscopic movie for Hershey Park, Star Trek: Borg Invasion a- stereoscopic ride/attraction film for Paramount’s Theme Park Division and the Walt Disney Company’s #1 ride ever, “Mission Space” at Epcot Center as well as one of Euro Disney’s top attractions ARMAGEDDON, based on the blockbuster movie. 

Savitch is also involved in developing the launch of a new era in a 3D stereoscopic process for the main stream market place, including producing the REAL D demo, and work with Cobalt 3D, Aliens of the Deep Title Sequnce , as well as various museums and alternative venues. 

Full filmography on IMDB 

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