Casey Pugh
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Hi there! I'm the co-founder of Definitely Games, an a16z backed studio building ridiculous multiplayer co-op games.
I'm an Emmy & Peabody award winning creative technologist that has spent the last 16 years blending tech, design, and code into a fine soup.
Since 2019 I've focused on game dev, launching the Apple Design Finalist & Editors' Choice mobile adaptation of the popular tabletop game Wavelength.
Things I'm proud of
- I won an Emmy & Peabody for creating the first crowdsourced film, Star Wars Uncut. As a followup I collaborated with Lucasfilm on Empire Strikes Back Uncut. SWU has inspired a generation of crowdsourced fan remakes that include: Conan O'Brien's "OCCUPY CONAN", AMC's Mad Men Fan Cut, Robocop Remake, Shrek Retold, Our Frasier Remake, and many many more.
- Jamie and I co-founded VHX where I ran product. What started off as a social video experiment, pivoted to a platform for selling movies/TV/video direct to fans. It was acquired by Vimeo in 2016 and now powers their enterprise business. The company was backed by USV, Comcast Ventures, Chris Sacca, Alexis Ohanian, Matt Mullenweg and more.
- Founded Vimeo Creator Labs, an R&D team that created some novel innovations.
- I built the OG Vimeo player, helped scale Vimeo, and bring HD video to the interwebs. (RIP Adobe Flash)
- Helped create GAWDS, the first generative holographic NFT.
- Helped Looking Glass launch a platform for sharing and distributing holograms. (Can you tell I like holograms?)
Press, talks, interviews, etc
- Apple Design Award Finalist: Innovation - Wavelength β Apple
- Game of the Day: Wavelength β Apple
- Legacy Peabody Award - Star Wars Uncut β Peabody Awards
- Vimeo adds a channel exclusively for holograms β Wired / TechCrunch / Engadget / No Film School / Forbes / Digital Trends
- Vimeo just made hologram live streaming a reality β Mashable
- Sundance Film Festival Panel: The Tech Thatβs Pushing Stories Forward β Unity
- Vimeo Acquires VHX β Forbes / TechCrunch / VentureBeat / Variety / The Hollywood Reporter
- VHX Is Now Building Apps For Phones, Tablets And Internet-Connected TVs β TechCrunch
- Want to Help Remake the βMad Menβ Pilot? A βFan Cutβ Guru Reveals All β IndieWire
- VHX Introduces An iPhone App And Library So You Can View Your Whole Video Collection In One Place β TechCrunch
- The Empire Strikes Back: The Fan-Made Version β Star Wars / NPR / The Guardian / Slate / E!Β Online / Laughing Squid
- VHX Updates Its Admin Panel To Make Do-It-Yourself Videos Sales Even Easier β TechCrunch
- Star Wars Uncut: An interactive transmedia installation β Tribeca Storyscapes
- Casey Pugh on Star Wars Uncut β Tribeca Film Festival
- Innovators on the Move: Casey Pugh & Jamie Wilkinson β Laughing Squid
- Video Pandora, Play-Forever-Lists: Other Things VHX is Doing You Don't Know About Yet (But Should) β No Film School
- Transmission CVI - Chris Hardwick interviews Casey Pugh β Star Wars
- VHX Raises $1.25 Million From Lerer Ventures And Angels To Democratize Video Distribution Online β TechCrunch
- How Many People Can You Fit In A Star Wars Remake? β NPR
- Star Wars crowdsourced film reaches million YouTube views β BBC News
- The Epic, Crowd-Soured 'Star Wars Uncut' Releases Director's Edit β The Atlantic / Vulture
- Vimeo Awards Announce Call For Entries β Fast Company
- Web 2.0 Expo NY 2011: "Star Wars Uncut: Crowdsourcing the Force" β O'Reilly Media
- Show Me Non Stop Lets Users Create a Video Channel About Anything β Laughing Squid
- A Pandora for Music Video Junkies β The Atlantic / Gizmodo / Flavorwire / Observer
- VHX Wants To Be Your Video Dashboard For The Entire Internet β TechCrunch
- Star Wars: A fan remake β Entertainment Weekly
- 'Star Wars' Stardom β Wake Forest Magazine
- Winner of the Vimeo Feature Presentation Award β Vimeo Festival & Awards
- Panelist, "Star Wars Uncut" β Vimeo Festival & Awards
- An Emmy for Rebuilding a Galaxy β The New York Times / Emmy Awards
- Star Wars: Uncut -- A Crowdsourced Shot-for-Shot Remake β Wired / Wired / Fast Company / Make: / The Morning News / News.com.au
- Introduction to Physical Computing w/ Zach Klein & Casey Pugh β Creative Mornings
- DIY Daft Punk Helmet β kanYe West's Blog πͺ¦ / Make: / Hackaday