George Peter Gatsis graduated from George Brown College Graphic Arts Program and Executive Marketing Training Program through Nelvana-Corus Entertainment.
George incorporated his company with the same name as his line of self-published books and comic books and has been producing Marketing, Advertising and Branding content since 1990.
In bullet point, George has:
- Created Canada's First Computer Generated comic book, and the World's First comic book/series to be mostly produced in the Vector Graphic Format, since 1990.
- Publishing in print and digital since 1990.
- Produced and directed a weekly real-estate television show.
- Developed Burger King's early Video POP/digital menu in the early 90s.
- Developed Canadian Tire's Video POP from the ground up in the mid-2000s.
- Created and animated the logo opening for North American translation of the BeyBlade Cartoon.
- Created the key elements and logo for Cardcaptors and Medabots.
- Created license style guides for Cardcaptors, Medabots, BeyBlade, Franklin the Turtle, Little Bear, Babar, Elliot Moose, Redwall and Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.
- Developed full storyboards for romantic, horror and sci-fi scripts.
- Made a 54-minute short sci-fi film.
- Produced websites and helped develop marketing strategies for launches of novel products.
- Tutored artists on the most effective way to produce artwork and develop creative techniques.
- Produced a wide range of packaging for Philips Electronics, Cott Corporation, Coca Cola, Burger King, Honda, Ford and Nelvana.
- Provided technical assistance to various book creators to make their content "press ready".
- Provided tech and production support for Michael Elliot's Screen Writer's Webinar Series and Black Book.
- Created the Captain's Chair Documentary Website for William Shatner.
- Managed Dave Sim's Cerebus High Society Digital release (scanning, cleanup, audio editing, animation, video editing, deployment, fulfillment, and quality control).
- Performed restoration on Dave Sim's Cerebus Volume 1 and Volume 2: High Society.
- Has been developing a process for creating content on Glasses Free 3D TV for the last 8 years.
George has produced a wide range of content for: Firstcom Cato Johnson, Young and Rubicam, Vistek, Digital Imaging, Big Image Studios, Philips Electronics, Lunch Box Media, Burger King, Coca Cola, Canadian Tire, Nelvana, Corus Entertainment, Intelligent Creatures, Cott Corporation, Aardvark Vanaheim and Michael Elliot Productions.
And when all that is out of the way, George loves to relax, put his feet up and read comic books, watch movies and TV, and eat a plain cheese burger with sweet potato fries.