Phil Rice (also known as "Overman") has been involved with "machinima" filmmaking since 1998, having collaborated on over fifty machinima films. An active member of the community which has sprung up around this relatively new artform, Phil regularly contributes tutorials and advice to those looking to get their start.
Phil is the founder of MachiniFeed, a blended RSS aggregator for machinima-themed blogs and websites. For several years, he hosted a machinima-themed podcast called The Overcast. He is also one of the founders and organizers of the International Machinima Expo, an annual virtual world festival showcasing machinima movies, discussion panels, and workshops.
In September of 2006, he released Male Restroom Etiquette, a comedic mockumentary short film, reaching an audience of over five million viewers on YouTube, and gathering a Best Writing award at the 2006 Machinima Film Festival. Since then, his work has been screened on MTV, the BBC, and at dozens of film festivals worldwide.
Phil was interviewed recently over at the Garry's Mod website. And Ricky Grove has written an extensive biography/filmography of Phil for Machinima.com: Part 1 - Part 2
You can connect with Phil at:
Or in Second Life as Sol Bartz.
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What is Machinima? ...
- Origins of the word "machinima": click here
- According to The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences: click here
- According to wikipedia: click here