Ann Cudworth- Principal and Lead Designer
Ever since she was a girl, Ann wanted to build design and build.
Tinker-toys were just the start to what has eventually become a
world class career in Production Design for Television and Virtual Environments.
As Manager for CBS Design and Fabrication she is immersed in scenic environments, and currently the designs for such shows as 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, and the CBS Evening News.
Her Virtual World Projects include:
In Land- Search for the Sy- an IBM grant for building a game/sim 2011
Beach Ride- Interactive Sculpture Park 2010
2nd Live- Collaboration with Keystone Bouchard 2009
Creation and development of 5 sims:
Trees/Sundial- season changing sim 2007-2008
Particles/Alchemy- interactive treasure hunt sim 2008-09
Alchemy sims/ Alchemy HQ- interactive, showplace 2009-ongoing
Beach Ride/ SeaDrift- Vehicle testing grounds 2009-ongoing
Alchemy Adventure/ Terra Tertius- interactive residential sim (under construction)
She has worked for feature films, television series, industrial films and shows,exhibits and special events, and her past clients have included:
FEATURE FILMS/ TELEVISION
Children's Television Workshop PBS
"Ghost Writer" 1993-4 Art Director
Orion- "Married to it" 1991 Art Director
Touchstone- "Scenes from a Mall" 1990 Assistant Art Director
Paramount- "Ghost" 1989 Assistant Art Director
SPECIAL EVENTS/ INDUSTRIAL SHOWS
Parke Davis, Dow Chemical, Cadillac, AT&T, Trump?s Taj Mahal, Disney, Anheuser Busch,SONY, Trinity Church, Radio City Music Hall.
She is fortunate enough to be in the television industry during a period of fantastic technical growth. As such, Ann has evolved the Set Designer's position to include the virtual realm.
With one foot in virtual and one in the real world, VSETS and Ann Cudworth seek to find more ways to utilize the new technologies, such as those in Virtual Worlds and other such environments, in the day to day of television production.
She is a creative Production Designer who can organize the most complex design project in to an understandable task, loves a challenge, and working in a team to create something that makes people say "Wow!"