Ron Martin

Inspired by the fantasy of old Sinbad movies and the special effects of Ray Harryhausen, Ron Martin has been involved with computer graphics and film work, professionally for 21 years.
While working for Softimage a high-end software company in Montreal, Ron traveled to 22 countries as part of a special-ops team and educator, working with motion capture and motion control. During this time, Ron worked with some of the worlds finest post-production and visual effects companies. Ron went to work for the multimedia research group in Microsoft during the middle 90's along side of computer graphic icons, Alvy Ray Smith and Andrew Glassner, managing a user interface design team.
One of the main focuses of ISWID Productions over the last 15 years has been consulting for companies in the capacities of user interface for interactive online applications and virtual exhibitions.
Ron has produced animation for Ubisoft and Electronic Arts including the all-time best selling games, Prince of Persia and Rainbow Six Three.
Ron was instrumental in creating the gothic sci-fi world of the first online HD series distributed production called Sanctuary, which is currently being shot as a TV series for Sci-Fi Channel. Part of Sanctuary's success was it's fan base acquired wholly through online viral promotion.
Ron’s recent work includes virtual set integration for Global Television’s award winning Global Nation News.