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Thought Nozzle principal Bob West has been providing creative services to the advertising, television and film production industries, and to independent businesses and professionals since just after the earth’s crust cooled.

Earning a Bachelor’s in Art, Bob graduated with honors from Trinity University in San Antonio. His first gig (not counting the singing telegram work) was serving as art director and camera operator for a commercial production company. Simultaneously launching a parallel career in voice over, Bob became the go-to guy in the market for sharp comedy dialog and chameleon-like character work. Adding experience in copy writing and producing/direction for radio and television commercial production, Bob rounded out his repertoire with a stint in community relations, and continued his work in freelance creative direction, graphic design, and copy writing.

In 1995, Bob began providing web design services, building sites for clients in a variety of industries, including film and entertainment professionals and artists.

Over the last 15 years, Bob has increased his work in web design, and in graphic design for feature film and network television. Feature film clients include Jurassic Park III for Universal, Desperate Measures starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser; The Proposal for Touchstone/Disney, with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds; cult hit Black Dynamite for Sony Pictures; Fox’s Down With Love; MGM’s Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty, Paramount’s The Italian Job, and Jon Favreau’s critically-acclaimed audience favorite, Chef.

Television work includes production graphics for shows including Castle, Lie to Me, Chuck, Brothers & Sisters, 90210, Angel, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, and many others. Bob completed a stint on The Muppets, for which Production Designer Denise Pizzini and the Art Department team won the Art Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Production Design; and on the series Single Parents and the ground-breaking hit comedy Speechless. Most recently, Bob contributed graphics to The Rookie; Swimming with Sharks; and the new series, The Muppets Mayhem.

By popular demand, Bob’s particular creative skills have increasingly been put to work in company, product and service naming, in branding and positioning strategies, and in social media marketing. At the same time, infographic-style collateral design and book cover design have become a growing segment of the Thought Nozzle creative bailiwick.

Honors and accomplishments include acceptance to The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; a number of voice over awards; being asked by Congress to testify on the issue of email spam and the unauthorized sharing of personal information; selection for archiving by the Library of Congress of a self-produced, 9-11-related website; and setting an unofficial world altitude record for bungy jumping from a helicopter.

For evidence of Thought Nozzle’s latest capers, take a look at the Portfolio page, link over to Bob’s page on IMDb, or scroll down for Bob’s résumé.


Bob West

Art Director’s Guild – IATSE 800

IMDb
Graphic Design for Film – Selected / spillover/piecework
ChefAldamisa Ent. / UniversalJon Favreau, Dir.; Denise Pizzini, PD
The Italian JobParamountF. Gary Gray, Dir.;
Diego Loreggian, PD;
Denise Pizzini, Set Dec.
The ProposalTouchstone / DisneyAnne Fletcher, Dir.; Nelson Coates, PD
Be CoolMGMF. Gary Gray, Dir.;
Michael Corenblith, PD;
Denise Pizzini, Set Dec.
Jurassic Park IIIUniversal PicturesJoe Johnston, Dir.; Ed Verreaux, PD;
Brad Einhorn, Propmaster
Extraordinary MeasuresCBS FilmsTom Vaughan, Dir.; Derek R. Hill, PD
Reno 911 – Miami –20th Century FoxBen Garant, Dir.;
Robinson Royce, Set Dec.;
Robert W. Joseph, Leadman
Aztec WarriorGrupo Televisa / LionsgateScott Sanders, Dir.; Denise Pizzini, PD
School for ScoundrelsDimension / Weinstein / MGMTodd Phillips, Dir.; Nelson Coates, PD
Picking Up the PiecesKushner-Locke / CinemaxAlfonso Arau, Dir.; Denise Pizzini, PD
Thick as ThievesGigantic / Moonstone / OctoberScott Sanders, Dir.; Denise Pizzini, PD
Still Breathing – as Art DirectorSony / LakeshoreJames F. Robinson, Dir.;
Denise Pizzini, PD
Graphic Design for Television
The Muppets Mayhem – Season 1The Muppets Studio / ABC SignatureDenise Pizzini, PD;
David DiGiacomo, Art Dir.
Love, Victor – Season 320th TelevisionCece Destefano, PD
Swimming With SharksDebut Content / LionsgateDenise Pizzini, PD;
Nikki Rudloff, Art Dir.
The Rookie - 5 episodeseOne Television / ABC SignatureGiao-Chau Ly, PD
Single Parents – Seasons 1-2ABC TelevisionGiao-Chau Ly, PD;
Melanie Jones, PD
Speechless – Seasons 1-3ABC TelevisionDenise Pizzini, PD;
Giao-Chau Ly, PD
The Mick – Season 2ABC TelevisionBruce Hill, PD;
Brittany Bradford, Asst. Art Dir.
The Muppets – Season 1ABC TelevisionDenise Pizzini, PD;
Claudia Roque, Asst. Art Dir.
Spillover/piecework:
Community – Seasons 1-6Sony / NBC / Yahoo ScreenDerek Hill, PD;
Denise Pizzini, PD
Stalker – Season 1Warner Bros. TV / CBSCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Rake – Season 1Sony / FoxCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Save Me – Season 1Sony / NBCCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
The Finder – Season 120th Century Fox TelevisionCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Lie to Me – Seasons 1-320th Century Fox TelevisionCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Eli Stone – Seasons 1-2Touchstone Television / ABCCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Brothers & Sisters – Seasons 1-4Touchstone Television / ABCDenny Dugally, PD
CHUCK – Seasons 1-3Warner Bros. Television / NBCCece de Stefano, PD; Dina Lipton, PD
Reno 911 – Season 6Jersey Films / Comedy CentralRobinson Royce, Set Dec.;
Robert W. Joseph, Leadman
The OC – Season 4Warner Bros. Television / FoxCece de Stefano, PD
The Closer – Season 3Warner Bros. Television / TurnerRobert W. Joseph, Art Dir.
The Shield – Seasons 4-5Sony / FoxRobert W. Joseph, Leadman
Angel – Seasons 1-520th Century Fox Television / WBCourtney Jackson, Propmaster
Freelance Creative Direction, Identity, Print and Web Design
Selected; more info available on request
Tickle Time Mineral SunblockIdentity, Print, WebAnne Heche, James Tupper, Founders
The Campbell AgencyCreative Dir., Identity, Print, WebNancy Campbell, Pres.
Stemina Biomarker Discovery, Inc.IdentityElizabeth Donley, Pres.
Rucker & Co.Print, WebDoug Rucker, Pres.
Pantala PressCreative Dir., Identity, Print, WebCheryl Ammeter, Publisher
Positive Impact, LLCIdentity, Print, WebDonna Stoneham, PhD, Pres
Change the World T-ShirtsIdentity, Print, WebMaike Both, Owner
Nena MediaIdentity, Print, WebJesyca Durchin, Pres.

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