ILL Clan
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The ILL Clan is a machinima production team based in Brooklyn, New York City. One of the first of the "Machinima Clans," (originally they were a Quake gaming clan) they created their first short: Apartment Huntin' in 1997, and have continued to produce machinima since then. Their most notable work to date appeared on CBS television's CSI:NY on October 24th 2007 in which the show follows a killer into Second Life.
The clan has produced a number of machinima shorts, series and several live performances at film festivals, often interacting with the audience. Their work often makes heavy use of improvised dialogue. The team has been featured in numerous articles in various media (mainly print) [1]. They are considered innovators of the technique, and were called "Machinima Masters" by Wired Magazine in 2005.
The current members of the ILL Clan have recently joined the Electric Sheep Company, the world's largest builder of virtual worlds, serving as their machinima division recording mostly in the virtual world of Second Life. Since joining ESC, the ILL Clan has produced numerous pieces of machinima for CBS.
[edit] Members
Team members have nicknames mimicking famous persons or fictional characters whose names begin with either "Will" or "Bill," and subsequently dropping the first letter, in favor of "ill." Some members are no longer active in the group.
Current Members:
- Frank Dellario (ILL Bixby): Cofounder, president, producer, virtual camera
- Paul Jannicola (ILL Spector): Voice actor/puppeteer, Sound Engineer, writer, composer
- Kerria Seabrooke (ILL Kim): Writer, voice-actor, story editor
- Tom Donnelly (ILLy Bob Thornton): Post Effects, Machinima
- Patrick O'Shaughnessey (ILL Gibson): Lead programmer, puppeteer
Former Members:
- John Olinyk (ILL Rogers): Voice actor/puppeteer, writer
- Paul Marino (ILL Robinson) - Cofounder, director, producer, animator
- Manu Smith (ILL Smith): Cofounder, audio engineer, foley artist
- Matt Dominianni (ILL Clinton): Cofounder, creative director, voice-actor/puppeteer, writer
[edit] Filmography
- Apartment Huntin' (Directed by Matt Dominianni) (1998)
- Hardly Workin' (Directed by Paul Marino)(2000)
- Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook (2003) - performed live at the 2003 Florida Film Festival
- WMD (2003) - performed live at the Machinima Film Festival 2003
- 6 Minutes with Mike Whitely (2004) - performed live at the 2004 Florida Film Festival
- Lenny and Larry on the Campaign Trail series (2004) - (Directed by Matt Dominianni)
- TrashTalk with ILL Will series (2006) - (Directed by Matt Dominianni)
- The Grid Review series (2007) - (Directed by Kerria Seabrooke)
- Down the Rabbit Hole episode of CSI:NY (aired October 24, 2007)
