Alex Westerman

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name=Alexander Westerman


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Alexander Westerman (born 1969 [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922667/ |title=Internet Movie Database |date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2008-08-15] ) is a United States of America Product Developer and Online Game Producer. He began his career as an Art Director having studied at Ithaca College and New York University. Westerman is currently the Production Director of "Nicktropolis". Nicktropolis is Nickelodeon's massively multiplayer online game and massively multiplayer online role-playing game that is part of Nick.com. [cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=24856&StepNum=1&award=aw |author=Mike Jovel |title=Parents' Choice Awards |date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2008-08-15]

Career

Alex Westerman started out as an prop master and art director. Westerman experience ranges from television to movie and theater productions. He was Executive in Charge of Development at Bona Dea Productions, a Production Executive of The Weisberger Theatre Group, and a year as an Assistant to producer Fred Zollo. In 2000, Westerman left his job at Disney to found a start-up called RadicalZoo. [cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2D71038F935A35756C0A9679C8B63 |author=Chris Erikson |title=A Wing, a Prayer And Presto, It's Web TV |date=2001-05-06|accessdate=2001-05-06] RadicalZoo was to be a destination for independent film makers. RadicalZoo folded in 2003. Westerman joined the staff of Nickelodeon in 2004 and has since created award winning sites and applications for the company.

In 2007 - 2008, Westerman created an Adobe Air application as an Adobe launch partner. The application was the first game to be created using the air runtime. The game allows users to engage in a scavenger hunt, collecting jig saw puzzle pieces and assemble and solve the puzzle offline in the Air runtime. [cite web|url=http://qik.com/video/26486 |author=Robert Scoble |title=Adobe Air Engage 2008 |date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-02-26]

Westerman is also the publisher of a popular amusement park and roller coaster website; ThrillNetwork.com. ThrillNetwork is large community dedicated to provide news and information about the amusement park industry. The site contains one of the most comprehensive databases of statistical data on almost every park and ride in the world.

Awards for associated websites

* Webby Awards 2008 - Social Networking - Nicktropolis.com
* Webby Awards 2008 - People's Choice Best Youth Site - Nick.com
* Parents' Choice Award 2008 - Nicktropolis.com
* Parents' Choice Award 2008 - Nick.com
* Webby Award 2007 - People's Choice Best Youth Site - Nick.com
* In 2004, ThrillNetwork.com was named Forbes Summer 2004 Best of the Web Pick. [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=284 |title=Forbes Magazine Best of the Web |date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2008-08-15]

elected online projects

* Nicktropolis
* Nick.com
* NickMail
* [http://www.thrillnetwork.com ThrillNetwork.com]
* TurboNick

elected theater and filmography

* Out of the Box (The Disney Channel: Season 1 and 2)
* Peroxide Passion (T. Michael Film)
* Hit and Runway (Lot 47 Films)
* Surprise (The NY Picture Company)
* Nickelodeon Pilot “BUS # 9” (MTV Networks)
* Frongs for Snakes (The Shooting Gallery)
* The President's Christmas Tree (Shochiku Entertainment)
* Hell's Kitchen (Kushner-Locke Company)
* The Substance of Fire (Miramax)
* Mississippi Burning (Orion Pictures)
* Oleanna (play) (Samuel Goldwyn)
* Naked in New York (New Line Cinema)
* Quiz Show (Hollywood Pictures)

References

External links

* [http://www.westerman.us Official Website]
* [http://www.nick.com Nick.com]
* [http://www.nicktropolis.com Nicktropolis]
*imdb name|id=0922667|name=Alex Westerman
* [http://www.thrillnetwork.com ThrillNetwork.com]
* [http://www.turbonick.com TurboNick - Nickelodeon's video site]