OLIVE JAR STUDIOS has opened their doors to a new executive in charge of

special venue and theme park productions, MARK RHODES. Rhodes will help the

company's new West Coast branch increase business in both long format

productions and theme park attraction work, as well as aid in the

commercial division. When at Universal, Rhodes supervised two separate

animation projects produced by Olive Jar for Universal Studios' new Islands

of Adventure theme park, which opened in Summer 1999. Rhodes' other

responsibilities while at Universal included the production of all film and

video media for the large-format 3D SPIDERMAN Attraction. Previously, Mark

spent four years at IMAX Ridefilm Corporation where he produced a variety

of special venue attractions for Douglas Trumbull.