Marc Jorgenson

Marc Jorgenson is an award-winning Canadian multimedia artist, electronics inventor, writer, musician and recording engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Jorgenson is known for his pioneering work exchanging music files over the early internet in 1983. He presented his findings and file-sharing vision at Digicon '85: International Arts Conference on Computers and Creativity.

In 1988 he founded MIDI City Studios, an influential Vancouver-based recording studio that helped launch the careers of several Juno award-winning recording artists. He is best known as a sound designer contributing to several video games[1] a feature film[2] and dozens of toys and e-books.

Patents

Inventor U.S. Patent 5,674,076 – Hand-held sound generating device[3]

Video games

Engineering – Speech Engine

Design & Development: Audio

Books

Design & Development: Electronics/Audio

  • Talking Pages Deluxe: Construction Site. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-004-6.
  • Talking Pages Deluxe: All God's Things. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-000-8.
  • Talking Pages Deluxe: Zoo Animals. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-005-3.
  • Talking Pages Deluxe: Colors. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-003-9.
  • Talking Pages Deluxe: Good Night, God. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-001-5.
  • Talking Pages Deluxe: On the Go!. Futech Interactive. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58224-002-2.
  • K'nex Build 'n' Play: Kbots Rescue. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-1-879332-87-4.
  • K'nex Build 'n' Play: Battle For The Hyper-Space Colony. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-1-879332-85-0.
  • K'nex Build 'n' Play: Escape From The Enemy. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-1-879332-86-7.
  • K'nex Build 'n' Play: Attack Of The Winged Warriors. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-1-879332-84-3.
  • DC Comics' Total Justice: Fire And Brimstone. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-879332-65-5.
  • Disney's 101 Dalmatians: Musical Mealtime Machine. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1997. ISBN 978-1-879332-51-5.
  • Disney's Lion King: Simba's Big Race. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-879332-50-7.
  • Marvel Comics' X-MEN: Beware Of The Blob!. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1997. ISBN 978-1-879332-40-9.
  • Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Super Sonic Blaster. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-879332-42-6.
  • Marvel Comics' Spiderman: Lights, Camera, Danger!. XYZ Group, Premier Publishing. 1996. ISBN 1-879332-45-0.

Radio Singles
  • (1994) "Frozen in Time" - The Marc Jorgenson Project

Films

Sound Design, Foley, Voice Actor

  • (1992) Maniac Warriors, North American Pictures.[2]

References
  1. "Marc Jorgenson, Video Game Developer Bio". Moby Games. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  2. "Marc Jorgenson, Filmography". New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  3. "Marc Jorgenson, Inventor". Google Patent Search. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
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