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Nate graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. As a student he helped develop a wearable computer for use by the Marines and personally designed a demo of that system that was shown to the U.S. Cabinet. After graduation he worked briefly on Long Island as a design engineer for Symbol Technologies (where he became the company's expert in display technologies) before packing his bags and moving to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in filmmaking and acting.
The change in careers did not come totally out of the blue. Nate had acted in various productions throughout his life and even took acting and filmmaking courses at Carnegie Mellon in anticipation of one day making such a change. Two of his earliest memories are of acting in a church Christmas pageant and of playing the lead role of Achilles in a production of the Trojan War at the International School of Moshi, Tanzania, while living in East Africa.
Nate co-directed, co-wrote and co-starred in Tales From Beyond, an anthology feature film starring Adam West that won Best Picture Awards at the 2004 ShockerFest and 2004 ShriekFest Film Festivals and which is currently being distributed on DVD by Anthem Pictures. Prior to Tales, Nate directed and produced the interview documentary Film Trix, as well as produced the feature Hollywood, Pennsylvania (which had a live documentary broadcast from the set onto www.hollywoodpa.com) and the short Take It Easy, which was distributed on iFilm.com and seen on ReplayTV's in-store demos. He has also worked as a script doctor.
Other acting work includes the Indican Pictures release L.A. Twister, which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and Chance, the directorial debut of Amber Benson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). He was most recently seen in a national commercial for Sour Skittles.
Nate is currently the VP of New Media and a Creative Executive at Automatic Pictures (the production company of There's Something About Mary producer Frank Beddor). He is also finishing up post-production on Jamboree, a documentary about an extracurricular public school music program - an arts and public school education success story.
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Big Brown and the Triple Crown posted on 05/18/2008
The long wait for a horse to take home racing's Triple Crown may soon be over. Big Brown didn't just win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, he absolutely dominated them.
Quite simply, Big Brown is the most impressive horse I've seen in the twenty years or so I've watched the Triple Crown races. It's impossible to compare time periods, but if anyone can make a comparison, Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery, would be as qualified to anyone. And Chenery has stated she's not sure Secretariat could hang with Big Brown. Brown's sprint speed down the stretch is unreal; he simply doesn't tire. If you can, watch the overhead camera angle from the Derby; jockey Kent Desormeaux is almost fighting to hold him back until the stretch. More so than any horse in recent memory, Big Brown truly loves to run -- he can't wait to be unleashed.
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BCS Bust: Still No True College Football Championship posted on 04/30/2008
Once again the lords of college football have flipped the bird at fans of the sport, rejecting a proposed four-team playoff to start in the 2010 season. I suppose fans should take heart that a proposal was even discussed at all--that it even hit the table at all is perhaps the biggest step towards actually determining a true college football champion since the implementation of the BCS system.
Of course, the disingenuousness of the BCS Conference Commissioners is downright disgusting. The litany of excuses and spin is ridiculous.
"We've done a service," said Mike Silve (SEC Commissioner). To who? Certainly not the fans.
"[T]he BCS is in an unprecedented state of health, we feel it's never been healthier during its first decade," said John Swofford (ACC Commissioner). Tell that to Georgia, shut out of the title game his past year. And Auburn in 2004. And any other school that's felt the pinch.
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