Executives

Ed Ulbrich has been with Digital Domain Productions since the company's inception in 1993, and is the chief architect of its commercials business, including Mothership. Ed executive-produced the Academy award-winning visual effects for Titanic and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as well as for Zodiac, Adaptation, and Fight Club; music videos for the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, and other artists; and 500+ commercials. Prior to Digital Domain Productions he was a commercial producer at the Leo Burnett company and a digital artist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Ed is President of the Board of Directors of AICP Digital. In 2009 he was named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company. Ed has spoken about creativity at top worldwide conferences including TED, NASA, PICNIC, and others. Ed holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois.

Jody Madden oversees production, technology and studio operations for all of Digital Domain Media Group's companies and worldwide studios. She joined Digital Domain in 2007 as the director of technology operations and served as head of studio throughout 2008 before being promoted to head of production. In two years’ time, Jody led teams that supported the opening of Digital Domain studios in Vancouver, San Francisco and Florida. From 2000 to 2007, Jody held a variety of technology and resource management roles with Industrial Light and Magic and its parent company LucasFilm, Ltd., working on both film and video game projects. Jody holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and Communication from Stanford University.

David Lipman drives Digital Domain's features visual effects business, curating and guiding talent and working closely with studios. He joined the company after having spent the last several years in London developing live action and animated film projects. David was managing partner at Framestore, where he founded the feature animation division, built the studio's animation pipeline and crew, and executive produced its inaugural project, The Tale of Despereaux. He served as co-head of production at DreamWorks Animation for many years before moving to PDI/DreamWorks to become the co-executive producer on the Academy Award(r)-winning feature Shrek. He wrote and produced the stereoscopic attraction Shrek 4D for Universal Theme Parks and produced the blockbuster Shrek 2. Prior to DreamWorks, David served as executive in charge of production and supervising producer at Hanna Barbera. He was also vice president and executive producer for USAnimation, producing many television commercials and digital episodes of The Ren and Stimpy Show, Beavis & Butthead and The Simpsons. David is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild.

Joseph Gabriel provides strategic counsel in all areas of Digital Domain's business. Prior to joining the company Joe was in private law practice for more than twenty years. During that time he represented a broad range of media and entertainment clients, including major film studios, independent producers, production companies, distributors, technology companies, actors, writers, management companies and talent agencies. He has been a partner in three leading Los Angeles-based entertainment and intellectual property firms. Joe holds a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University (Chicago) School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dennis D. Morrison oversees financial operations for Digital Domain Productions. In his 25-year career he has held senior level financial positions in the public accounting, medical device manufacturing, high-tech and entertainment sectors. He spent 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Digital Domain in 2007. Dennis is a member of the California Society of CPAs, the American Institution of CPAs, the Financial Executive Networking Group, and former Treasurer/Board of Trustees for the Greater LA Chapter of the ALS Association. He holds an MBA from Loyola Marymount University and a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills.