David Tai Bornoff (born 1980 in

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) is an American writer, Advertising Creative Director, photographer, film director and multimedia artist. His work has been exhibited internationally and his writing featured in many fashion and music related magazines. His commercial editing work is extensive, including the first GMC commercial to ever air on the super bowl. He is responsible for editing the pop culture hit "ShamWow" directed by pitchman

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Life and work

Early years

David Tai Bornoff was born in 1980, the son of Denise Kaprelian and Jack Bornoff, both graduates of the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

and early pioneers of the Chicago performance art movement. At the age of 5 the family moved to Los Angeles where from an early age his peers and mentors were skateboarders, graffiti writers, musicians, and artists that were considered to be on the fringes of society. David accepted an offer to complete high school at the

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA, ) is a visual and performing arts high school located on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in Los Angeles, California, United States. History The school was ...

where he took early classes in

Computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great de ...

and became the youngest Graphics editor of the Association for Computing Machinery. David Tai Bornoff holds an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from

Otis College of Art and Design Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarte ...

in Los Angeles, and a Post Diplome in Multimedia from The

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Scienc ...

in Paris.

Career

Advertising

David has won multiple Gold

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for editing, directing, and his creative strategies. David is a board member of The

Joint Photographic Experts Group The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is the joint committee between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 and ITU-T Study Group 16 that created and maintains the JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, JPEG XT, JPEG XS, JPEG XL, and related digital image standards. I ...

(Jpeg), The Moving Picture Experts Group, and is an advisor to the Sacramento Film Commission.

Art

* 2001 "Egofugal - Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence" -

Istanbul Biennial The Istanbul Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition that has been held biennially in Istanbul, Turkey, since 1987. The Biennial has been organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) since its inception. Format Istanbul Bien ...

, with Seza Paker, curated by

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Writing

* Frank151 - Multiple Issues * Featured in Modern Painter Magazine * Featured in Nylon Magazine * Featured on Gawker * "The New Dark Ages" by Justin Blyth * "One Thousand Years This Was a Glacier" (to be published in 2012 by Reserve)

Music

Bornoff formed The Mongrels in late 2009 with musicians Static Shock (producer of Shunda K) and actor Steven Heath. Their website claims they have broken up but the band still plays shows in Los Angeles.

References

Frank151, Bar & Grill - Words and photos: David Tai Bornoff
* http://www.siggraph.org/artdesign/gallery/S03/artists.html * https://archive.today/20121211113046/https://intranet.otis.edu/alumni/notes/2006-02.htm * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781181/ * http://216.178.38.204/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=27486253 http://creativity-online.com/index.php?action=search:credit_detail&credit_name=David+Bornoff {{DEFAULTSORT:Bornoff, David Tai American photographers 1980 births Living people Writers from Chicago Los Angeles County High School for the Arts alumni Film directors from Los Angeles