Our History:

Odyssey Creative, LLC was founded in May of 2001 when Icarus Productions merged with Digital Cinema, creating a boutique communications firm with live event and video production capabilities. We set up shop with the goal of storytelling on corporate and association stages and screens.

Since then, we’ve been fortunate to work with clients in just about every industry you can imagine all over the country and around the world, with the added benefit of loving what we do. It’s a pretty sweet deal.

 

Our Mission:

Whether we are supporting your live event or producing video, Odyssey Creative lives and works by three primary goals:

  • Create an exciting mode of communication for our clients where information and entertainment mix; our product quality will be unsurpassed.

  • Create a financially successful enterprise that provides value to our clients; we will use our industry experience and low overhead practices to produce the highest impact at the lowest cost.

  • Create a fun, energetic, and diverse workplace where ideas flow; we will do what we love, and love what we do.

 

Our Team:

Marc Collins
Founder/Executive Producer

marc@odysseycreative.com

Theatre kid, writing nerd, movie buff; Marc brings his love for storytelling to the world of live event and video production. 

Places Lived: Orlando, San Francisco, NYC, Vancouver
Hidden Useless Talent: Quoting movies
Favorite Movies: Jaws, Casablanca, Star Wars
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Favorite Movie Quote: “Sam, it’s December 1941 in Casablanca…what time is it in New York?”
Life Goal in Under Five Words: Life is right now
Mac or PC: “Mac…MAAAAAAC!”
Most Prized Possession: My imagination
Favorite Place in the World: French Quarter, NOLA

 

Chad Cameron
Creative Director 

Illustrator, fine artist, graphic designer, art director, teacher. Chad has been with Odyssey Creative since 2016, and has taught more than a thousand design students. 

Originally From: The DC sluburbs 
Hidden Useless Talent: the eyebrow wave 
Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Fifth Element, Up 
Favorite Movie Quote: “Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it.” 
Favorite Place in the World: almost anywhere when I’m with friends and loved ones 
Favorite Animal: The Golden Retriever  
Real Life Superpower: The mostly useless ability to remember a very specific color very precisely. 
Artist Who Has Inspired Me: Édouard Manet
Studied at: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Virginia Commonwealth University, Academy of Art University 

 

Melissa Claridy
Project Manager

melissa@odysseycreative.com

As a director, stage manager, and overall chaos coordinator from the world of live theatre, Melissa makes sure everyone has their script, makes their entrance, and finds their light.


Originally From:
Powder Springs, GA
Favorite Movies: The Bob’s Burgers Movie, Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King’s Speech
Life Goal in Under Five Words: Live the Fullest Life
Favorite Movie Quote: “You shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water because then you’ll have one wet, critically injured baby.”
Favorite Places in the World: Dinard, France; Cozumel, Mexico; Savannah, GA
Hidden Useless Talent: Forgot About Dre karaoke expert
Favorite Food: Moe’s burrito bowl
Desired Superpower: blink and anything happens like in I Dream of Jeannie
Favorite Animal: Hedgehog!

 
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Emmy Collins
Office Manager / Bookkeeper

emmy@odysseycreative.com

Yes, she keeps the books and manages accounts payable and receivable, but every company needs a mom. Emmy is ours.

Originally From: Greenville, SC
Studied at: Duke University
Artist Who Has Inspired Me: My sister Polly
Favorite Movie Quote: “You two are just dumber’n a bag a’ hammers”
Favorite Animal: Songbird
Life Goal in Under Five Words: Be helpful, not hurtful
Mac or PC: Nope
Favorite Book: Winds of War, Armageddon, A Land Remembered
Favorite Places in the World: Rivers and waterfalls in the Carolina mountains

 

Paige Gober
Director of Production

paige@odysseycreative.com

Passionate creator of theatre - producer, company manager, stage manager. She’s inspired by the stories we tell and the people who tell them.  

Hidden Useless Talent: Can quickly create jingles but never remembers them 
Favorite Movies: The Devil Wears Prada and various movies involving space (Arrival, The Martian, Apollo 13, Contact, Empire Strikes Back) 
Favorite Movie Quote: “Gentlemen, there’s no fighting in here, this is the war room!” 
Life Goal in Under Five Words: Love, choose courage, create joy.  
Most Prized Possession:  My voice 
Favorite Food: My mom’s mac and cheese 
Real Life Superpower: Perfect control of raising my left eyebrow 
Artist Who Has Inspired Me: Florence Welch 
Favorite Books: Slaughterhouse-Five, Song of Achilles

 
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Shaun Paikai
Senior Video and GFX Editor

Shaun is an artist, animator, designer, and video editor whose storytelling prowess is matched only by the majesty of his beard. And he’s been a part of the team since 2007.

Originally From: Hawaii
Studied at: Full Sail University
Favorite Food: Coffee
Favorite Movie/s: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
Real Life Superpower: Gets lost super easy
Desired Superpower: Sing like Jamiroquai 
Favorite Holiday: Billie
Favorite Animal: Garfield
Mac or PC: Agnostic

 

Cameron Pearce
Visual Effects, Video Editing, & Animation Artist 

Cam is a specialized content creator with unique vision; he uses each project’s potential to create a genuine emotional connection with the audience. 

Hidden Useless Talent: Riding a unicycle 
Favorite Movies: Pulp Fiction 
Favorite Movie Quote: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 
Mac or PC: Mac 
Most Prized Possession: A collection of post-in notes my wife slips in my suitcase for work trips. 
Favorite Animal: Dragon Fly 
Real Life Superpower: Embarrassing my children 
Artist Who Has Inspired Me: Roger Deakins 
Favorite Book: Stranger in a Strange Land