DONOVAN DE BOER: Producer | VFX
Donovan de Boer is an award winning producer, visual artist, and creative director, accomplished commercial/television/ feature film writer/ director/producer, and responsible for the creative development and successful launch of a countless variety of multi-million dollar entertainment, hospitality, and corporate advertising campaigns, architectural projects, and multi-industry/multi-media franchises.
Mr. de Boer holds an Applied Science Degree in Advertising & Commercial Art from Marchman Tech, two Science Degrees in Marketing, Product Packaging and Media Production from Remington College, a double degree in Directing and Cinematography from LAFilm School and brings over 20 years of professional agency expertise in new media design, 3D modelling, key art development, world building, product development and packaging, industrial/quick serve and architectural design, creative direction, marketing, branding, and high performance new business concepts to Vyrtuoso.
In 2001, he launched his career taking the reins as Creative Director and CEO of Morningblue Media Inc., a full service boutique East Coast Advertising Firm and has since, over the span of his illustrious career, produced outstanding, highly profitable creative assets for a full spectrum of national and international brands including Coca-Cola, Disney, Jose Cuervo, Pepsi, Nestle (Istanbul), Naked Juice, T-Mobile, Luxor, Caesars Palace: LINQ, Las Vegas, Howard Hughes Corporation’s PIER 17 Manhattan FAME Complex, Hollywood & Highland, Stacked, Howl at the Moon, and Sugar Factory, as well as being the brand manager for over 15 franchise hospitality and restaurant properties managed by HIG, Las Vegas.
Since he moved to Los Angeles in 2006, Mr. de Boer has created and launched entertainment marketing media assets for a string of successful properties including FALCON RISING starring Michael Jai White (Batman Begins, Spawn), SKIN TRADE starring Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV) and Toni Jaa (Ong Bak Trilogy), POKER NIGHT starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy), FOR GREATER GLORY starring Andy Garcia (The Untouchables) and Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), TREASURE HUNTERS starring John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones Trilogy) , BEYOND THE MOONWALK featuring Michael Jackson, BAD ASS BIKERS starring heavyweight champion James “The Beast” Wilson (UFC, BELLATOR), the Award Winning film CRU starring Harry J. Lennix (Matrix Trilogy) and Richard T. Jones (Godzilla), POV: Points of View which premiered at Tribeca in 2021, and the critically acclaimed film IJE starring Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde (Last Flight to Abuja); which went on to become the highest grossing film ever made in Africa.
In 2012, Mr. de Boer teamed up with Michael Jai White and his production company JAIGANTIC Entertainment, to co-produce an MMA fitness app and several films including CROSSROADS, KING OF VAMPIRES, THE MOOR, and THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK (to be released in 2023). In addition to these projects, Mr. de Boer brings several high profile clients and partnerships with him to the Vyrtuoso venture including his work with GRX Immersive, Last Man Out Productions, LightChaser Pictures, William Morris Endeavor, and HIG Management, Las Vegas.