2008 Woodie Awards
Alumnus contributes to new Star Wars game
Julie Wootton, News Editor
Issue date: 10/24/06
Last Updated: 12/26/07
Since graduating in 1997, Whitworth alumnus David Collins has figured out how to use what he learned at Whitworth and apply it to his life.
Collins is featured in the documentary "Art in Me," which profiles outstanding alumni and current students on the topic of discovering vocation.
"The documentary focuses on church life and the concept of vocation," Collins said. "My story offered a piece that fit well with the documentary's bigger picture."
Collins received a call from Andrea Palpant Dilley, a '00 alumna he went to school with. She was calling alumni who might have interesting stories to tell in the documentary.
"She wanted to know what was going on in my life and career," Collins said. "We really connected and she called me back about one month later and wanted to know if she could come for a weekend to interview me and do some filming."
Dilley was impressed with Collins' story.
"I think I was most compelled by his honesty in talking about faith," Dilley said. "There was a sense of pragmatism and passion in how he talked about faith, life and vocation. It really spoke to me."
After graduating from Whitworth, Collins studied music production and engineering, drum set and conducting at the Berklee College of Music.
Collins currently works for LucasArts, a division of LucasFilm, located in San Francisco. He is a lead sound designer and voice director in the video game division.
Collins recently finished working on a video game called "Thrillville," which will come out in late November.
"Now I'm beginning to work on an internal Star Wars game that's being developed for 2007 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Playstation 2," Collins said.
Collins did not expect that this would be his career path while he was a student at Whitworth.
"In the '90s, video games were more of a subculture, whereas now they're so mainstream and they feel like movies," Collins said.
Collins said that he enjoys working in San Francisco rather than in Los Angeles or New York.
Collins is featured in the documentary "Art in Me," which profiles outstanding alumni and current students on the topic of discovering vocation.
"The documentary focuses on church life and the concept of vocation," Collins said. "My story offered a piece that fit well with the documentary's bigger picture."
Collins received a call from Andrea Palpant Dilley, a '00 alumna he went to school with. She was calling alumni who might have interesting stories to tell in the documentary.
"She wanted to know what was going on in my life and career," Collins said. "We really connected and she called me back about one month later and wanted to know if she could come for a weekend to interview me and do some filming."
Dilley was impressed with Collins' story.
"I think I was most compelled by his honesty in talking about faith," Dilley said. "There was a sense of pragmatism and passion in how he talked about faith, life and vocation. It really spoke to me."
After graduating from Whitworth, Collins studied music production and engineering, drum set and conducting at the Berklee College of Music.
Collins currently works for LucasArts, a division of LucasFilm, located in San Francisco. He is a lead sound designer and voice director in the video game division.
Collins recently finished working on a video game called "Thrillville," which will come out in late November.
"Now I'm beginning to work on an internal Star Wars game that's being developed for 2007 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Playstation 2," Collins said.
Collins did not expect that this would be his career path while he was a student at Whitworth.
"In the '90s, video games were more of a subculture, whereas now they're so mainstream and they feel like movies," Collins said.
Collins said that he enjoys working in San Francisco rather than in Los Angeles or New York.
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