Prevalent Productions LLC

Robert D. Hanna
Music Composer & Producer
3D Artist • Animator

Music, Motion Pictures, Multimedia, Animation

Robert D. Hanna created Prevalent Productions LLC to develop a comprehensive array of production ventures in Music, Film, Television, Immersive Multimedia and Animation. Through Robert's publishing contract with the Universal Music Publishing Group, hundreds of his songs adorn the soundtracks of Film & TV annually. He is a former recording artist who has performed on national television alongside Whitney Houston, Patti LaBelle, After Seven and others on Natalie Cole’s syndicated primetime show. Robert produced records with legends such as Billy Preston, Billy Idol, Parliament-Funkadelic and others.

On the visual side, with subsidiary Prevalent VR, groundbreaking progress is being made in the burgeoning technologies of Virtual and Augmented Reality. Robert was at DreamWorks SKG for 7 years on such animated features as SHREK, SHREK2, SHARKTALE, OVER THE HEDGE, and MADAGASCAR. He was also a Project Manager for Walt Disney Studios, developing technology to manage their CG animation production pipeline from pre-production through post. Recently, Robert was Senior 3D Artist on the Marvel's Avenger Station and Head of Animation on the film Whiteshoe. From such extensive experience, Prevalent was built to create vivid & inspiring content within a broad cross-section of multimedia formats.

Prevalent Digital Music:

33D Animation:

Most recently, Prevalent produced the film LIFE'S A JUNGLE, which is currently in successful worldwide distribution by Entertainment One Group (eOne Films).

Through Prevalent, Robert D. Hanna was previously contracted to produce and direct THE PRODIGY, a CG animated family film that is also in worldwide distribution by Entertainment One Group.

Motion Picture Production:

In the production of CG Animation, Robert utilizes his technological skills with Maya 3D Animation, 3D Studio Max, Mudbox, Substance Designer & Painter, MakeHuman, Marvelous Designer, UVLayout Pro, Motion Builder, Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, After Effects, Avid and Final Cut Pro Editing, Combustion, Fusion and Nuke Compositing, Photoshop CS, VUE xStream, and other multimedia packages.

Prevalent has developed innovative techniques with Animatics and live action filmmaking as well, integrating 3D animation, green screen compositing, and live action elements to produce hi-definition, great quality films for nominal costs. This technique offers a surreal, stylistic film look, in the style of pictures such as "300". Prevalent's award winning films have been honored at Los Angeles film festivals and because of the outstanding writing, studios have optioned several Prevalent screenplays. Since we are beta testers for Domemaster 3D technology, we are pioneering excellent results in stereoscopic 360 Virtual Reality rendering techniques in 3D animation.

Prevalent Productions LLC has integrated an exceptional team of top industry freelance professionals as part of it's production force:

David Lowery : Formerly at DreamWorks Animation and Head of Story on SHREK , Former Storyboard Artist and illustrator on such blockbusters as IRON MAN, IRON MAN 2, SPIDERMAN 2&3, WAR OF THE WORLDS, JURASSIC PARK 1,2 &3, BRUCE ALMIGHTY, MINORITY REPORT, TRUE LIES, BASIC INSTINCT , BATMAN FOREVER, BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and countless others.

Chris Ayers : A prolific artist and character designer who specializes in creating endearing animal and creature designs. Chris' concept designs have graced the films IRON MAN, X-MEN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, FANTASTIC FOUR and more. Chris has completed exceptional designs for Prevalent's latest animated film.

David Colman : Currently a character designer at Walt Disney Studios. He is a former Artist/Character Designer on the films OPEN SEASON, POLAR EXPRESS, SURF'S UP, ASTRO BOY, STUART LITTLE for Sony Feature Animation; Emmy Award Winning Character Designer on BOONDOCKS for Cartoon Network.

Brian Master : Telly Award Winning Editor, M.P.E.G Local 700 Member, After Effects Artist, Lead After Effects Animatics Editor and previously SFX Editor at Walt Disney Feature Animation. He was Editor on great animated features such as SHREK, BOLT, ICE AGE, THE FROG PRINCESS, and RAPUNZEL (2010), to name a few. He's also working on the hit television series SOUTH PARK.

Steven Gordon : Former Storyboard Artist on SHREK, MADAGASCAR, OVER THE HEDGE for DreamWorks, and TARZAN II, MULAN II, HUNCH BACK OF NOTRE DAME II, and LADY AND THE TRAMP II for Disney, X-MEN REVOLUTION for Warner Brothers. He was principle Animator on 20th Century Fox's ANASTASIA, THE SWAN PRINCESS, and COOL WORLD, among numerous other legendary films.

Soongu Kwon : Soongu is a talented CG Modeler, formerly at DreamWorks. Soongu's models have been featured in the films KUNG FU PANDA 2, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, and MEGAMIND. His most recent models will be in Prevalent's new film slated for release in the summer 2012.

Jesse Carlson : Jesse's a highly skilled Technical Director and Character Setup artist who has been an essential part of Prevalent's new film team. His highly advanced skills have been crucial on such films as BOLT, MEGAMIND, THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, BEOWULF, SPIDERMAN3, GREEN LANTERN, MONSTER HOUSE, and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA.

David Krentz : David was a Storyboard Artist at Walt Disney Studios on DINOSAUR, VALIANT, TREASURE PLANET, JOHN CARTER OF MARS, OUTLANDER.

Mark Lanza : Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor who worked on such smash films as INDEPENDENCE DAY, TRUE LIES, THE DOORS, JFK, CLIFFHANGER, STARSHIP TROOPERS, THE PATRIOT, THE CROW and countless more.

Prevalent's contractors are leaders in the industry: Character Designers, Set Designers, Storyboard Artists, 3D Modelers, Riggers, Animators, Music Producers, Composers, Special Effects Artists, Art Directors, Production Designers, Directors of Photography, Editors and Sound Designers.

View the article about THE PRODIGY in "Animation Magazine"

Prevalent Music Milestones:

Composer/Producer Robert D. Hanna has made his mark as owner of Prevalent Productions LLC with its subsidiaries: MacroCosmic Music Publishing, ASCAP and Prevalent Music, BMI. Robert has also been signed with the Universal Music Publishing Group for the last 25 years and has had song placements in the following feature films: STEALING HARVARD, SCARY MOVIE 2, BEDAZZLED, NEXT FRIDAY, DRIVE ME CRAZY, HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBORS DOG, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, MONSTER and on the following TV shows: CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: MIAMI, FRASIER, ER, WEST WING, BOOMTOWN, LAS VEGAS, LAW & ORDER, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, THE AGENCY, ED, MD's, NYPD BLUE, THE TONIGHT SHOW, PUSH NEVADA, STILL STANDING, YES DEAR, 20/20, SURVIVOR, THE DISTRICT, KING OF QUEENS, JACK AND JILL, THIRD WATCH, SECRET AGENT MAN, SABRINA, PROFILER, THE COSBY SHOW, ARLI$$, SEX IN THE CITY, OZ, PROMISED LAND and many more.

Robert also had the honor to score music in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, a film by the great director, Robert Zemeckis.

In recent years, MTV has used dozens of Robert's coolest songs in a majority of its programming: THE OSBOURNES, PUNK'D, ROOM RAIDERS, MADE, WANNA COME IN, PIMP MY RIDE, NEXT, SCORE, THE X-EFFECT, MADE, WEDDING CRASHERS, T~MINUS ROCK, YO MAMA, FROM WACK TO MACK, MY SUPER SWEET 16, ENGAGED AND UNDERAGE, BROOKE KNOWS BEST, HIGH SCHOOL STORIES, UNDRESSED, and more.

History:

Robert started out as a jazz guitarist in a Bay Area jazz ensemble, winning awards as a soloist in the jazz festival circuit. After arriving in Los Angeles and achieving his Bachelor's degree at UCLA, he pursued production work in the booming Hollywood recording industry. He worked on recordings for Jody Watley, Andre Cymone of Prince's band, Mary Jane Girls, Teena Marie, Jesse Johnson of "The Time", Billy Preston, The Dazz Band, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Billy Idol. Subsequently, as songwriter and lead singer of his own band "ROB NOT STEAL", Robert performed live on Natalie Cole's National TV show, and had the honor to perform alongside Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, After Seven, Patti Labelle, and Whitney Houston. Although he has roots in Jazz and Soul music, Robert has also created several albums with the Power Pop band "ToolBox" which has charted top 10 in CMJ on the college music circuit.