Michael Cella
Creative Director Editor MoGraph & VFX Artist
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Cella is a Creative Director, editor, and MoGraph/VFX artist based in New York with nine years of experience crafting visual stories for commercial, film, and music video projects. He leads OTTO GFX while freelancing for Condé Nast, blending editorial sensibility with motion design and high-end visual effects for branded content. Trained in business and marketing at Fordham, he couples creative execution with strategic thinking—helping projects hit both aesthetic and audience goals. His background spans production support to client-facing roles, giving him a pragmatic understanding of workflows from concept through delivery. Michael also experiments with music software on GitHub, reflecting a cross-disciplinary interest in audio-driven visuals that informs his work. Known for marrying technical VFX chops with storytelling instincts, he brings a collaborative, design-first approach to fast-paced production environments.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration with a Primary Concentration in Marketing, Cumulative G.P.A. 3.7/4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration with a Primary Concentration in Marketing, Cumulative G.P.A. 3.7/4.0 at Fordham University
Github Skills (109)
puredata10
synthesizer10
synthesis10
sound-synthesis10
tonejs10
audio-player10
audio-effect10
midi10
audio10
computer-music10
generative-art10
synth10
music10
audio-processing10
sequencer10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nnirror/nnirror
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022
A generative music environment for storing, recalling, and mangling audio data that can interface with external hardware. Walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/h32bmdgBd3c
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 89 pushes in 2 years 7 months
midiaudio-datastoringaudiogenerative
nnirror/wax
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Web-based audio patching environment
Contributions:3 releases, 6 PRs, 260 pushes in 1 year 2 months
algorithmic-artaudiogenerative-artmodularsynthpatcher
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