Digital Domain CEO Scott Ross Joins Board of Web Expeditions and Documentary Producer FusionSpark Media.

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WHIDBEY ISLAND, CLINTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000

Scott Ross, co-founder, president and CEO of Digital Domain, has joined the Board of Directors of FusionSpark Media, Inc., a web documentary and content production company and the creator of OneWorldJourneys.com, a nature and wilderness expeditions and photography site.

Under Ross's leadership, Digital Domain has become one of Hollywood's premier digital effects studios whose work has been featured in numerous films including "Titanic" and "What Dreams May Come" both Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects. Digital Domain has also helped create some of advertising's most memorable commercials including Budweiser "Lizards" and "Frogs" and numerous Nike commercials. Prior to founding Digital Domain, Ross was vice president of the LucasArts Entertainment Group.

"We are honored to have Scott advising us," says Russell Sparkman, president and CEO of FusionSpark Media, Inc.(FSM) "As a young company, we certainly will benefit from Scott's many years of experience in creating and growing companies involved in digital design and production."

FSM's premier product is OneWorldJourneys.com a destination site for nature and wilderness explorers, photographers, and outdoor adventure enthusiasts. One World Journeys' first webcast expedition, "Georgia Revealed: Searching for the Soul of the Caucasus," focused on the country of Georgia's efforts to protect wilderness lands. The two-week expedition received widespread critical acclaim including being named USAToday.com "Hot Site", Yahoo.com "Pic of the Week",among others

One World Journeys' next expedition , "The Sonoran Desert: 5000 Square Miles of Silence," will include a two-week webcast in August through the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and Mexico. The expedition will feature the work of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Jack Dykinga and is in support of efforts to create the Sonoran Desert National Park. OneWorldJourneys.com is sponsored by Seiko Epson Corporation in collaboration with Washingtonpost.com and Nature's Best Magazine.

"In this dot.com world of e biz, b to b, b to c, a to z, whatever, it's great to actually be involved with an organization that utilizes the web and technology to try to help bring a focus to our most important asset -- mother Earth," said Ross.

According to Sparkman, FSM will also use its unique style of web documentary production to report on a variety of social and cause-related issues for new and established Internet sites and communities.