FIFER GARBESI

ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION & STORYTELLING
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PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR

Creative Director / Producer: TIME Climate Action

Designing and building GenZero, a gamified climate action campaign for TIME.com.

Producer: NBA Lane Metaverse

Building the ultimate fan experience for the NBA in Horizon Worlds.

Executive Producer: YouTube VR

Guiding brands and top creators in the production of emerging formats.

Producer: Google Playground

Building interactive AR characters powered by computer-vision.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

Co-Founder of ARTandVR

Bringing together the art and technology worlds with immersive events which stimulate discussion and collaboration between divided communities.

SPEAKER
SPEAKER

SXSW 2022 Battle for the Mirror World 

SXSW 2021 Can VR Create Real Change?

TEDx Berkeley 2020 Designing Virtual Worlds for a Human Future

Open City Doc Fest 2018 Immersive Media Masterclass 

UCLA, 2018 Neuroscience and Virtual Reality 

Cannes Film Festival, 2017 VR: Creation to Distribution

INSTRUCTOR
INSTRUCTOR

Guest Lecturer
San Francisco State University
Chapman University
Pepperdine University
Academy of Art University
UCSF
UCLA

AWARDS
AWARDS

Cannes Lions 2019

Google Jump Start 2018

Oculus Launchpad 2017

ABOUT
ABOUT

Award winning emerging formats and technologies producer, Fifer Garbesi has led teams in metaverse production for clients including Google, YouTube, Intel, and Meta. She has guided iconic brands and IP such as the NBA, Childish Gambino, The Pokémon Company, and Marvel in the adoption of new technologies. Garbesi’s work has screened at Cannes, Tribeca, and The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and was awarded a Cannes Lion. She is passionate about ethical technological development and environmental justice.

ACCOLADES

"Few people have taken over productions as gracefully as Fifer."
- Jonathan Krussel, Apple
"She has facilitated negotiation between major stakeholders, consistently bringing up creative solutions to drive all parties toward mutually agreeable decisions."
- Lulu LaMer, Google
"Fifer Garbesi is arguably the most competent VR / XR producer I've had the pleasure of working with... what I've found that makes Fifer unique, is her total understanding of the technical AND creative process, combined with Fifer's passion and commitment to the XR space."
- Tom Lofthouse, Discovery

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