An alumnus of the California institute of the Arts and theater schools, Mike D. Werckle has been in the entertainment industry for over ten years. Most recently Mike worked as a 3D animator for Pixel Liberation Front, and developed special effects for The Matrix: Reloaded, The Disney Channel, MTV, and Electronic Arts. Mike wrote and directed the animated introduction for the best-selling Dungeons and Dragons: Core Rules CD-ROM from TSR. He also worked as a writer, designer and animator on several hit PC games including Rune and Hexen II. Mike founded The Wrong Hands Theater Company in Rockford, Illinois, and has written and directed several short films. In 2004, Mike rode his bicycle from Texas to Alaska, helping raise over $100,000 for the American Cancer Society.
