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- An eclectic performer with experience in legitimate theater, film and television, he holds both M.F.A. and M.B.A. degrees from UCLA, is a member of S.A.G., A.F.T.R.A., Actor's Equity Association and has twenty years experience as a production finance executive and consultant in the animation industry. He is currently an Industry Analyst for the online magazine "Digital Journal Online," and President of an independent development company "Artsy Guys Productions."
He is co-executive producer of "Sindbad the Dreamquest," a co-production of Franck Films OY, Helsinki, Finland and Cinegroupe Montreal, an animated theatrical feature film currently in preproduction. He is also the creator and executive producer of the "Mightiest Little Monster," a 3D animated direct-to-video feature in development with F. Dice L.L.C. in the UK.
He is a single parent of two fraternal twin boys: Dillon and Doyle. Doyle is a graduate of U.S.C. and a working sculpture and special effects artist. Dillon is a Division I Football player and a graduate of Baylor University.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Vince Trankina
- While a graduate student in the UCLA M.F.A. Acting Program, he adapted, directed and starred in a scene from Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," which won "Best Scene" award in the 1979 Hugh O'brien Acting Awards.
- While playing primarily "heavies" as a young actor, Vince ironically was a Conscientious Objector during the Vietnam War, and performed two years of alternative civilian service, working with the handicapped at Goodwill Industries, and fighting forest fires alongside felons from San Quentin and Folsom Prison in the "California Ecology Corps," which was later transformed into the "California Conservation Corps."
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