{"id":15418,"date":"2025-11-12T22:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise.staginglinks.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15418"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:37:43","slug":"andre-thomas","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/andre-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9 Thomas spent over 20 years in CGI production and was formerly the Head of Graphics for EA Sports Football games (NCAA, Madden, Head Coach, NFL Tour). The Madden franchise is the longest running and most successful sports franchise in the history of the games industry. Andr\u00e9 was able to turn his passion for Computer Graphics into a career in 1994, when he created graphics for such notable feature films as\u00a0<i>Men in Black<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Con Air<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Independence Day<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Tomorrow Never Dies<\/i>. 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