De Meis, Joseph L.

Joseph De Meis has 40 years of professional experience in design work. Before retirement, he developed imaginative and artistic themes while also addressing retail centers, such as Caesar's Palace Forum Shops and the Magical Empire. He was responsible as senior art director for completing the Red Sea Astrarium project in Jordan for RGH Themed Entertainment. Mr. De Meis has had the opportunity to work with the best designers and art directors in the industry on such projects as The Wonderful World of Oz, Ghostbusters in Universal Studios, Florida, Fantasia Lagoon in Bangkok, Thailand and Walt Disney Imagineering. As an Imagineer, he developed attractions for Tokyo Disney, Disney World, Disneyland and EPCOT Center. He has learned a great deal and hopes to pass on his knowledge to the next generation. He considers working for Walt Disney to be one of the highlights of his career, in addition to acting as one of the original founders of Landmark Entertainment. While with Landmark, he had a hand in the creative concept development and art direction for a range of projects, including themed hotels, motion pictures, Broadway theatrical productions, and major destination theme parks and museums. He was happy to have been a part of developing a destination resort with RGH, where he worked internationally, as well as within the U.S. His plans now are to further his career on a new venture to developing other themed attractions for the country and the world.