Employment History

February 2010 - March 2010
Animator at Unit Eleven on Transformers 3 previz

November 2009
Animator at Zoic on Microsoft Natal spot

September 2009 – November 2009
Animation Supervisor at Prime Focus on "Avatar"

August 2009
Animator at Nropic on Nike Project

March 2009 – June 2009
Animator at Stardust on Wonka Candy and EA projects

November 2008 – February 2009
Animation Lead at Digital Domain on Sobe Superbowl spot

September 2008 – November 2008
Previz artist at The Third Floor on “Alice in Wonderland”

July 2008 – September 2008
Animator at Digital Domain on Gillette Campaign

June 2008 – July 2008
Animator at Duck Studios on Cox Communications campaign

April 2008 – June 2008
Animator at Digital Domain on Old Spice and Windows campaigns

March 2008 - April 2008
Animator at Superfad/Seattle on Oust spot

February 2008 – March 2008
Animator at Stardust on Cheetos spot

December 2007 – January 2008
Animator at Digital Domain on Windows Server campaign

October 2007 – November 2007
Animator at Projectile FX on HP project

September 2007 – October 2007
Animator at King and Country on “Food Network Holiday Campaign”

July 2007 – September 2007
Animation Supervisor on “Transylmania” animated main title

June 2007 – July 2007
Lighter at Brain Zoo Studios on “Mercenaries 2”

May 2007 – June 2007
Animator at King & Country on “Sirius Dog”

March 2007 – April 2007
Animator at Warner Brothers on “Where the Wild Things Are”

August 2006 – February 2007
Animation Supervisor at Pixomondo (Germany) on “The Red Baron”

April 2006 – July 2006
Animator at Prologue on promos for the Sci-Fi Channel

January 2006 – March 2006
Animator at Café FX on “Pan's Labyrinth”

October 2005 – January 2006
Animator at The Orphanage on “The Host”

September 2005 - October 2005
Animator at Radium on Capitol One “Tortoise” spot.

August 2005 – September 2005
Animator at Pixel Liberation Front on “Stay Alive”

July 2005
Animator at Radium on “Pixel Chix” spot

April 2005 – June 2005
Animator at Omation on “The Barnyard”

January 2005 – April 2005
Animation / Creature Supervisor at The Orphanage on “Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D”, Honeycomb “Lucky Kid” and “Gold” spots

October 2004 - December 2004
Animation Supervisor at Logan Media, Inc. on BBC “Young Girl”, “Clash”, “Fresh Day” spots

January 2004 – August 2004
Senior Character Animator at Peerless Camera Company, Ltd on “The Brothers Grimm”

December 2003 – January 2004
Animator at Radium, Inc. on Tropicana “Exposed” commercial

October 2003
Animator at Digital Kitchen / Chicago on Budweiser “Hops” commercial

July 2003 – September 2003
Character Animator at Tippett Studios on “Matrix: Revolutions”

May 2003 – July 2003
Character Animator at Modern VideoFilm on “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”

April 2003 – May 2003
Animator at Uncharted Territory on Sony “Xplod” Commercial

February 2003 – March 2003
Animator at Digital Kitchen / Chicago on Quikrete “Origami” Commercial

November 2002 – December 2002
Character Animator at Allied Arts & Sciences on HP “Warrior” Commercial

September 2002 – October 2002
Character Animator at MilneFX on “Nafrin” episode of “Yes Dear”.

June 2002 - July 2002
Character Animator at Computer Cafe on "Spy Kids 2".

May 2001 – October 2001
Character Animator at Centropolis FX on "Eight-Legged Freaks".

March 2001 – May 2001
Character Animator at Sony Imageworks on previsualization of Quidditch sequence of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone".

March 1998 – March 2001
Senior Character Animator at Digital Domain. Founding member of Character Animation department. Character animation, animation supervision, color and lighting on many projects, including “What Dreams May Come”, “Titanic”, “Tightrope”, Coke “Jitterbug”, and Levi’s “Socks”.

August 1995 – March 1998
Animator at Digital Domain. Character animation, color and lighting on projects such as “T23D”, and GCC “Candy Band”.

September 1993 – July 1995
Animator at Metrolight Studios. Effects animation on “Batman Forever”, “Under Siege 2”, Michelin “Baby”, and others. Character animation on Farmers’ Insurance “Monkeys” and “Goldfish”.

September 1992 – September 1993
Technical Assistant at Metrolight Studios. Responsible for developing and operating a network-wide backup system.

February 1988 – August 1992
Cameraman, Editor, member of creative staff, Union Project Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Union Project USA, Inc. (LA). Creation of live action commercials and industrials.

Software | OS

Fluent in Maya, Softimage XSI, Power Animator, Renderman, Mental Ray, Matador, Photoshop, Shake, Nuke (DD Compositor), Irix, reasonable C-shell scripting, NT, MacOS

Education

BFA San Francisco Art Institute in Printmaking and Painting
3 years UC Santa Cruz

Arriflex Camera Assistant Certification
“Acting for Animators” classes with Al Ruscio and Suzan Averitt