I have 15 years of Post Production experience, ranging from offline documentary and music promo editing through to visual effects, compositing, coloring and graphic design on both features and commercials.
In the course of my career I have been full time staff, freelance and owned / run my own Post Production company in London, England for 6 years.

I have a wide experience base, regularly undertaking projects where I have done the editing, 3D modeling / animation / Lighting, compositing and picture grade. As a result I have good experience in a wide variety of applications and post production fields.

For the past 2 1/2 years I’ve been a Senior Compositor at Hydraulx working on many cg intensive and dynamics heavy movies, more often than not building custom particle systems to augment shots and heavily relying on physically accurate 3D compositing to achieve the most convincing results.

Experience

Senior VFX Artist, Method; Los Angeles — 2011 - current
Senior Visual Effects Artist at Method.

Senior VFX Artist, Hydraulx; Los Angeles — 2009-2011
Senior Visual Effects Artist at Hydraulx. Worked on features as a Senior Compositor using Flame / Inferno.

Movies include:

- X-men Origins: Wolverine
- Fast and Furious
- 2012
- Gulliver’s Travels
- Book Of Eli
- A-Team
- Marmaduke
- Knight and Day
- Skyline
- The Bay
- Green Lantern
- X-Men First Class
- Popper’s Penguins

VFX Artist, Motion Theory; Los Angeles — 2008
Visual effect artist at Motion Theory. Worked on HD national spot using Inferno.

Spots include:

- McCain Oven Chips (Compositing & VFX)
- Green Day Promo (Compositing & VFX)

VFX Artist, NTropic; Los Angeles — 2008-2009
Visual effect artist at Ntropic. Worked on HD national spots using Inferno, including the  latest Underworld movie, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.

Spots include:

- Chevy Volt (Compositing & VFX)
- Hynundai (Compositing & VFX)
- Nintendo Wii (Compositing & VFX)
- Comcast (Compositing & VFX)
- Visa (Compositing, Graphic design & VFX)

Movies:
- Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans (Compositing & VFX)
VFX Artist, Union Editorial; Los Angeles — 2007-2008
Visual effect artist at LA based Union Editorial. Worked on many effects intensive SD and HD national spots using Flame.

Spots include:

- Land Rover (Compositing & VFX)
- Infiniti (Compositing & VFX)
- Sony (Compositing & VFX)
- Sprint (Compositing & VFX)
- Nissan (Compositing & VFX)
- Mercedes (Compositing & VFX)
- Pioneer (Compositing & VFX)
- Ford (Compositing & VFX)
- Kia (Compositing & VFX)
- Chevy (Compositing & VFX)
- Ross (Compositing & VFX)
- Harley Davidson (Compositing & VFX)
- Bratz (Compositing & VFX) 
- Jockey Underwear (Compositing & VFX)
- Callaway Golf (Compositing & VFX)
- Huffy Bikes (Compositing & VFX)
- California Tourism (Compositing & VFX)
- Pacific LIfe Insurance (Compositing & VFX)
- Alan Afflelou Eyewear (Compositing & VFX)
- Maryland Lottery (Compositing & VFX)
- AIG (Compositing & VFX)
- Jenny Craig (Compositing & VFX)
- The Key / Short Film (Compositing & VFX)
   HD & SD work.

Systems used: Flame
Programs used: Avid DS, PF Track, Monet, Motor, Photoshop & After Effects

Senior Editor / VFX Artist, The Sanctuary; London — 2006-2007
Senior Avid DS Nitris / Flame artist at a London based Post Production company specializing in HD work.

Projects included:

- BBC2 & Discovery on-air promos (Online, compositing & VFX)
- London Live, weekly live music show. (Online & picture grade)
- BBC Sport promos (Online, Compositing, VFX & Picture Grade)
- Nickelodeon promos (Online, Compositing & VFX)
- Sony promos (Online, Compositing, VFX & PIcture Grade)
- Discovery & Channel 4 documentaries (Online, Compositing & Picture Grade)
  Mainly HD work.

Systems used: Flame, Avid DS Nitris
Programs used: Eyeon Fusion, Photoshop
Owner / Operator, Donkey Productions; London — 2000-2006
One stop shop commercial house, undertaking visually intensive projects from start to finish.

- Commercials (3D, compositing, picture grade, graphics & editing)
  (24, X-Files, Star Trek: TNG, Stargate SGI, Mary Kate & Ashley, CSI, CNN, Doctor Who)
- Opening Titles & Promos (3D, Compositing, picture grade, graphics & editing)
- Award Shows (Online, picture grade & graphic design)
- Documentaries (Online,  picture grade & visual effects)
- Magazine shows (Online, picture grade & visual effects)
  Both SD & HD work.

Clients included CNN, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, BBC, Channel 5, Motorola, Heineken, E4, Discovery, Sci-Fi Channel, Sony-Ericsson, BP.

Systems used: Avid DS Nitris.
Programs used: Shake, LightWave 3D, Particle Illusion, After Effects, Photoshop & Illustrator.

Senior Editor, BBC Music Entertainment; London — 1998-2000
Senior editor for 3 weekly music magazine shows. These were edited from scratch and on-lined, including full sound mix.
- The Ozone - BBC 2 (Offline, Online)
- The Popzone - BBC 1 (Offline, Online & Sound mix)
- Inside Tracks - BBC 3 (Offline, Online & Sound mix)

In addition I edited numerous live music events both remotely and on-site
- Glastonbury Festival (1999 & 2000)
- Ivornovello Awards (1998 - 2000)
- Mercury Music Awards (1998-2000)
On-Line Editor, Arena Digital; London — 1997-1998
In-house editor; Online Linear Tape Editor, On & Offline Avid Editor
Assistant Engineer, Charter Broadcast; Hong Kong — 1997
Assisted in the technical construction of the Press & Broadcast Center in Hong Kong for the 1997 Hand-over. This involved installing and configuring  studios and edit facilities.
Edit/Camera Assistant, Stefan Sargent Productions; London — 1996
Avid editor and Camera Assistant for a London based production company
Camera Assistant, RTL Studios; Cologne, Germany — 1996
Worked as a Camera Assistant in the RTL studio complex in Cologne, Germany on game-shows and sitcoms.
Technical Assistant, Charter Broadcast; Cologne, Germany — 1995-1996
Technical assistant in a broadcast equipment hire company based in Cologne, Germany.

Skills
Deep knowledge and experience with a wide variety of applications including:
Systems
Flame, Avid DS Nitris HD, Avid Symphony, Apple Final Cut Pro.

Graphics / Compositing
Eyeon Fusion, Apple Shake, PF Track (Limited), Boujou (limited), Imagineer Systems Monet & Mokey, Adobe After Effects, Discreet Combustion, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.

3D Animation
Lightwave 3D, Particle Illusion.
Also very familiar with a large number of Thrid-Party plug-ins, including Sapphire, Furnace, Keylight & Primatte.