WORK EXPERIENCE

7/05 – present
Matte Painting Department Head
DreamWorks Animation, SKG
Glendale, CA
Recruited to start a new Matte Painting department at DreamWorks Animation. Hired all staff and set-up the department for the following features: Over The Hedge, Flushed Away, Bee Movie and Kung Fu Panda.

3/02 – present
Freelance Matte Painter
Axis vfx Studios
Los Angeles, CA
Matte Painting projects from my in house studio. Completed work on Team America: World Police and various film and TV projects. Directed and Designed a visual projection piece for The Diablo Ballet’s performance of Petrushka in Walnut Creek, CA.

5/04 – 5/05
Full Time Faculty for Visual Effects
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Professor of Visual Effects teaching classes in: Production, Photoshop, Matte Painting, Film Theory, & History of Visual Effects & Animation.

12/03-4/04
Senior Digital Environments Artist & Matte Artist
Framestore, CFC
London, England
Matte Paintings and Digital Environments for the features: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Thunderbirds.

3/03 – 11/03
Senior Matte Artist
Weta Digital, LTD
Wellington, New Zealand
Senior Matte Artist on Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Work featured in The Art of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Book, Best of The Art of Lord Of the Rings & Cinefex.

1/03 – 4/04
Full Time Faculty for Visual Effects
Miami University of Art and Design & The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Miami and Fort Lauderdale, FL
Full time Professor at the Art Institute and part time Professor at the Miami Campus. Taught classes on Visual Effects: Photoshop, Matte Painting, Production, History of Visual Effects & Animation and mentor Graduate Projects.

11/01 – 11/02
Graduate Director of Computer Arts and Animation
The Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
Responsible for all aspects of running the Graduate Program in Computer Graphics as well as Co-Direct the Undergraduate Departments. Our Departments had over 1600 students studying Visual Effects and Animation for Films, Games And Television production. Hired and managed all staff and faculty in the Computer Arts Program. Developed lecture series with industry leaders such as Ray Harryhausen, Syd Mead & Lorne Lanning. Instrumental in starting the first Advisory board for the Academy that included such members as: Richard Edlund, Ed Catmull & Richard Taylor.

3/93 – 10/01
Senior Matte Artist and Matte Painting Sequence Supervisor
Industrial Light & Magic
Marin, CA
Matte Paintings for Film & Television projects. Was the Matte Painting Supervisor for the Ground Battle Sequence in Star Wars: Episode 1 working Directly under VFX Supervisor Dennis Muren and Director George Lucas. Work Featured in The Making of Star Wars: Episode 1 & Cinefex.

6/93 – 8/93
Assistant Wrangler
Disney Caravan Pictures
Oakland, CA
Assistant Extras Wrangler for the Film Angles in the Outfield. We had over 25,000 extras at the Oakland Stadium for filming game playing & Action sequences.

CREDIT LIST

2009 – Monsters Vs Aliens – Matte Painting Supervisor
2008 – Kung Fu Panda – Matte Painting Supervisor
2007 – Bee Movie – Matte Painting Supervisor
2006 - Flushed Away – Matte Painting Supervisor
2005 – Over the Hedge – Matte Painting Supervisor
2004 – Team America: World Police – Matte Painter
2004 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Senior Matte Painter
2004 – Thunderbirds – Senior Environments Artist
2003 – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – Senior Matte Painter
2002 – Gangs of New York – Senior Matte Painter (nominated for VES award)
2002 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Special Edition – Senior Matte Painter
2002 – Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones – Senior Matte Painter
2002 – Pringles “Bali-wood” – Concept Designer
2002 - Advent Communications – Hotel Design Pitch Material Artist
2001 – Planet of the Apes – Senior Matte Painter
2001 – Pearl Harbor – Senior Matte Painter
2001 – Allegra “Skier” Commercial – Senior Matte Painter
2000 – Space Cowboys – Senior Matte Painter
2000 – First Union Bank: Access/Butterfly/International Commercials – Senior Matte Painter
1999 – Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace – Ground Battle Matte Painting Supervisor
1999 – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Movies – Digital Matte Artist
1999 – Galaxy Quest – Senior Matte Painter
1999 – Tricon Star Wars tie-in commercials & Marketing Materials – Lead Matte Artist
1998 – X.O. – Digital Character Designer
1998 – Deep Rising – Digital Matte Painter
1998 – Snake Eyes – Digital Matte Painter
1998 – Twister – Digital Matte Painter
1998 – Chevy Blazer “Storm” Commercial – Digital Matte Painter
1998 – Tombstone Pizza “Alien” Commercial – Digital Matte Painter
1997 – Men in Black – Digital Matte Painter
1997 – Jurassic Park: The Lost World – Line-up Artist
1997 – Spawn – Digital Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition – Digital Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition – Digital Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi Special Edition – Digital Matte Artist
1996 – Mars Attacks! – Digital Matte Artist
1996 – 101 Dalmatians – Digital Matte Artist
1996 – Daylight – Line-up Artist
1996 – Snickers “Elephant” Commercial – Lead Matte Artist
1995 – The American President – Digital Matte Artist
1995 – Congo – Digital Matte Artist
1995 – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Movies – Digital Matte Artist
1995 – Casper – Computer Graphics Assistant
1994 - Radioland Murders – Computer Graphics Assistant
1994 – Disclosure – Digital Matte Assistant
1994 – Star Trek: Generations – Digital Matte Assistant
1994 – Wolf – Digital Matte Assistant
1994 – Maverick – Digital Matte Assistant
1994 – TGIFridays “Christmas” Commercial – Digital Matte Artist
1994 – Angels in the Outfield – Assistant Wrangler
1993 – IN the Mouth of Madness – Computer Graphics Assistant
1993 – Energizer Bunny “Flea” Commercial – Digital Matte Artist
1992 – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV– Digital Matte Assistant

EDUCATION

BFA in Fine Arts
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

ORGANIZATIONS

The Visual Effects Society 1999 - present
Animation World Network 2005 – Present
Annie Awards Judge for Production Design and Character Design 2007
Vice-chair of SF SIGGRAPH 2002