Education: University of the Arts, Philadelphia
PA. - BFA 1998
Experience: - Animation Mentor- October 2007 - Present Classes taught: - Introduction to Acting 2x
- Advanced Acting
- Short Film Production 2x
Job title: Mentor/Teacher Duties: Providing students with critiques, lecures, demos, and guidence.
- ReelFX Creative Studios - December 2007 - June 2008 Project: Open Season 2 Job title: Character animator. Duties: Creating animated preformances.
- Blue Sky Studios - September 2007 - November 2007 Project: Horton Hears A Who Job title: Character animator. Duties: Creating animated preformances.
- ReelFX Creative Studios - September 2007 Project: Bee Movie promotional material Job title: Character animator. Duties: Creating animated preformances.
- Ixor3D - August 2007
Job title: Character animator. Duties: Rigging and character animation.
- Blur Studio - August 2003 - June 2007. Job title: Animation supervisor. Duties:
- Leading a team of talented animators.
- Creating preformances for a wide range of animated characters.
- Laying out shots and creating animatics.
- Character rigging and set up R&D.
- ReelFX Creative Studios - December 2002 - June 2003 Job title: Character animator. Duties: Creating animated preformances.
- Xvivo Digital Animation - January 2003 - March 2003 Job title: Character animator. Duties: Creating animated preformances.
- The Production House Inc. - December 1998 - December 2002 Job title: Animation supervisor and general 3D artist. Duties:
- Lead a small team of animators to produce a 42 minute Halloween DVD title.
- All other production elements including: modeling, lighting, and rendering.
Projects :
- Open Season 2 -[Feature Film] - Currently in production.
- Horton Hears A Who -[Feature Film] - In theaters March 14th 2008.
- Bee Movie -[TV Commercial] - TV promotional spot.
- A Gentlemen's Duel -[Short film] - Currently in the short film circuit.
- Gopher Broke -[Short film] - Nominated for an Academy Award
in the Best Animated Short Film catagory.
- RockFish - [Short film] - Short listed for an Academy Award
in the Best Animated Short Film catagory.
- Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas - [DVD] - Disney Feature Animation
- Gnomeo & Juliette - [Development test] - Disney Feature Animation
- Opus - [Development test] - Miramax/Dimension Feature Animation
- The Barnyard - [Movie Theater Trailer]
- The Dancing Pumpkin - [DVD]
- G.I. Joe: Spytroops - [DVD]
- Super Snoopers - [DVD]
- Spike TV's Video Game Awards - [TV Special]
- MTV's Save the Humans - [TV Special]
- Coca Cola - [TV Commercial]
- Fantastic Four: Secret Weapon - [TV Commercial]
- Dannon Yogurt: Danimals Disney Channel - [TV Commercial]
- Kids WB 2006 - [TV Commercials]
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy - [TV Commercial]
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy: Teaser - [TV Commercial]
- Metal Arms - [TV Commercial]
- Spiderman Web Blaster - [TV Commercial]
- Play Doh Pet Parlor - [TV Commercial]
- G.I. Joe: Spytroops - [TV Commercial]
- Spiderman: Friend or Foe - [Video Game Cinematic/Trailer]
- Sega Shadow the Hedgehog - [Video Game Cinematic]
- Hellgate London - [Video Game Cinematic]
- Blood Rayne 2 - [Video Game Cinematic]
- Warhammer: Age of Reckoning - [Video Game Cinematic]
- Warhammer: Dawn of War - [Video Game Cinematic]
- The Punisher - [Video Game Cinematic]
- Other assorted commercials, special projects, and personal work.
Published Works:
- Artwork published in the book titled, Inspired 3D Short Film Production.
- Artwork published in the book titled, TOON ART.
Awards:
- May 2003 CG Talk Choice Award.
- Artist Spotlight Interview for the 10 Second Club.
-1st place in the 10 Second Club's January 2003 Character animation contest.
-1st place in the 10 Second Club's September 2002 Character animation contest.
-1st place in the 10 Second Club's May/June 2002 Character animation contest.
-1st place in the 10 Second Club's October 2001 Character animation contest.
-1st place in the 10 Second Club's September 2001 Character animation contest.
-Telly Award Finalist 2001 "The DancingPumpkin."
-Philly Gold 2001 "The Dancing Pumpkin."
Skills:
Character animation
Facial animation
Modeling
Texturing
Layout & Animatics
Character set up
Character Design
Applications:
SoftImage XSI
3D Studio Max
Maya
Character Studio
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Premiere
Many other audio and video editing programs
