Professional Experience
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING - Glendale, CA
Principal Visual Effects Designer | 5/18 - Present (6 years)
Previs/visualization using Unreal Editor, Maya, MotionBuilder. Motion graphics and compositing for attraction installations. Video editing using Premiere and Resolve.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS - Culver City, CA
Lead Layout Artist for Animated Feature | 5/17 - 5/18 (1 year)
Sequence-based layout in Maya.
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING - Glendale, CA
Visual Effects Designer | 10/16 - 5/17 (7 months)
Previs using MotionBuilder, Maya, After Effects, Nuke. VR visualization using Unreal Engine. Kuka robotic arm programming and operation.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS - Culver City, CA
Layout Supervisor for Feature Film | 8/14 - 10/16 (2 years 2 months)
Leading a team of artists and production in rough and final layout. Sequence-based layout in Maya.
BENTO BOX ENTERTAINMENT - North Hollywood, CA
Generalist - Animation TD | 5/14 - 8/14 (3 months)
Motion capture editing, character setup, pipeline development. Animation rendering and compositing using Maya, MotionBuilder, Xsens MVN, After Effects.
RGH THEMED ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles, CA
Layout and Previs Artist | 3/14 - 5/14 (3 months)
Previs and layout using Maya, Nuke, motion editing using MotionBuilder.
THE THIRD FLOOR INC. - Los Angeles, CA
Postvis and Previs Artist | 1/14 - 3/14 (2 months)
Animation in Maya, compositing in After Effects, camera tracking in Boujou.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS - Culver City, CA
Layout Lead/Artist for Feature Films | 10/10 - 1/14 (3 years 6 months)
Rough plate and final layout using Maya, Nuke, and Katana. On set motion capture supervision. MotionBuilder and Endorphin. Stereo camera dialing lead.
PRIME FOCUS - Hollywood, CA
Stereoscopic Conversion Artist | 4/10 - 10/10 (7 months)
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS - Culver City, CA
Lighting Compositing TD for Films | 1/09 - 4/10 (1 year 4 months)
Lighting and compositing using Katana, Nuke, and Maya. Stereo lighting lead.
CUSTOM FILM EFFECTS - Burbank, CA
Compositor 3D Generalist for Films | 9/08 - 12/08 (4 months)
Modeling, animation, lighting using Maya/Mental Ray. Compositing and paint using Digital Fusion.
TECHNICOLOR INTERACTIVE - Burbank, CA
Lead Artist – Animation Layout Lighting and Compositing for Game Cinematics | 3/08 - 9/08 (6 months)
Character and pipeline setup for Maya/MotionBuilder. Lighting, compositing using Maya/MR, After Effects, Shake. Animation and layout in MotionBuilder, 3ds Max, Maya, and XSI. Supervise and train artists in both local and India teams.
CAFÉ FX - Santa Monica, CA
Compositor for Film | 12/07 - 3/08 (4 months)
Live action CG integration compositing using Digital Fusion. Lighting using Maya and Mental Ray.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS - Culver City, CA
Lighting TD – Sr. Technical Animator/Integration | 6/05 - 11/07 (2 years 7 months)
Motion capture character animation and layout for feature films. Lighting and rendering using Maya and Katana. Compositing using Nuke and Katana. Layout and animation integration using Maya and MotionBuilder.
CAFÉ FX - Santa Maria & Santa Monica, CA
Compositor for Films | 2/05 - 6/05 (4 months)
Live action CG integration compositing using Digital Fusion.
STARGATE DIGITAL - Pasadena, CA
Compositor for Film and Television | 9/04 - 2/05 (6 months)
Live action film compositing and 3D integration using After Effects, Boujou, and Maya.
BLUR STUDIO - Venice, CA
Compositing Lighting Animation Motion Capture Supervisor for Video Games, Film, and Television | 8/99
Skills
Maya ● Katana ● MotionBuilder ● Nuke ● After Effects ● Unreal Engine ● Houdini ●3ds Max ● Digital Fusion ● Boujou ● Syntheyes ● Vicon ● Xsens MVN
Mudbox ● ZBrush ● Premier ●Photoshop ● Resolve
Projects
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING GLENDALE, CA
1/2023-current
Fantasy Springs Tokyo, Frozen ride. Media creation and installation.
1/23-3/23
Flash - Fire Mockup - Create and program media for interactive led installation.
4/2022-12/2022
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway - Disneyland. Media creation and installation.
1/2021-6/2022
Avengers Campus, Paris.
Avengers Assemble: Flight Force. Previs, editorial.
Spider-Man W.E.B. Adventure. Virtual staging and previs, rideanimation.
Media installation.
PYM Kitchen. Media creation, supervision. VFX installations.
1/2019-6/2022
Avengers Campus, California.
PYM Kitchen. Layout for artwork and VFX installations.
Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure. Virtual staging and previs, rideanimation.
Media installation.
1/2019-3/2019
Jasmine's Castle for Children's Hospital - Seek and find motion graphics for wall installation.
9/2018-12/2018
Zootopia Ride Tokyo Disney. Set layout, visual development for practical effects.
5/2018-9/2018
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! Hong Kong Disneyland. 3d graphics rendering and compositing. Media installation.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS
5/2017-5/2018
Hotel Transylvania 3 (film) - Layout lead.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (film) - Marketing layout and setup.
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING GLENDALE, CA
8/2016 - 5/2017
Guardians of the Galaxy:Mission Breakout - Ride previsualization and integration.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS CULVER CITY, CA
7/2014 - 8/2016
Smurfs (film)- Layout artist.
Alice Through The Looking Glass (film)- Layout supervisor.
Suicide Squad (film)- Stereo camera dialing.
Ghostbusters (film) - Stereo cameras. On set performance capture consultant.
Storks (film) - Stereo consultant for DI sessions.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (film) - Layout Artist.
BENTO BOX ENTERTAINMENT LLC NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA
Son of Zorn, television pilot, R&D. Generalist. Performance capture processing and animation. Rigging. Rendering and compositing.
RGH THEMED ENTERTAINMENT LOS ANGELES, CA
Seven Wonders of the World. (theme park) Stereo dome ride. Previs, layout, animation, Performance capture animation. Lighting and rendering.
THE THIRD FLOOR, INC. LOS ANGELES, CA
Black Sails (tv) Previs
Unbroken (film) Previs and Postvis.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS CULVER CITY, CA
Amazing Spider-Man 2 (film) - Stereo camera dialing.
Edge of Tomorrow (film) - Layout lead. On set Motion Capture consultant, Performance capture animation, Technical animation.
OZ, The Great and Powerful (film) - Layout artist, stereo camera dialing lead.
The Amazing Spider-Man (film) - Layout artist, stereo camera dialing lead.
Green Lantern (film)- Layout artist, stereo camera dialing. S3d comp and light.
PRIME FOCUS HOLLYWOOD, CA
Star Wars: Episode I (film) -Stereo conversion compositor.
Shrek (film) -Stereo conversion compositor.
Cats & Dogs 2 (film)-Stereo conversion compositor.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)-Stereo conversion compositor.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS CULVER CITY, CA
Alice in Wonderland (film) - Lighting & comp TD, stereo camera dialing. S3d lighting and comp TD.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) - S3d lighting and comp TD.
G-Force (film) - S3d lighting and comp TD.
CUSTOM FILM EFFECTS BURBANK, CA
Old Dogs (film) - Generalist, model, animation, render, light, comp.
Bride Wars (film) - Compositor.
The Tale of Despereaux (film) - 3d artist, animation, rendering.
The Reader (film)- Compositor.
TECHNICOLOR INTERACTIVE BURBANK, CA
Gears of War 2 (video game). Performance capture cleanup and animation.
Blitz: The League II (video game). Lead artist, Performance capture animation, animation, modeling, texturing, lighting and compositing.
CAFÉ FX SANTA MONICA, CA
Speed Racer (film) - Compositor, lighting.
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS CULVER CITY, CA
I Am Legend (film)- Performance capture technical animation.
Beowulf 3D (film) - S3d lighting & comp TD.
Beowulf (film)- Performance capture integration.
Monster House (film) - Performance capture tracking and integration. Lighting & comp TD.
CAFÉ FX SANTA MARIA & SANTA MONICA, CA
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (film) - Compositor.
STARGATE DIGITAL PASADENA, CA
Idiocracy (film) - Compositor, lighting.
Last Rites (film) - Compositor.
Rebound (film) - Compositor.
Into the West (tv) - Compositor.
Las Vegas (tv) - Compositor.
Crossing Jordan (tv) - Compositor.
BLUR STUDIO VENICE, CA
The Mask 3D (special venue) - Performance capture, facial rigging and animation.
Soulkeeper (film) - Compositor.
For the Cause (film) - Compositor.
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas. (film) - Scene assembly, compositor, rigging.
Rockfish (short film) - Performance capture.
Mr. Fix It (film) - On set vfx supervisor. Match move, compositor.
Creatures of the Deep (IMAX) - Lighting, Compositing. Camera Tracking.
WB Kids - (commercials) - Lighting, compositing, on set supervision.
Shania Twain (Music Video) Match move, lighting, compositing, on set supervision.
Spiderman-Web Blaster (commercial) - Performance capture, Compositing.
Incredible Hulk Hands (commercial) - Performance capture, live action compositing.
Video Games - Cinematics - Cutscenes
Fight Club - Performance capture. Facial rigging, animation.
Crimson Skies - Performance capture. Facial rigging, animation.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Performance capture.
BloodRayne - Performance capture, scene assembly.
Terminator 3: The Redemption - Performance capture.
Rise of Nations - Performance capture.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Performance capture.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Performance capture
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Game of the Year - Performance capture.
Spider-Man - Performance capture.
Empire Earth - Performance capture.
Looney Tunes Racing - Facial animation.
ENCORE HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD, CA
Frank Leaves for the Orient - (TV). Jr compositor.