CG Character Animation Position
EXPERIENCE
3/99 - Present: CG Character Animator
Credits include:
FEATURE FILMS
"Alvin and the Chipmunks" - Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, California
"Osmosis Jones" - Warner Brothers, Sherman Oaks, California
"Holes" - Flash Film Works, Hollywood, California
"The Guardian" - Flash Film Works, Hollywood, California
RIDE / EXPERIENCE FILMS
"Weird Al's Brain in 3D" - Amalgamated Pixels, West Lake Village, California
"Dragons" - Amalgamated Pixels, West Lake Village, California
"Jimmy Neutron" - Nickelodeon Digital, Burbank, California
"Hershey's Really Big 3D Show" - Threshold Digital, Santa Monica, California
"The Yellow Submarine Adventure" - Sony Development, Burbank, CaliforniaVIDEO
"When Dinosaurs Roamed North America" - Meteor Studios, Montreal, Quebec
Counting Crows' “Accidentally in Love” - Wit Animation, Venice, California
"You are Mine" - Impact Productions, Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaCOMMERCIALS
"Mazda ID", "Madagascar", "Maalox", and many more - Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, CaliforniaGAME CINEMATICS
"Ratchet and Clank", "Skylanders", and more - Brain Zoo Studios, Van Nuys, CaliforniaSoftware:
Experienced with Maya, Lightwave, Digital Fusion, Photoshop, Premier, Sound Forge, Illustrator, and Magpie. Have programmed in Mel, Visual Basic, and C.
7/81 - 2/99: Freelance Animator, IllustratorEDUCATION
Digital animation and graphics for industrial videos and computer-based interactive multimedia on IBM and Macintosh systems. Overall portfolio includes design, and illustration for technical literature, book covers and advertising in traditional mediums of oils, acrylics, pencil, ink and airbrush.10/78 - 7/81: Newspaper Staff Illustrator
Credits include:
Co-designed, animated, and illustrated educational game kiosks for the Smithsonian Postal Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of American Indians and Delaware History Museum.
The News-Journal Company, Wilmington, DelawareOther credits include:
Authored an article "The Misadventures of Mudpuppy", published in Keyframe Magazine, April 1999 -- an inside look at the trials and tribulations of character modeling and setup in Lightwave.
Instructor of illustration techniques for University of Delaware Continuing Education program.
Richard Williams' Animation Masterclass, New York, N.Y. 5/98Download a PDF version HERE
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Graduated: 10/78
Degree with Honors in Commercial Art
Illustration/Design Major