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Los Angeles, CA, US

San Francisco, California, US

Part of the amazing team at Cruise solving tomorrow's problems today!

London, England, GB

Lead Technical Artist using Unreal Engine with expertise in Cinematography, Real-time Color & Lighting, VFX Supervision, Virtual Production, Motion Capture - Camera Innovation, Rigging and On-Set Supervision.

Los Angeles, US

Creative Director, Designer, Lead Artist/Art Director (and “Community Manager”) of the HP Mars Home Planet VR Experience. Designed the concept, visual story arc, layout, linear flow, set piece moments, scale and spatial composition. Directed concept paint-overs by concept artists and a full team of 15 Unreal Engine developers and artists on all aspects of.

Available for assignment: Recently completed freelance; Look Development, Lighting, Post-FX, Rendering, and Optimization (CPU/GPU Profiling, real-time rendering at 90 FPS) for the HTC Vive Virtual Reality Games "John Wick", and "Allegiant Virtual Reality", and "Astral Domine" using Unreal Engine 4. Lit the new "Conquest Map" for the PC E-Sports Title.

As an experienced and credited CGI/VFX Supervisor and Artist I shoot HDR Matte Paintings, Fine Art, and 360 Degree Stereo Panoramas, including; High Resolution Gigabyte Stereo HDR images for Virtual Reality, Video Games, and Feature Film VFX. I use a Beam Splitter on a Gigpan Pro, Chrome Ball, and Arri Lights as required. I shoot Digital and Large Format.

Santa Monica, California, US

Principal Lighting Artist on XBOX ONE and PS4 "Call of Duty, Advanced Warfare" by Sledgehammer Studios. Made the only Gen 4 Level awarded/outsourced to High Moon Studios look awesome! Worked with the CTO Stephane to define and prioritize the Global Illumination Lighting/Rendering illuminance & color contribution required to upgrade the engine "Radiant"..

San Francisco, CA, US

Lead Lighting Artist on STAR WARS 1313. Developed Lighting Look, UI, Workflow/Pipe-line, Schedule, Headcount, and worked with ILM Engineers to develop Physical Based Renderer behind the Unreal 3 Editor. Lit the Vertical Slice, developed MIDI Control Surface for live simultaneous tuning of Dynamic Lights and Post-FX. Day to day, collaborated with Art.

Santa Monica, CA, US

Applied my expertise and leadership from the Film Industry in the development of Naughty Dog's Core Competence in Graphics, Tools, and the Game Engine on the title "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" - Winner "Game Of The Year", "Best Graphics", "Best PS3 Game", "Best Lighting and Textures" Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Santa Monica, CA, US

Developed the Cinematic Lighting, Look, Feel, and Polish of the Cinematics on Naughty Dog's Playstation-3 title "Uncharted", personally lit 48 minutes of footage. http://www.us.playstation.com/Uncharted/

Washington, DC, US

Motivated, managed and mentored a 60 headcount International/French-Canadian Art and Production team for the National Geographic IMAX film "Sea Monsters 3D". Supervised Layout, Match-Moving, Previz, Creature LookDev, Materials/Texture/Shaders (really Big Textures), Rigging/Skinning, Character Animation, Lighting and Rendering. RE. that IMAX rendering - is.

Provided VFX Supervision and Business Development Expertise for Comen VFX on the Films and TV Show, "How to Rob a Bank", "Next", and "Weeds" to name a few.

San Mateo, California, US

Developed Cinematics for the PS3 Factor 5 Video Game "Lair" including E3 Teaser. Supervised team of 15.

San Mateo, California, US

Lit the PSP game NEO-Pets PetPet Adventures The Wand of Wishing using Maya and MentalRay Baked Vertex Lighting. Developed hundreds of Particle Based Dynamic VFX for in-game magic and spells.

US

Typical Bond company/911 contract clean-up work for a WB Production. Interesting Note; picked up existing DB of assets from failed overseas VFX Studio and with an eye/tribute to Ray Harryhausen's style (per the Director; Peter Hyams) completed all aspects of Creature CGI development and shots with that "campy" VFX Style, supervised; 3D Staff.

Burbank, CA, US

CGI Supervisor on the mixed-media feature-film "Looney Tunes, Back In Action", combined 3D with Live Action Cinematography and Traditionally Hand-Drawn/Animated Characters. Mentored, Motivated, and Supervised a staff of 25. Member of the IATSE Cartoonist Guild Local 839.Per Wikipedia; "...along with the positive critical response, the film was also.

Service Business Unit Founder and Ambassador of WAM!NET's Render-On-Demand Service. Ran P&L. Developed and Launched all aspects of 400 CPU pay per hour remote render farm business. Software Development, Operations, Strategic Partnerships, Co-Marketing, Sales, Trade Shows, On-Site Demos, grossed $3M first year of operations. Acted as Offsite Producer for.

Developed Renderman Shaders, Developed Particle FX, Lit and Comped shots. Procured Render Farm.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Particle FX TD and Compositor. Designed and developed the studio/picture workflow called the "Hawaiian Pipeline" for the CGI film "Final Fantasy, the Spirits Within".

Vancouver, BC, CA

STARSHIP TROOPERS: Previz, Motion Control Pipeline, Spaceship Animation, Particle VFX, Second Unit Practical VFX, Set Supervision, Camera Tracking, Final Compositing. CONTACT: Galaxy Look Development, Lighting, VFX, Shader Development, Final Compositing

Shot TD on "Species", "WaterWorld", Disney Epcot ride film "NRG" 3 screens @ 65mm, and a special venue project produced by BOSS Games for BMG Music

US

Implemented the very first 3D Department used for Video Game Production using SGI Workstations and Wavefront Software. Trained traditional artists in 3D Animation. 3D Artist/Animator on "Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing". Created the 1994 CES Cinematic reel for "Super Off Road the Baja", "Double Dragon", "Troy Aikman Football", and "Kyle Petty's No Fear.

Supported 3D Animation Software Installations at Broadcast Television Stations, Feature Film Studios, Engineering Facilities, and Scientific Research Centers. Presented pre-sales product demonstrations at ACM SIGGRAPH and NAB. Executed prospect benchmarks and solved post-sale client problems. Expert with Wavefront's 3D animation software "Advanced.

Managed CAD department, Design, Engineering, Documentation, Systems, Personnel. Wrote custom routing-modeling-auto-drawing generation routine for various hard/flexible HVAC systems throughout Infinity-Nissan auto range. Collaborated w/ Japanese office.

Los Angeles, California, US

Developed Rocket Booster Systems for both commercial and defense. Atlas, Delta, PieceKeeper, and Space Shuttle. Conceptualized 8 Engine Liquid Booster System to replace Solid Boosters on the Space Shuttle following Challenger Accident. RSX system Renderings and Animations were reviewed by NASA and the Pentagon.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Developed Satellite RF/Optical Systems for Space & Communications, conceptual design of ICBM Tracking via Dynamic Optical Satellite Systems for the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Designed PWB/PC boards and Periscope Systems for Light Armor Vehicles.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, US

3D Design and Renderings, Bezier Surfacing & Blending, Color, Lighting, Prototyping using 3 + 5 axis CNC Prototyping and CGI renderings for executive review.

Arlington, VA, US

Designed Multilayer PWB/PC boards for Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems on board F-18 and F-15 Fighter/Tactical bomber aircraft. Used Computervision CADDS 3 System.

Richardson, Texas, US

Design Draftsman on Black Box Optical Systems, Revisions, Component & Assembly Drawings, BOM, ANSI 14.5 Mil-D Specs.

Computer Science, Design & Engineering

Drafting, Design, Engineering

Self Taught, Digital Renaissance - Optics, Light, Color - Conceptual Design, Prototyping, Manufacturabilty, Qa