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California, United States

Half Moon Bay, CA, US

Mighty Yeti Studios is a creator-owned animation studio that makes original, all-ages content. We are currently developing multiple projects including animated series, short films, feature films, and graphic novels. We have produced multiple books, mobile games, and animated series.Based in Burbank and the Bay Area, our team of talented artists and.

Animation direction, art direction, creative direction, and animation and for animated series development, pilots, games, commercials and more. Past projects include:★ Animation Direction, Animation, CG Supervision for video game cinematics, commercials, and animated series. Clients include: Disney TV, MTV, DC Comics, Ghostbot, WildBrain, Mixamo, Brain Zoo.

San Mateo, California, US

As Creative Director for the Business Development team (formerly Creative Director, Licensing), my role is a mix of both top level strategic direction and tactical hands-on creative work.I've represented the Roblox brand and top creators' experiences and IPs in key art and licensed consumer products. I've provided art direction for key art for Roblox and.

San Francisco, CA, US

Anki was a consumer robotics company with the flagship product the Cozmo robot. I directed a team of five animators working on the robot's personality and behaviors. I also directed the robot's performance for and live action commercials, and directed a CG animated short.

Montreal, QC, CA

• Animation for visual effects shots for feature films.
• "Ghost In The Shell" animation and layout for shots.
• "Transformers: The Last Knight" animation matching character to live action footage (matchimation).

• "Shardbound" game animation including character combat and cycles in Maya.

San Francisco, CA, US

I was art director for the new Glu Shock studio that was created in San Mateo, which was shut down after company directional change. I hired, managed, and directed an art team of seven. We developed several pitches, prototypes, a mobile game in Unity, and also handled the game art conversion and marketing art for "Deer Hunter VR", one of the Oculus launch.

Los Angeles, CA, US

I collaborated remotely with the Nickelodeon Creative Resources team in New York, creating illustrations for the animation properties "Bubble Guppies" and "Back to the Barnyard". Using CG assets from the animated series, I designed art assets for consumer products, DVD and video game covers, and theme park key art in Maya and Photoshop.

Zug, Zurich Area, CH

Visual development for a game project (NDA).

Los Angeles, US

"La Noria" is an award-winning animated short film directed by Carlos Baena and produced by Sasha Korellis. The global animation team included talent from Pixar, Disney, Blue Sky, ILM and more. I helped out as the interim CG Supervisor and was a production consultant for the project.

Daly City, CA, US

Ghostbot was looking to expand into CG animation production, and I consulted on CG pipeline development and bidding proposals for jobs. I contributed animation and look development for an animated feature film pitch, and directed and animated the pre-vis for a game cinematics project.

Emeryville, California, US

• Cover illustration work for Nickelodeon's "Bubble Guppies" IP.

Foster City, CA, US

In addition to my Art Director role, I directed over one hour of "Marvel Heroes" animated cinematics which used CG animation, 2D animation, in-game cinematics, and motion comics animation.I built the in-house pipeline which included story-boarding through animatic editing, and worked with outsourced animation production studios and comic book artists for.

Foster City, CA, US

As Art Director for the "Marvel Heroes" MMO I established the look of the game, from early visual development to final in-game graphics. I hired and lead a 30 person art department, including Concept Art, Character, Environment, Animation, Tech Art and VFX teams, co-managing with my Art Producer. I provided art direction and animation direction for the.

Burbank, California, US

Very short but super fun project bringing Dave Bullock's Batman story to the motion comic format.

New York, NY, US

• Cover illustration work for Nickelodeon's "Bubble Guppies" IP.

San Francisco, California, US

• CG Supervisor, Technical Director, and Character Animation work for various freelance projects.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• "Monster High" pitch project. Oversaw all CG assets and animation from partner studio.

New York, NY, US

I taught animation students around the world online through animation critiques and weekly Q&A sessions. I lead “Advanced Body Mechanics”, “Psychology of Body Mechanics”, and “Basic Foundations” classes.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Provided animation notes on motion / performance clips and character setup/rigging pipeline.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

I joined WildBrain as CG Supervisor to oversee the CG for Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. animated series "Bubble Guppies" season one. I had the same role for the series pilot at Nickelodeon Animation Studios. I also worked on the "Sheriff Callie's Wild West" animated series pilot for Disney Jr, which was greenlit.I was the CG Supervisor for other in-house.

Broomfield, Colorado, US

• Modeled vinyl toy prototype and CG assets for packaging.

Burlingame, CA, US

I modeled and supervised the printing prototype process for a trophy that was created for employees of Virgin Airlines.

Redwood City, CA, US

I worked on the development of several new projects. I also helped contribute to the "Godfather 2" game including mocap and keyframe animation.

Burbank, CA, US

As Head of CG at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, I was given a unique opportunity to create a CG pipeline from the ground up, build a world class team of CG artists and animators, and oversee the CG on four of Nickelodeon's Emmy-winning animated series: “Tak and the Power of Juju”, “Bubble Guppies” (pilot), Dreamworks’ “The Penguins of Madagascar”, and.

Burbank, CA, US

Burbank, CA, US

I was an instructor for the Nickelodeon University studio training program, teaching classes to studio artists, staff, and executives. Classes included "Intro to Maya", "Intro to Maya for Modeling and Character Setup", "Intro to Maya for Animation", and "Introduction to CG for Non-Artists".

Burbank, CA, US

Burbank, CA, US

US

• "Tripping the Rift" animated series. Animated over 2:50 for episode "Cool Whip"; helped re-rig main characters.

• "Fantastic Four" VFX development animation.
• "XXX2: State of the Union" previsualization animation.
• "Elektra" VFX animation.
• "AMC Clip" spec commercial direction and animation.

New York, NY, US

For the pilot episode of "The Andy Milonakis Show" series at MTV, I was in charge of creating VFX animation, greenscreen removal, and compositing 61 shots.

Encino, California, US

I worked on the video game cinematics for "Shrek 2", "Shark Tale", and "Pitfall: The Lost Expedition", where I provided direction, animation, and technical director services. I also animated on the series pilot for "Rainbow Valley Fire Department".

US

• "AOL Super Buddies". Character animation and modeling for web real-time rendering 3D avatar project.

• Animator / CG Generalist work for multiple development projects.

New York, NY, US

• "MTV's Super Bowl Spectacular". Directed and animated show open/main title.

• Onsite and remote. Created motion graphics, titles, FX work, illustrations, art department support.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• "Toyota Tent Event" commercial animation and modeling.
• "The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage" game cinematics animation.

Burbank, CA, US

• "Disney One Saturday Morning" interstitials visual development and animation work for Rutherford-Bench Productions.

• "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps". Animation and modeling on set at Universal Studios.
• "Galaxy Quest" motion graphics concepts and animation.

• "Racing Strips" feature film previsualization animation and modeling.
• HBO series pilot look development, modeling, and animation.

Redwood City, CA, US

I started as a Computer Graphics Artist and quickly moved into the roles of Lead Artist and then Production Designer for the PGA Tour golf games.

Bachelor Of Arts, Art

Production Design For Film

Summer Session, Art