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Greater Nashville Area, TN

Clients: Sony Electronics | Coca-Cola Brands (Amstel Light & Gold Peak Tea) | TEAK Digital, San Francisco | Alarm.com | Wide Eyed Agency

Nashville, TN

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• Transformed Griffin brand’s imagery with gorgeous 3D animations and still renders for use in all marketing materials for print, web, packaging and sales meetings
• Developed an efficient workflow to produce 3D renders for products
• Worked closely with other members of the creative team to create unique 3D illustrations

Fresno, California Area

• Nurtures and passes on to his students the knowledge and experience gained from both his film production days as well as his marketing communications background. His teaching and mentoring inspires his pupils and.
• Teaches three Communication Arts production courses on a rotating basis: Video Production I & II and Cinematography: Visual Storytelling.
• Mentors and advises students on career paths in the film and video industry
• Uses FCP X editing software for classroom instruction

Clovis, CA

• Worked closely with Product Marketing Managers to craft scripts, videos and graphics to creatively promote the product and brand to align with marketing strategies and campaigns. Expanded the capabilities of the.
• Writer, Art Director, designer, animator and editor of high-end motion graphics and 3D animations for marketing materials and video security trade shows.
• Writer, art director, and producer of award-winning marketing videos for products and services for the web
• Programmed and set up “Watchout,” a multi-display software system to create a large video wall, linking up to 24 monitors together
• Project managed, scheduled and budgeted my work
• Met with stakeholders to determine the needs for a project, then wrote the treatments, scripts and storyboards and created the animations/videos – working closely with the clients throughout the process to ensure.

Madera, CA

• Full-time teacher of Video Production and Digital Imagery (Photography and Adobe Photoshop)
• Taught Final Cut Studio to video production students
• Managed a 35-computer Mac lab and server with over 100 user accounts
• Video class was part of Fresno County Office of Education's Regional Occupational Program (ROP) and trained students for entry-level video production jobs upon graduation

Hollywood, CA

• Participated on numerous film and television projects over a ten-year career – often managing the entire film crew of 20-30 people and leading them to successful completion of projects in the ever-changing, fluid and.
• Director of Photography for numerous short films and one feature film; managed crews of up to 30 people; completed projects on time and on budget and films won several awards
• Gaffer (head of lighting crew); managed up to 10 people; responsibilities were to distribute power and oversee all lighting under the direction of the Director of Photography.
• Set Lighting Technician, Member I.A.T.S.E Local 728 Lighting Union
• Film/TV credits include: Charmed, NYPD Blue, CSI: Las Vegas, Behind Enemy Lines, Dr. Doolittle 2, X-FilesFor a more detailed list of credits, please click on image below.

Master'S Degree, Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Bachelor'S Degree, Major: Telecommunications, Minor: Music

Activities and Societies: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Ice Hockey