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Santa Fe, NM, US

Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

New media company specializing in high concept graphic novels and screenplays. Created original graphic novels from concept to final print. Hired and managed a global team of artists spread across 5 countries. Currently developing various award winning screenplays in the fantasy, sci-fi, horror and western genres. Awards: 2017 George R.R. Martin Fantasy.

Projects: The Morning Show, For All Mankind, First Man, Black’ish, Silicon Valley, Jack Ryan, etc. Designed graphics and animations for on-set video playback and “digital props''. Clients: HBO, Apple TV+, Netflix, hulu, Universal, Amazon, ABC, etc.

Greater New Orleans Area

Projects: Baywatch, Spectral, Beyond Skyline. Comped shots using heavy CG elements, adding additional 2D elements while matching the lighting, color balance and layering atmospheric effects to integrate into or enhance the original plate. Creatively used basic tools to create necessary elements needed for each shot.

Burbank, CA

Projects: Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. Cleaned stretching and artifacting created by stereo conversion. Integrated CG elements into conversion process while paying special attention to fine details like motion blur, depth of field and strands of hair. Made clean plates using paint and patching.

Burbank, CA

Designed motion graphics for “The Who, Miles Over Vegas,” show airing on the quarter-mile long Fremont Street Viva Vision screen. Created particles, lighting effects, animations and backgrounds using After Effects and Trapcode plug-ins.

Burbank, CA

Projects: Tropic Thunder, Superbad, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, etc. Responsible for directing day to day departmental operations, staff training and supervision, overseeing departmental work flow, conceptualizing, storyboarding, and designing animated motion graphics; working with clients to determine their needs and other managerial functions.

Burbank, CA

Project: Gangster Squad. Composited matte painting from artist Lubo Christov integrating them into original plates while removing modern day technologies to help set the era.

Burbank, CA

Project: Kung-Fu Panda. Created a left and right-eye image from a source plate, placing everything into the depth. Comped 3D elements using proper depth cues, and corrected discrepancies between the eyes to ensure a seamless stereoscopic image.

Hollywood, CA, Mumbai India

Projects: Star Wars: Phantom Menace 3D, Green Lantern, Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Worked on assignment in Mumbai, India. Responsible for supervising teams of artists, work flow coordination, critiquing artist work, approving shots, troubleshooting difficult shots, and ensuring client standards were met.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Freelance compositor for work on music videos. Videos include; Fakers, 'Are You Magnetic, Kate Miller Heidke, "Can't Shake It,'' and Cassie Davis, 'I Like It Loud.'

Greater Los Angeles Area

Supervised and Composited over 120 shots for feature film, 'Beach Kings,' (MGM 2009). Created and managed team of artist to complete shots. Approved and delivered shot by final deadline.