Leo (Netflix Feature Animated Film)
The Magician’s Elephant (Netflix Feature Animated Film) - 2021/22
• Ensure consistency, quality and supervision across the Team
• Ensure feedback is concise and constructive in directing artists to reach milestones & show targets.
• Attend Director dailies and ensure notes are communicated effectively to the crew
• Provide accurate and detailed feedback on artists and giving timely feedback to artists to support their
growth and development
Animation Director - Layout Supervisor
Flying Bark Productions
March 2020 - December 2020
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marvel - What If... (Season 1 - 3 Episodes)
Emmy award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program - 2022 "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands?"
• Oversee both the Layout and Animation Departments on episodes 04, 06 and 09.
• Work in partnership with the CG/Rigging/Vfx Supervisors to interpret and develop directors creative vision
for the performance of characters within the production.
• Run layout and animation dailies, ensure Animation quality control and performance consistency.
Interpreting Marvel’s needs, provide constructive feedback to the crew.
• Ensure the proper translation from storyboards to CG sequences (camera, framing, staging, characters
performances, ...)
• Work closely with production, providing performance feedback, mentoring and maintaining positive moral
among the team.
• Also conduct recruitment interviews and client meetings.
Lead Character Animator
Animal Logic
January 2019 - February 2020
Sydney, Australia
Peter Rabbit 2
On-Set Supervision:
• 2nd Unit
• Assist the Director & show VFX Supervisor.
• Ensure framing, pacing of the camera, eye lines, CG interaction with actors, were fit for Animation
post-production
• Call for reshoot when relevant.
Pre-Production:
• Provide creative and technical leadership, support and feedback for the crew
• Oversee aspects of character modelling & rigging
• FACS-based face rig
• Attend cross-departments meetings with HoDs
• Deliver detailed feedback to upstream Rigging and Modelling departments with the aim of providing state of the art rigs and characters
• Key creative part of initial animation tests
• Plan and deliver training material
Production:
• Ensure consistency, quality and supervision across the Team
• Ensure feedback is concise and constructive in directing artists to reach milestones & show targets.
• Attend Director dailies and ensure notes are communicated effectively to the crew
• Provide accurate and detailed feedback on artists and giving timely feedback to artists to support their
growth and development
Senior Character Animator
Animal Logic
September 2018 - December 2018
Sydney, Australia
The Lego Movie 2
Lead Character Animator
Animal Logic
July 2018 - August 2018
Sydney, Australia
undisclosed pitch
Handled a pitch for an undisclosed Hybrid Feature Film, based on well-known IP.
Worked directly with the project's attached Director, Creatives and Studio, to deliver high standard proof of concept.
Senior Character Animator
Method Studios
June 2018 - June 2018
Sydney, Australia
The Outlaw King
Senior Character Animator on "Outlaw King" for Netflix.
Horse battle Animation for VFX heavy sequence.
Lead Animator
Animal Logic
November 2016 - January 2018
Lead Character Animator
Animal Logic
November 2017 - January 2018
Sydney, Australia
Lead Character Animator on Peter Rabbit
Pre-production and production - Also helped develop new Animation pipeline, tools, rigs.
See Peter Rabbit 2 for a more thorough outline of the work provided.
senior character animator
Animal Logic
May 2015 - June 2017
Sydney, Australia
Senior Creature Animator
Iloura
January 2015 - May 2015
Senior Character Animator
Iloura
January 2015 - May 2015
Lane cove
'Gods of Egypt'
Character animator
Freelance
February 2014 - December 2014
Senior Character Animator
Animal Logic
July 2013 - December 2013
sydney area, australia
Senior Character Animator
Flying Bark Productions
January 2012 - June 2013
Sydney, Australia
Animation workshop instructor
Outback Theatre for Young Poeple
November 2012 - November 2012
Deniliquin
I had the pleasure to travel in the outback to teach Animation to 21 kids aged between 7 and 11. After a brief introduction to the History of Animation, we went through different animation principles and played with Clay to create some memorable short Movies. Lots of fun!
Character Animator
Dr. D Studios
February 2011 - January 2012
Happy Feet 2
Digital Artist / Animator Freelance
Fuel VFX
October 2010 - January 2011
Cowboys & Aliens
Character Animator
Animal Logic
June 2009 - October 2010
The legend of the Guardians
Digital Artist / Animator
Mainframe
October 2008 - April 2009
Digital Artist / Animator
Glassworks
October 2006 - August 2008
Digital Artist
Studio AKA
August 2006 - October 2006
Digital Artist / Intern
nozon
2005 - 2005
Digital Artist / Intern
nozon
2005 - 2005
Internship. There I learnt the basis of rigging, modelling, compositing, animation and rendering.