FX Supervisor on Season 1 and 2 of Nickelodeon's Paw Patrol. Supervise animation crew and co-ordinate technical solutions with other department heads to implement FX solutions that are effective and serve the creative needs of the show.
Character Animator
Soho VFX
August 2012 - May 2013
Character Animator and Finaling on Beet Party television series
FX, TD and R+D on Ghostbusters Paranormal Blast
XMG Studio
February 2012 - July 2012
Work with the team to research, develop and implement cg effects solutions in a mobile games environment.
Owner
Dragon Lake Inc.
November 2011 - April 2012
Freelance FX Animation
Freelance FX Animator
XMG Studio
October 2011 - November 2011
Freelance FX animation for mobile games. Used Unity game engine particle system and Photoshop.
FX Supervisor
Yowza! Animation
July 2008 - November 2011
Supervise FX animation for in house and outsource projects.
Character Animator
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
2007 - June 2008
Character Animator
Starz Animation Toronto
2003 - 2007
FX Supervisor
Yowza! Animation
April 2003 - October 2003
Teleconferenced and co-ordinated with Warner's in L.A. (Earl Hibbert and Eric Goldberg)
Supervised FX animation crew on animated feature.
Designed tones and shadows for character animation. Assisted organic effects.
Teacher
Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology
September 2001 - September 2002
Taught Second year Classical Animation course.
Teacher
Max the Mutt Animation School
September 2000 - September 2001
Taught two traditional character animation classes,
(Second and Third year) and provided computer
consultation services to the school.
Effects Supervisor
Krislin/Elliott Digital
2000 - 2001
"Sitting Ducks" (television series)
Director: Paul Hunt
Supervised FX animation crew. Designed and animated
computer elements for computer animated T.V. series.
FX Supervisor
Yowza! Animation
January 2000 - December 2000
Supervised FX animation crew on animated feature Osmosis Jones.
Teleconferenced and co-ordinated with Warner's in L.A. (Art Director: Steve Pilcher)
Designed tones and shadows for character animation.
FX Animation Supervisor
Walt Disney Animation Studios
1996 - 2000
Fx assistant
Amblimation
1996 - 1998
Assistant Director
Readysoft Inc.
January 1994 - July 1996
Overall systems administrator, Lead compositor/technical director,
responsible for editing and assembly on PVR system,
FX Supervisor and Animator on Braindead 13, full motion video game.
