Teaching animation online in a mentorship capacity through 1:1 and group community feedback.
Instructor
Digital Creator School
January 2018 - Present
Creating animation courses for Autodesk Maya for over 70,000 enrolled students who have watched a combined 90,000+ hours of my course catalogue that consists of over 100 hrs of training and growing.
Director
Freelance Film and Animation
February 2009 - Present
I wear many hats to create animation and video content for brands like NASA, Hewlett-Packard, Matchbox, Brisk, LEGO, Braun, Eukanuba, Nestle, and Anheuser-Busch.
I've done it all from directing live action, to performing hang gliding stunts, animating 2D and 3D characters, and supervising a team of CG artists.
Senior Animator
Framestore
September 2021 - December 2022
London, England, United Kingdom
The Little Mermaid (2023), Civil War (TBD)
Senior Animator
Rocksteady Studios
August 2019 - August 2021
London, United Kingdom
Suicide Squad - Senior Cinematics Animator - was responsible for about 20 minutes worth of cinematics. Performed and directed mocap shoots, interpreted scripts, worked in Unreal Engine, animated cameras, edited sequences, animated, etc.
Animator
Naughty Dog
August 2018 - August 2019
Santa Monica, CA
TLOU 2
Animator
Industrial Light & Magic
December 2018 - February 2019
Remote
Helped address shot finaling animation notes on Disney's Aladdin, worked remotely.
Animator
Atomic Fiction
March 2018 - August 2018
"Welcome to Marwen" animator
Animator
Industrial Light & Magic
February 2018 - March 2018
San Francisco, California
Avengers: Infinity War - I finaled 5 keyframe shots in 3 weeks.
Animator
Atomic Fiction
August 2017 - February 2018
previs, layout, some basic rigging support, and animation for a variety of projects like Ad Astra, Velvet Buzzsaw, and Predator.
Animator
Industrial Light & Magic
February 2017 - February 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
I worked 3 separate times over the course of 2 years:
Ready Player One, Avengers: Infinity War, Transformers: The Last Knight, Aladdin
Freelance Animator (remote)
Boss Key Productions Inc
November 2016 - March 2017
Providing additional animation for AAA game LawBreakers.
Animator
Bubba's LA
January 2017 - January 2017
Burbank, CA
Animating and compositing characters and vfx in After Effects.
Freelance Character Animator
Eight VFX
December 2016 - December 2016
Santa Monica, California
I was one of two animators responsible for vfx character animation on a series of commercials for an international cleaning product.
In addition to character animation I also assisted with ncloth development for the character.
Animator
Bubba's LA
November 2016 - November 2016
Burbank, CA
Co-creative director, principal illustrator/animator on 2D animation for MeUndies. Responsible for all animation and most illustration except the final logo.
Technical Animation Lead
Psyop
June 2016 - October 2016
Venice, CA
Technical animation lead, created a modular library of animation clips for building Hog Rider crowds for a Clash of Clans 360º video project while assisting the lead in managing an animation team of 6 people and compiling the master file.
Digital Character Animator
Sony Pictures Imageworks
November 2015 - June 2016
Vancouver, Canada Area
I was on the Suicide Squad animation team, creating original animated performances, rotomation and rotomation clean-up, tech anim, incorporating mocap, and generally getting things done for animation.
Freelance 3D Animator
Psyop
July 2015 - November 2015
Greater Los Angeles Area
I helped with previz and did the animation on the wizard and all of the hot air balloons in the Clash of Clans 360 VR short below. I also animated the first two crowd scenes on 'Legend of the Last Lava Pup.'
Animator
Moonbot Studios
June 2012 - October 2014
Animator on Annie-nominated Diggs Nightcrawler for "Best Video Game Animation," among other short film projects like Annie-nominated and Emmy-winning Dolby Silent, as well as Annie-nominated The Raven, The Numberlys, Cask of Amontillado, and cinematics for Disney Infinity 2.0.
I also directed the new studio tour video.
Previs (Freelance)
Psyop
May 2012 - May 2012
Venice, CA
Animator
DIY
March 2012 - April 2012
San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for all Previs, Layout, and Animation on this short: https://vimeo.com/51529828
Research Associate
University of Tennessee
2007 - 2009
Created a custom web mapping application using ArcGIS suite by collecting, organizing, and combining disparate environmental data of 9 states in the southeast. In addition, I presented this project at several conferences each year, as well as, provided mapping support to a non-profit, the Southeast Watershed Forum.
