My span of responsibility as Executive Producer has covered everything from business development to artistic and technical guidance. I have helped to oversee multiple projects and liaise between clients and in-house teams along with creating bids and finalizing contracts.
• Business development and client relations including developing new clients and growing relationships with our existing client base across the globe.
• Work in conjunction with clients and in-house teams to breakdown, quote and manage productions from bidding through final delivery.
• Provide creative support for projects to in-house teams.
• Assist in script breakdowns for bidding purposes and creative suggestions
• Work closely with clients and their creative teams to understand requirements and offer creative solutions.
• On set experience
• Contract negotiations
• Saw company growth from 300 to almost 800 employees over past 5 years
Anibrain (https://anibrain.com/) is an award winning Visual Effects studio specializing in creating live action visual effects and animation for feature films and television as well as Virtual Reality experiences on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. We have worked closely with numerous studios in both primary (creating full CG sequences) and supporting roles (matchmove, roto and paint) providing them with a reliable back end in India at a very attractive cost.
Our workflow utilizes Nuke, Maya, Houdini and Arnold along with other industry standard software and we have seamlessly integrated into partner facility pipelines. Customer satisfaction, passion, creativity, leading edge work, and integrity is why these facilities continue to reach out to us for support as we consistently deliver a high quality product on time and on budget.
Anibrain takes security and the protection of your data very seriously. We are a studio approved secure environment, boasting Security Certifications from TPN, Disney/Marvel Studios, Netflix, and 20th Century Fox.
Co-Owner, Co-Director
Hips and Hipster LLC
July 2014 - Present
An animated web series following the misadventures of a trio of drunken detectives in New Orleans...
Responsibilities included overseeing the development of creature assets and pipeline for Animation, Simulation, and Lighting. Oversaw shot work and pipeline creation
• Supervision of asset creation and sequence work.
• Liaison between Digital Sandbox and multiple vendors for Modeling, LookDev, Rigging, Creature Simulation, Animation, Massive Crowd Simulation, and Match-Move.
• Creature Animation, Simulation, and Lighting.
Computer Graphics Supervisor: Special Projects
Sony Pictures Imageworks
May 1999 - February 2014
Culver City, CA
Responsible for bidding, team building and overseeing development of Character/Creature FX assets and pipelines (costume tailoring/hair grooming/simulation rigs) as well as environmental grooming/instancing. I also assisted the facility department management team with production crewing and departmental guidance.
• Supervision of Character FX teams.
• Demo reel reviews, interviews, hiring, training, annual reviews.
• Ran daily team reviews and schedules providing artistic and technical direction for artists.
• Budgeting, scheduling, managing timelines based on project deadlines.
• Worked closely with Film Directors, Art Directors, Visual Development and Visual Effects Supervisors to develop the look of picture and determine sequence requirements.
• Worked closely with Producers and Production Management to ensure departmental deliveries on time and budget.
• Department Representative for production meetings with Producers and Supervisors.
• Department liaison working closely with Modeling, Texture, Rigging, and Look Development departments to develop film assets and ensure that they are pipeline compliant.
• On set acquisition/scanning of costumes and photographic reference, including directing actors for motion reference.
• Facility Cloth and Hair Town Council Lead.
• Helped to develop specifications for internal proprietary software.
• Worked closely with external software vendors to develop specifications and test commissioned software.
Instructor/Author
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
2006 - 2006
Hollywood, CA
Developed and taught a course in Dynamic Clothing Tailoring and Simulation.
Technical Director/Animator
Mobility Inc.
January 1999 - March 1999
Venice, CA
Responsible for Modeling, Rigging (basic character deformations and weighting), Animation, Scene Setup.
Technical Director/Animator
VIFX
September 1996 - October 1998
Technical Director/Animator responsible for non-character keyframe and FX animation particle systems, Lighting, Compositing.
(1998) Star Trek IX – Insurrection (Paramount Pictures) - Animator, Lighter
(1998) T-Rex – Back to the Cretaceous (Imax) - FX Artist
(1998) Firestorm (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) - FX Animator
(1997) Titanic (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) - Tracking Artist
(1997) Volcano (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) – FX Animator
(1996) Jingle All the Way (Twentieth Century Fox Film C
