Resume
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Motion Theory | Venice, CA | 4.10 – 5.10
Digital Matte Painter
Commercials – ATT “Parkour: Friends”, “Parkour: Around the House”, “Parkour: Movement”
Gnomon School of Visual Effects | Hollywood, CA | 4.10 – 6.10
Instructor
Teaching Digital Matte Painting, Spring 2010
Farmer Brown | Venice, CA | 3.10 – 4.10
Digital Matte Painter
Game Trailer/Cinematic – Trion World Network “End of Nations”
Pixomondo | Santa Monica, CA | 11.09 – 1.10
Digital Matte Painter, Concept Artist
Feature – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Game Concepts – Anonymous Star Wars project
Asylum Visual Effects | Santa Monica, CA | 09.09 – 11.09
Texture Artist, Digital Matte Painter
Feature – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Psyop | Venice, CA | 05.09 – 07.09
Digital Matte Painter
Commercials – U. S. Air Force “UAS”, “Space Command”, “CSAR”
Zoic Studios | Culver City, CA | 05.09, 06.08, 04.06
Digital Matte Painter, Texture Artist, 3D Generalist
Broadcast Series – Fringe (Episodes 19, 20)
Game Cinematic – Quantum of Solace
Pilot – The Cure
LLP Digital, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 02.09 – 05.09, 06.08 – 12.08
Digital Matte Painter, Concept Artist, Storyboard Artist, 3D Generalist
Broadcast Features – The Storm, Meteor: Path to Destruction, Relative Stranger, The Miracle of Domatina
Digital Domain | Venice, CA | 12.08 – 01.09, 07.07 – 04.08
Digital Artist – Texture Artist, Digital Matte Painter, Concept Artist
Features – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass
California State University, Fullerton | Fullerton, CA | 08.07 – 12.07
Part Time Faculty
Class – ART255: Introduction to Computer Animation, teaching 22 students
RIOT | Santa Monica, CA | 06.06 – 07.07
Digital Matte Painter, Texture Artist, 3D Generalist
Features – Hairspray, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Commercials – Midway Games “BlackSite: Area 51”, Hidden Valley Ranch “Neighborhood”, Expedia “Fare Alerts”, “Giant Calendar”, “Virtual Tours”, Michelin “Workshop”, Kawasaki US “Ninja: Going Home”, Mattress Firm “It Happened Overnight”, Barcel “Takis”
Short Film – Doctor Island
Rhythm & Hues Studios | Los Angeles, CA | 04.06 – 06.06
Senior Texture Artist
Feature – Night at the Museum
Luma Pictures | Venice, CA | 10.03 – 02.04, 07.04 – 04.06
Digital Matte Painter, Texture Artist, Modeler
Features – Zoom, First Snow, Silent Hill, Underworld: Evolution, The Cave, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Parapet Productions | Wilmington, NC | 06.04
Freelance 3D Generalist and Compositor
Broadcast Documentary – Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher
SAS Institute, Inc. | Cary, NC | 04.02 – 07.03
Graphic Designer (3D)
Commercials – College Foundation of North Carolina “Tuition”, “Planning”, and “Applying”
Graveyard Machine Productions | Los Angeles, CA | 03.01 – 10.02
Visual Effects Supervisor and Producer
Animated Short Film – The Firefly Man (official selection Telluride Film Festival)
Alternate Route Studios | Cary, NC | 08.00 – 04.02
3D Generalist (Model, Texture, Effects Animation)
Commercials – SAS Institute, Inc. “Flood”, “Harvest”
SouthPeak Interactive | Cary, NC | 02.97 – 08.00
3D Generalist (Props, Environments, Animation, Interface Design)
Games - 20,000 Leagues: The Adventure Continues, Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin, and Dark Side of the Moon
TOOLS
2D | Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe After Effects 7
3D | Autodesk Maya 2008, MAXON BodyPaint 3D R4.5, Right Hemisphere Deep Paint 2.1
Rendering | Mental Ray, Maya Software
Editing | Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
Web | Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia Flash 8
OS | Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux
EDUCATION
East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, TN | 1995 – 1996
Post-Graduate Work in the Advanced Visualization Lab (Digital Media Program)
Awarded certifications Alias for Designers Levels I, II, and III
Awarded certifications Alias for Animators Levels I and II
East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, TN | 1993
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Design Graphics
Virginia Highlands Community College | Abingdon, VA | 1993
Associate of Applied Science in General Engineering Technology