SUMMARY:
Extensive experience in the animation industry, developing comprehensive skills related to the field in both CG and traditional animation.
POSITIONS HELD:
CG Animator
2D Animator
Previs Artist
Writer
Illustrator
Animation Instructor
Mentor for Disney Animation Trainee Program
CLIENTS:
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Rhythm and Hues
Omation
Renegade Animation
Warner Brothers Feature Animation
Klasky Csupo
Dreamworks Animation
Universal Pictures
FILM CREDITS:
Ninja Turtles (Previs Artist)
All You Need Is Kill (Previs Artist)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Previs Artist)
Oz: Great and Powerful (Previs Artist)
47 Ronin (Previs Artist)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Previs Artist)
X-Men: First Class (Previs Artist)
I Am Number Four (Previs Artist)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (CG Character Animator)
The Princess and the Frog (2D Character Animator)
Bolt (CG Character Animator)
Meet the Robinsons (CG Character Animator)
American Dog (Pre-Production)
Barnyard, The Movie (CG Character Animator)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2D Character Animator)
The Rugrats Go Wild (2D Character Animator)
The Road to El Dorado (2D Character Animator)
The Prince of Egypt (2D Character Animator)
Hercules (2D Character Animator)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2D Character Animator)
Pocahontas (2D Character Animator)
The Lion King (2D Character Animator)
Aladdin (2D Rough Inbetweener)
Beauty and the Beast (2D Rough Inbetweener)
OTHER ANIMATION CREDITS:
Celebrate The Magic (Walt Disney World attraction, 2D)
Stitch’s Great Escape (Walt Disney World attraction, 2D)
FREELANCE/INDEPENDENT PROJECTS:
Produced presentation videos for 2 proposed animation TV series.
Storyboard Artist/Visual Development for proposed direct-to-video series.
Created/Produced/Directed complete story reel for proposed direct-to-video animated featurette.
Animation Instructor, California Institute of the Arts
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
The Harbor Light (Kregel Publications)
Silent Sally (Horizon Light Media)
EDUCATION:
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
Extensive experience in MAYA software
After Effects
Proficient in XSI/Softimage
Photoshop
Premiere
SKILLS:
Maya Generalist
Rig Testing
Storyboarding
Character Development and Design
Writing
Illustrating
Graphic Arts
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Partial Disney Scholarship, CalArts
The original facade of Star Tours, which opened at Disneyland in 1987, before it was changed for the Tomorrowland rebuild in 1998.
I built this model entirely from scratch using matt board, paper, and tempra paint. I referenced photographs of the actual building, as well as an aerial view to help determine the dimensions. I completed this model in 1989. I managed to get an interview with Walt Disney Imagineering based on this model, alas no job.
The Frontierland train depot was based on a movie set designed for the 1949 Disney film, "So Dear to my Heart." After filming, that actual set was given to animator Ward Kimball, who reconstructed it on his property as part of his Grizzly Flats Railroad. When Disneyland was constructed in 1955, the same plans were used to build the Frontierland station, which remains today.
I started with the "Clarkesville Depot" kit from Walthers, then heavily modified it. I reworked the central building, then scratch built the side wings and platform. I plan to create the adjoining water tower, and incorporate them into an "N" scale model railroad. Dimensions: 11.5" long, 4" wide, 2" tall.
The TWA Moonliner sat at the entrance to the "Rocket to the Moon" attraction that first opened with Disneyland in 1955. In 1960, the rocket received a new paint scheme when Douglas Aircraft took over as the new sponsor. The rocket was removed in 1967 as part of the rebuilding of Tomorrowland. In 1998, during another Tomorrowland renewal, a 2/3 size replica of the original found its way back to the launch pad.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, based on the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, has been one of my favorite rides since it opened at Disneyland in 1979. Although the ride has been duplicated at other Disney parks, the Disneyland version stands unique in its architecture, since the other versions are based on the rockwork of Monument Valley.
