About Me

Productions

My goal has always been to create great family-friendly content. To that end I have animated characters and composited special effects for a number of children's productions, and served on the lighting/compositing team for the animated children's series Boz the Bear.

I began pursuing a career in animation by attending film school and assisting the art director on the independent feature film The Printing. This gave me a better understanding of cinematic storytelling. My first taste of animation production came in college as a cel painter and animation cameraman for the animated short Tropical Trouble.

My first experience with computer animation came in grad school. I modeled and animated a 1930s Jaguar in Paracomp Swivel 3D on a Mac IIci. The merging of sculpture with animation enamored me. I had always preferred sculpture over two-dimensional art, and 3D animation offered animated sculptures. I was hooked!

As part of my graduate studies I researched the relatively new field of desktop computer animation. Based on that research, the university purchased Alias PowerAnimator, Wavefront Composer, two Silicon Graphics Personal Irises, and a Solitaire 8TD film recorder. Eventually I integrated four 3D animation courses and a digital compositing course into the film curriculum.

In 2006 I joined the lighting and compositing team at ReelFX Creative Studios in Dallas, TX. At ReelFX I have worked on a number of exciting productions including an animated feature film Open Season 2.