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SUMMARY

Highly skilled Senior Animator with nearly 15 years experience in film, television, and video games.  Dedicated to helping build a workplace environment rich in culture where collaboration and teamwork are empowered through strong leadership, coaching and mentoring.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Blue Sky Studios, Senior Animator                                                                      Oct 2011 - Present

Initially hired as a temp animator and quickly promoted to full-time staff animator on my first Blue Sky film.  Over the course of employment, received increased levels of responsibility and leadership.

"Nimona" - Senior Animator

  • Work contributions were limited to animating one production shot and several test shots.

"Unannounced Short" - Lead Animator

  • Led a sequence team of 6 animators, providing shot feedback and communicating director's vision, while also producing quota of my own.

"Spies In Disguise" - Senior Animator

  • Character lead for Lance (main character) which involves setting up a character "bible", character pose library, and daily rounds with animators to maintain "on model" consistency.

"Ferdinand" - Senior Animator

  • Character lead for Valiente which involves setting up a character "bible", character pose library, and daily rounds with animators to maintain "on model" consistency.

"Ice Age: Collision Course" - Senior Animator

  • Pod lead for 6-8 animators, where I helped in a mentorship capacity by giving feedback and input on a daily basis.

"The Peanuts Movie" - Animator

  • Character lead for the main character, Charlie Brown, which involves setting up a character "bible", character pose library, and daily rounds with animators to maintain "on model" consistency.

"Epic" - Animator

"Ice Age: Continental Drift" - Hired as a temp animator and promoted to full-time animator

Vicarious Visions, Animator                                                                             Mar 2008 - Sept 2011

Responsible for animating in-game character models.  Worked closely with designers and FX artists to create the best quality animations possible.  Hired as a junior animator and promoted to animator in Jan. '09.  Shipped titles include: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox360 & PS3), DLC for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (3DS)

American Animation Studios, Lead Animator                                                 July 2006 - Mar 2008

Responsible for animating as many as 600 frames a week, assigning other animators shots and working closely with the art director to complete strict animation deadlines.  Hired as an animator and promoted to lead animator in June of 2007.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Anim School, Instructor                                                                                   Sept 2013 - Dec 2015

Taught Class 5 "Character Performance", the first acting test with dialogue for students.  Responsible for teaching a 1-2 hour live lecture and/or demo class along with a 2-3 hour live critique session each week for 6-10 students.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Submitted by Blue Sky for Annie Award submission to the category of Best Character Animation - Animated Feature for my work on "Spies in Disguise" - January 2020

VES Award Nomination for Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature - Charlie Brown (The Peanuts Movie) - February 2016

EDUCATION

Animation Mentor, Dec. 2009

Diploma in Advance Character Animation Studies

Syracuse University, May 2006

College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, Computer Graphics                                        

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