Resume and Contact Information

I am currently a freelance Character Animator with over five years professional experience working in the Los Angeles area. I am always seeking new opportunities either for on-site and/or remote work in games, commercial/television, and film.



Professional Experience

Blue Sky Studios – Greenwich, CT
Animator - Temp
1/2012 - Present
- Ice Age: Continental Drift

A52 – Santa Monica, CA
Animator - Freelance
6/2011 - 12/2011
- Red Cross "Give Something That Means Something"
- Arrowhead Water "Nature's Fix" Campaign.

Psyop Studios - Venice, CA
Senior Animator - Freelance
12/2011 - 12/2011
- Unannounced commercial project.

Obsolete Robot – Los Angeles, CA
Senior Animator - Freelance
4/2011 - 5/2011
- Nintento's E3 3D projection teasers for Super Mario 3DS and Luigi's Mansion 2.

Psyop Studios - Venice, CA
Senior Animator - Freelance
9/2010 - 3/2011
- Best Buy “Kenneth the Blue Elf” 2010 Christmas ad campaign.
- Coca-Cola “Happiness Factory” at World of Coke in Atlanta.

Walt Disney Feature Animation – Burbank, CA
Fix Animator - “Tangled”
4/2010 - 8/2010
- Animation fixes, redo's, and polish on existing shots based on supervisor/director notes.
- Complete animation of shots including hero characters, background characters, crowds, and cycles.
- Animation of Rapunzel’s hair and other props.

Red 5 Studios - Irvine, CA
Animator - “Firefall” for PC
8/2008 - 1/2010
- In-game creature, NPC, and player-controlled character animation.

LucasArts Entertainment - San Francisco, CA
Animator - “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” for Xbox360 and PS3
4/2006 - 6/2008
- Pre-visualization, in-game, vignette, and cinematic animation.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) – Savannah, Georgia
Graduated March 2006, Magna Cum Laude

Associate of Arts
Santa Fe Community College – Gainesville, Florida
Graduated December 2002

Technical Skills

Maya - Fluent in animation
3DS Max (Puppet Shop) - Fluent in the Puppet Shop animation package