Resume
Qualities – Meticulous, creative, detail-oriented, observant, team player, problem-solver
Technical Experience – Nuke, Fusion, Lightwave 3D, After Effects, Photoshop, PFTrack, Mac OSX, Windows, Linux, some non-production experience with Houdini, Maya, and 3DS Max.
Additional on-set experience as DP/Cam Op, 2nd AC, DIT/Media Manager, and Graphic Design Artist. History available on request.
Employment History
Crafty Apes – Albuquerque, NM – 10/20–07/23 – Compositor
Nuke compositor on a variety of films and television series.
Muse VFX – Hollywood, CA – 10/13–05/17 – Digital Compositor
EdenFX transitioned into MuseVFX, and I was among the artists brought over to the new company. We continued to work on Teen Wolf, NCIS, and other shows.
EdenFX – Hollywood, CA – 04/13–10/13 – Digital Compositor
Fusion Compositor on Teen Wolf, NCIS, and many other shows. "Eye Guru," I took on the role of supervising eye effects in Teen Wolf and From Dusk Till Dawn.
Prime Focus Vancouver – Vancouver, BC – 07/12 & 12/12–03/13 – Digital Compositor
Nuke Compositor on The Great Gatsby, Into the Storm and Resident Evil: Retribution
Prime Focus Los Angeles – Hollywood, CA – 11/10–03/13 – Stereoscopic Compositor
Primarily 2D to 3D conversion, using Fusion for the creation of depth maps and performing clean up and Nuke for painting clean plates.
During downtime between projects, other projects involved developing new methods to streamline the View-D conversion process, exploring possible ways to port the View-D pipeline into a Nuke workflow, working with producers and marketing team to develop shot breakdowns for company reel and client demos, creating pipeline documentation and instruction materials for global training department, and developing previsualization animations for projects in development.
Invisible Arts – Burbank, CA – 04/10–10/10 – Nuke Compositor
Nuke compositor, completing shots for weekly television show, Deadliest Warrior on SpikeTV and the short-lived Bad Universe for Discovery.
Studio Thinkwell – Burbank, CA – 04/09–12/09 – Compositor & Technical Adviser
Team member of Thinkwell's then-new animation and multimedia production division. Advised company on hardware and software needs for the department, built Smedge–based render farm for Maya and After Effects with no prior experience, composited animation and visual effects projects in After Effects and Nuke, edited company show reel, as well as editing other media projects for the company, created pre–visualizations for attraction projects.
Visual Effects Credits – 2009 to Present:
Nuke Compositor – Rebel Ridge (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Unfrosted (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Bear (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Dark Winds (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Continental from the World of John Wick (miniseries) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Outer Banks (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Tulsa King (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Heist (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Cleaning Lady (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 (trailer) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Hello, Tomorrow! (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Tyson (miniseries) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Ripple Effect (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Vengeance (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Righteous Gemstones (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Hightown (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Debris (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Cry Macho (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Eyes of Tammy Faye (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – Roswell (series) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Forever Purge (film) – Crafty Apes
Nuke Compositor – The Orville (series) – Crafty Apes
Compositor – The Devil Conspiracy (film) – Freelance
Compositor – The Stranded (series) – Freelance
Graphic Artist – Foursome (series) – Freelance
Graphic Artist – Messiah (series) – Netflix
Graphic Artist – The Brave (series) – NBC
Fusion Compositor – Game of Thrones (series) – Muse VFX
Fusion Compositor – Jem and the Holograms (film) – Muse VFX
Fusion Compositor – The Secrets of Emily Blair (film) – Muse VFX
Fusion Compositor – Teen Wolf (series) – EdenFX & Muse VFX
Fusion Compositor – NCIS (series) – EdenFX & Muse VFX
Fusion Compositor – Madam Secretary (series) – Muse VFX
Nuke Compositor – The Great Gatsby (film) – Prime Focus Vancouver
Nuke Compositor – Into the Storm (film) – Prime Focus Vancouver
Stereoscopic Compositor – Star Wars: Episode III – 3D (film - unreleased) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Nuke Compositor – Resident Evil: Retribution (film) – Prime Focus Vancouver
Stereoscopic Compositor – Star Wars: Episode II – 3D (film - unreleased) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Stereoscopic Compositor – Men in Black 3 (film) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Visual Effects Artist – Extracted (film) – New Artist Alliance
Stereoscopic Compositor – The Wizard of Oz – 3D (film) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Stereoscopic Compositor – Immortals (film) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Stereoscopic Compositor – Green Lantern (film) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Nuke Compositor – La Creme Commercial (ad) – Hoax Films
Stereoscopic Compositor – Star Wars: Episode I – 3D (film) – Prime Focus Los Angeles
Nuke Compositor – Bad Universe (series) – 07/10–10/10 – Invisible Arts
Nuke Compositor – Deadliest Warrior (series) – 04/10–06/10 – Invisible Arts
Compositor & Technical Director – Electricity (Animated Museum Exhibit) – 07/09–10/09 – Thinkwell
Compositor – Dinoland Promo (animation - Dinoland, Dalian, China) – 09/09 – Thinkwell
Compositor – Growth (film) – New Artist Alliance
Visual Effects Artist – 0s & 1s (film) – You Genius Kinoma
Education
Bachelor of Science in Film & Television Production, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
Salutatorian (3.9 GPA) - Course Director Awards in Lighting, College Mathematics and Media & Society
Studied Digital Art at Rochester Community & Technical College, Rochester, MN