Senior CG Compositor

Onyx VFX

Remote from Portland, OR

January 2023 to May 2023

Performed 3D and 2D compositing tasks, 3D camera projection, matchmoving, digital paint animation, object removal, rotoscoping and color correction on the episodic television series “Lessons in Chemistry” and “Unfrosted”.

Senior CG Compositor

Laika

Portland, OR

April 2022 to January 2023

Performed 3D and 2D compositing tasks using NukeX. Composited Deep elements, performed digital paint animation, puppet retiming, rotoscoping and color correction on the stop-motion animated feature film “Wildwood”.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Echo Park Films

Remote from Portland, OR

August 2022 to October 2022

Provided visual effects supervision on the narrative short film “The Kill Floor”. winner of the “Best Narrative Short Film” award at the 2023 San Diego Latino Film Festival. I also performed 3D and 2D compositing tasks, matchmoving, digital paint animation, object removal, rotoscoping and color correction using NukeX, After Effects, Photoshop and Mocha Pro.

Post Production Producer

360 Labs

Portland, OR

November 2021 to March 2022

Performed 2D compositing tasks on head-mounted 360 training videos for Axon law enforcement using Adobe After Effects, Affinity and Mocha Pro. Tasks included matchmoving, digital paint animation, object removal, rotoscoping and color correction.

Adjunct Professor

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

2017-2020

On-site and online instructor of advanced visual effects compositing with NukeX. My responsibilities include all aspects of teaching classes such as in-person instruction, course design and preparation, implementation of the syllabus, communication with students, evaluation of coursework and grading.

Adjunct Professor

Canada College

Woodside, CA

2018-2019

I taught the Fall semester courses in visual effects compositing using Adobe After Effects.  My responsibilities included all aspects of teaching the class such as in-person instruction, course design and preparation using Canvas, implementation of the syllabus, communication with students, evaluation of coursework and grading. 

Freelance VR Post-Production Specialist

Daly City, CA,

08/2015 - present

Freelance visual effects supervision and 360 video compositing using NukeX.  Clients include:

KUED, Evil Eye Pictures, Queen B Robotics, Koncept VR, SpaceVR, Condition One VR

VR Visual Effects Supervisor

The Artery

New York, NY

09/2015 - 10/2015

Freelance visual effects supervision and compositing for Google Play Music 360 Video.

VR Stereo Compositor

Jaunt VR

Palo Alto, CA

01/2015 - 08/2015

Freelance stereo compositing for 360 video projects. 

The North Face Climb, Visions of California, R5, Other Space, Qantas Air Lounge, Selma, Revolt Big Sean, Bud Catalina, Kaiju Fury, The Mission, Always Sunny in Philadelphia , The North Face - Nepal 

Adjunct Professor

Ex’pression College for the Digital Arts

San Jose, CA

09/2014 - 01/2015

I taught the Fall semester course in visual effects compositing using Photoshop and Nuke.

Visiting Professor of Visual Effects

Daemen College

Buffalo, NY

06/2013 - 09/2014

My position at Daemen College involved teaching the Visual Effects certificate program which received a $1.9 million dollar grant from the State of New York.  We developed a curriculum and built a facility to train local artists for employment at Empire Visual Effects.  I taught all of the courses in rotoscoping, digital paint, compositing, matchmoving and stereo conversion. 

 

Senior Stereo Technical Director

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Culver City, CA

Albuquerque, NM

Vancouver, BC

04/2009 - 01/2013

Oz, the Great and Powerful 

The Amazing Spiderman 

Alice in Wonderland 

G-Force 

 

Professor of Visual Effects

Miami International University of Art and Design

Miami, FL

09/2010 - 09/2011

My responsibilities included all aspects of teaching the Nuke compositing, animation storyboarding, scriptwriting, and advanced editing courses. Responsibilities also included supervision of group and individual projects, preparation, design and implementation of the course syllabus, communication with students, evaluation of coursework and grading. 

 

Senior Stereo Compositor

ICO VFX

Burbank, CA

06/2010 - 09/2010

Stereo conversion for Shrek 1, 2 and 3

Stereo Depth Artist

Stereo D

Hollywood, CA

04/2010 - 06/2010

The Last Airbender

Compositing Supervisor

Pixomondo

Venice, CA

11/2009 - 03/2010 

2012