RESUME

To contribute to meaningful stories and experiences by breathing life into animated characters while continuing to learn and grow to achieve the highest quality work.

EXPERIENCE

Mentor
Animation Mentor
March 2020 - Present
Mentor for Class 2: Basic Body Mechanics

Animator
Blue Sky Studios, Greenwich, CT
September 2012 - Present
Nimona (In Production) | Feature Film | 2022
Unannounced Project | Short Film | 2022
Spies In Disguise | Feature Film | 2019
Ferdinand | Feature Film | 2017
Ice Age: Collision Course | Feature Film | 2016
The Peanuts Movie | Feature Film | 2015
Rio 2 | Feature Film | 2014
Epic | Feature Film | 2013

Animator
Sony Pictures Imageworks, Culver City, CA
November 2010 - September 2011
Arthur Christmas | Feature Film | 2011
The Smurfs | Feature Film | 2011

Animator
Rhythm & Hues Studios, El Segundo, CA
April 2009 - November 2010
Yogi Bear | Feature Film | 2010
Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Feature Film | 2009

Animator
Maxis/Electronic Arts, Redwood City, CA
July 2003 - March 2009
Sims 3 | Video Game | 2009
Sims 2: Castaway (Lead Animator) | Video Game | 2007
Sims 2 Pets | Video Game | 2006
Sims 2 Console (Object Animation Lead) | Video Game | 2005
The Urbz: Sims in the City | Video Game | 2004
The Sims: Bustin' Out | Video Game | 2003

Animator
Jinx, San Francisco, CA
January 2000 - June 2001
Little Green Men | Web Show | 2001
The Marty Show | Web Show | 2000

SKILLS

Autodesk Maya
TVPaint Animation

DaVinci Resolve
Adobe Creative Cloud

Proprietary Animation Software
Linux | Windows | OSX

EDUCATION

Animation Mentor | Online
Certificate, Advanced Studies in Character Animation | 2006

Academy of Art | San Francisco, CA
BA, Character Animation | 2000

UCLA | Los Angeles, CA
BFA, Motion Picture/Television | 1991