TEMPORARY ANIMATOR
Turbine/WB
Games Needham, MA
March
2012 – Present
In-game
character animation of creatures and humans for the Lord of the Rings
Online: Riders of Rohan expansion pack and the Dungeons and Dragons Online: Menace of the
Underdark expansion
pack
FREELANCE 3D ANIMATOR
The
Napoleon Group New York, NY
August
2011 – February 2012
Scene
layout and character animation for commercial pre-visualization of major
national brands including Crest, Burger King, Woolite, and Clearasil
ANIMATOR
SpeakeasyFX Westfield, NJ
January
2009 – July 2011
Character
animation for broadcast television episodes and interactive online games for
Sesame Street’s Emmy Award-Winning series Abby’s Flying Fairy School; Character animation for
CapriSun’s Disrespectoids online campaign; Character animation test for new series pitch; 3D
rotoscope animation for United Healthcare commercial; Character animation for Hotdog
N’ Hamburger
short
Maya (6+ yrs) XSI/Softimage
(2+ yrs) Photoshop
(5+ yrs) Illustrator
(2+ yrs)
Flash (2+ yrs) Aftereffects
(1 yr) Final
Cut Pro (1 yr) MS
Office (12+ yrs)
PIXAR ANIMATION MASTER CLASS
Character
Animation and Story Seminar
October
2012
Two-day
seminar presented by Andrew Gordon and Matthew Luhn at the New England Institute
of Technology in East Greenwich, RI
ANIMATIONMENTOR.COM
Refresher
Course in Advanced Body Mechanics
June
2010 – September 2010
Mentored
by: Martin Hopkins, Dreamworks
Diploma
in Advanced Character Animation Studies
January
2007 – June 2008
Received
Student Choice Award for Most Entertaining Video Reference, Graduating Class 8
Mentored
by: Don Crum, Pixar; Mike Belzer, Disney; Cal Brunker, House of Cool; Nick Bruno, Blue Sky; Dimos Vrysellas, Circus Ink; Jason Martinsen, Blue Sky
*All Studios listed represent Mentor’s employment at time of
mentoring
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude
August
2003 – May 2006
Major in
Animation/Computer Art/Drawing, Minor in English and Creative Writing; Awarded
Academic Medal of Excellence and Liberal Arts Scholarship; Member of Honors
College and Alpha Chi Honor Society
MILLS COLLEGE
Studio
and Media Arts, English, Creative Writing
August
2001 - May 2003 Oakland, CA
Awarded
Presidential Scholarship; Consistently recognized on Dean’s List
