Objective

To secure a position as a 3D Character Animator in a company that strives for artistic excellence.

Education

2000 – 2004	B.A. Computer Art, Savannah College of Art and Design. Dean’s List - GPA 3.87	Savannah, GA
1999	Summer Life Drawing Sessions, Art Students League of New York	New York, NY

Professional Experience

March 2005- Present	Supervising Animator and Rigger - XLT, Inc. Rigging and Animation Supervisor on latest untitled project Directed, Rigged characters, and created rigging and pipeline tools for Lil' Bratz project Rigged characters, and created pipeline tools for Bratz: Glitz N' Glamour Rigged characters, created pipeline tools in MEL, and created character animation for Livin' It Up With the Bratz. Rigged and animated characters for use in DVD promotional material for Mattel project	Los Angeles, CA
October 2006	Character Animation TD - MeniThings Rigged props and wrote animation tools on the feature film, "Terra"	Los Angeles, CA
October 2004 - January 2005	Character Animator - Method Games Animated a variety of character action cycles for use in the game engine on unannounced PSP game. Specialized in quadruped animation.	Burbank, CA
June 2004 - September 2004	Character Animator - Genesis Orlando Responsible for animation of major characters and scenes on the feature length film Tugger	Orlando, FL
2003, Summer	Teacher’s Assistant - Savannah College of Art and Design Created lessons and tutorials for Character Animation I Helped students on a one on one basis during class.	Savannah, GA
2002 - June 2004	Freelance Video Editor Edited commercials for local clients	New York, NY

Awards and Screenings

May 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” nominated for a Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
May 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” screened at Cannes Short Film Corner Market; Festival de Cannes
April 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” screened at SBDVFestival in Long Island, NY
April 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” published on ANIMEX 2005 DVD
March 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” received Juror's Choice Award from the 9th Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival
February 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” received 2nd place in the Non-Traditional Animation category from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation College Awards.
February 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” screened at Roll Yr' Own Festival in Atlanta, GA
November 2004	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” received Grand Prize in Digital Cinema award from the Digital Art Awards 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.
October 2004	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” screened at Savannah Film and Video Festival in Savannah, GA
October 2004	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” screened at ION International Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA
January 2004	Short film “Traffik” screened at Future Film Festival in Bologna, Italy
January 2004	Short film “Traffik” becomes ANIMEX Student Animation Festival Finalist
July 2003	Short film “Traffik” screened at SIGGRAPH 2003 Computer Animation Festival

Publications

January 2005	Short film “Old Man and the Fish” featured in the Portfolio section of Computer Graphics World
August 2003	Featured in VFXWorld.com article, Rick Baumgartner, “Times Have Changed, Right?!”
July 2003	Featured in Hewlett Packard advertisement about the students in SIGGRAPH. Advertisement displayed in Millimeter Magazine and Video Systems Magazine.