FILM
& TELEVISION

Current Employer: PDI / DreamWorks
Animation May 2005 - Present
Monsters vs. Aliens - Matte Painter
Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape - Matte Painter
Shrek the Halls - Matte Painter
Shrek, the Third - Matte Painter
Over the Hedge - Matte Painter
The Madagascar Penguins in: A Christmas Caper - Matte Painter
Pixar Animation Studios
Summer 2004
Ratatouille - Lighting TD Intern
HONORS

Feature Interview in 2D
Artist Magazine - April 2006
One of my 2D Environments, Josun
City, was featured in Ballistic Publishing's Expose
4.
Winner of an Excellence Award in the Environment 2D section
of Expose
3.
1st Runner up in the Grand
Space Opera Contest on CGNetworks. Click
here for the Feature.
Chosen by Alp Altiner to be featured in d'artiste
Matte Painting.
CGChoice Award for my Grand
Space Opera Submission on CGNetworks.
CGChoice Award for my Dubrovnik
Matte Painting on CGNetworks.
EDUCATION

Ringling
School of Art and Design
BFA in Computer Animation 2001-2005
Chosen to be Featured in the Annual Faculty Juried Showcase of the Best of Ringling 2001-2005
Hong Kong International School
High school 1997 - 2000
Have
traveled to more than 20 different countries
SKILLS

Able to adapt to a production's unique style
A keen eye and great sense of lighting / detail / believability
needed to
create a final image for film and to choose what is best
for the story or scene
A team player - Willing to contribute / listen / take /
provide feedback
Expert in Adobe's Photoshop
Can Model / Texture / Rig / Light / Animate with Maya
Large understanding of compositing
programs, both proprietary and commercial
You could definitely call me
a passionate artist. I have fun with my work.
I love creating beautiful images, but I also appreciate
other areas of art such as photography, dance, and music.
One day I thought I might be a concert pianist, after playing
as a soloist with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra when
I was 13 years old. I might venture down that road someday,
but for now, I am enjoying the deep language of film and
am so very happy to help visualize and bring those amazing
stories, environments, and characters to life.
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