RESUME

Versatile Senior Cinematic Animator with over 20 years of experience delivering world-class character performances for feature films and AAA games.

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EXPERIENCE

SENIOR CINEMATIC ANIMATOR | Riot Games Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

  • 2XKO:

    • Senior Cinematic Animator: Animated high-impact cinematic intros/outros for 2XKO Champs, establishing the visual tone for character reveals

    • Creative Strategy: Partnered with key stakeholders to pitch and define cinematic concepts through high-level creative briefs

    • Technical & Production Leadership: Built the central Jali resource hub and documentation in Notion while leading the end-to-end content production pipeline; coordinated with external vendors and Tech Art to stand up the project’s first automated lip sync workflows

  • Legends of Runeterra:

    • Animation Lead: Animated in-game assets such as Playmat and Guardians as well as testing those assets in game (Unity)

    • Production Leadership: Managed production of in-game assets with external vendors, ensuring Riot’s quality standards were met on schedule within Unity.

    • Mentorship: Provided regular feedback and mentoring to the animation team to maintain artistic consistency and foster professional growth

SENIOR ANIMATOR | Skydance Animation June 2021 – December 2021

  • Feature Film: Luck

MENTOR | Animation Mentor March 2020 – Present | Online

  • Mentor for Class 2: Basic Body Mechanics

ANIMATOR | Blue Sky Studios September 2012 – April 2021 | Greenwich, CT

  • Feature Films: Nimona, Spies In Disguise, Ferdinand, Ice Age: Collision Course, The Peanuts Movie, Rio 2, and Epic

  • Television: Scrat Tales: Lofi Scrat Beats to Sleep/Chill To

ANIMATOR | Sony Pictures Imageworks November 2010 – September 2011 | Culver City, CA

  • Feature Films: Arthur Christmas, The Smurfs

ANIMATOR | Rhythm & Hues Studios April 2009 – November 2010 | El Segundo, CA

  • Feature Films: Yogi Bear, Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

ANIMATOR | Maxis / Electronic Arts July 2003 – March 2009 | Redwood City, CA

  • Lead Animator: Sims 2: Castaway and Sims 2 Console

  • Animator: Sims 3, Sims 2 Pets, The Urbz, and The Sims: Bustin' Out

SKILLS

Software: Maya, animBot, Jali, Proprietary Animation Software, Unreal, Unity, SyncSketch, TVPaint, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe CC

Systems: Linux, Windows, OSX

EDUCATION

  • Animation Mentor: Certificate, Advanced Studies in Character Animation

  • Academy of Art University: BA, Character Animation

  • UCLA: BFA, Motion Picture / Television