• Directed cinematics for Ubisoft’s toys to life game Starlink: The Battle for Atlas

• Directed Netflix Beat Bugs, the first cartoon in 50 years to feature the music library of The Beatles.

• Supervised pre and post-visualization for key Visual Effects sequences on Peter Jackson's District 9. District 9 was nominated for four Academy Awards including best Visual Effects.

• Won Leo Award for Best Director for the Scary Godmother Animated Halloween Special. Scary Godmother also picked up the Leo for Best Animated Program.

• Directed DVD feature based on the world-famous Popeye property to coincide with the celebration of Popeye's 75th anniversary. Spearheaded the beloved icon's transition from 2D to 3D animation to great accolades from the Popeye property holders.

• Created key action sequences for 2012, the $200 million feature film from Sony Picture

• Was key as Previsualization Supervisor in creating two of Popular Mechanics Top 10 VFX Scenes of 2009: Number one on their list -Wikus's Last Stand from District 9; and Number 9 on the Popular Mechanics list - Yellowstone Super Volcano from 2012

• Co-produced, story-edited and directed Weird-Ohs, the world’s first CGI squash-and-stretch television series.

• Blackbird Interactive - Cinematics Director (2018-Present)

• Ubisoft Entertainment - Cinematics Director (2016-2018)

• Rainmaker Entertainment - Film and Television Director (2015-2016)

• Atomic Cartoons - Film and Television Director (2014-2015)

• Rainmaker Entertainment - Film and Television Director (2009-2014)

• Image Engine Design - Previsualization Supervisor (2008-2009)

• Bardel Entertainment - Episodic TV Director (2006-2008)

• Mainframe Entertainment - CGI Animation Director (1993-2005)

Director for three decades, with responsibility for producing films and television shows in a tight timeframe, delivering the completed shows on budget and by deadline. Duties as Director include designing and blocking all shots based on a script and editing them into a video workbook, then assigning each shot to individual animators, giving them direction in camera movement, character acting and lighting.

Very skilled at taking a vision for a project from inception all the way through to post-production, supervising many diverse teams along the way - from Writers, Actors and Sound Designers to Modelers, Animators and FX Artists - and making key decisions to shepherd that vision into a completed project.

• Directed two Halloween specials based on artist Jill Thompson's award-winning children's books, Scary Godmother which broke Cartoon Network's ratings records for girls 6 to 11 and boys 4 to 8.

• Created key sequences for live-action feature films such as 2012 and Night at the Museum 2.

• Directed four long-format Direct-to-DVD features in three years.

• Developed, adapted and Directed the pilot for a mixed CGI and live-action television series based on writer/artist Paul Chadwick's popular Concrete graphic novels.

• Directed projects for such respected clients as Sony Pictures, Fox Television, Lion's Gate Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Hasbro, DIC Entertainment and King Features/Hearst Entertainment.

• Directed over 14 hours of high-quality CGI animation, ranging from boys action to squash-and-stretch comedy.

• Pioneered animation techniques for CGI television as an Animator on Reboot in the days when Reboot was the only series being produced in CGI.

• Directing CGI animation for film and television

• Directing Motion Capture Actors for film and television

• Directing Voice Actors for film and television

• Directing for film and television

• Supervision of CGI animation and visual effects

• CGI animation, specializing in character animation

• Non-linear editing of both short and long form projects

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Story Editing of scripts for film and television

• Translation of scripts into specific shots and scenes

• ...plus I can do the splits and climb rocks!

Software

• Maya

• Shotgun

• Unreal and Unity

• Avid Media Composer

• Adobe Premier, Encore, After Effects and Photoshop

• Final Draft

• Microsoft Word, Office, etc.

Animation Mentor

Animation 2007 — 2008 (expected)

Back to school after 15 years or more! My learning muscles had atrophied, but after a few months I was hungry for more!

While I feel pretty competent in most aspects of animated film-making, animation principles and directing at the micro-level of posing and timing has been a weakness in my directing for years and one I've finally managed to address.

Animation Mentor is an amazing school and their course is one that every Director working in animation should be required to take.

I was surprised and very pleased how much I learned about directing from the program.The school has such a holistic approach to animation - they believe the best way to be a great Animator is to have a good grasp of all the essential elements of film-making from story to composition to acting to cutting, etc. Best thing I've done in years!

Vancouver Film School

Animation January 1992 - June 1993

Robert McKee 3-Day Story Seminar

November 2007

Starlink: The Battle for Atlas - Cinematics Director

2016 October to November 2017

Triple AAA video game for Switch, Xbox and PS4 from Ubisoft Games

Barbie Video Game Hero - Director

2015 October to 2016 September

CG animated direct to DVD feature for Mattel. Distributed by Universal Home Video

Beat Bugs - Series Director

2014 September to 2015 September

CG animated series for Netflix

Barbie Princess Power - Director

2013 March to 2014 August

CG animated direct to DVD feature for Mattel. Distributed by Universal Home Video

Ting and Juma short "Zapped" - Director

2013 January to 2013 March

Short Film accepted at several Film Festivals

Barbie Princess and the Popstar - Director

2011 August to 2012 June

CG animated direct to DVD feature for Mattel. Distributed by Universal Home Video

Barbie Princess Charm School - Director

2010 August to 2011 June

CG animated direct to DVD feature for Mattel. Distributed by Universal Home Video

Escape From Planet Earth - Pre-visualization Supervisor

2009 July to 2010 July

Animated Feature Film for The Weinstein Company

The Cabin in the Woods - Pre-visualization Supervisor

2008 December - 2009 March

Live-action feature film for MGM Pictures produced by Joss Whedon

District 9 - VFX Editor and Post-visualization Supervisor

2008 September – 2009 January

Live-action feature film produced by Peter Jackson

2012 - Pre-visualization Supervisor

2008 July – 2008 September

Live-action feature film for Sony Pictures directed by Roland Emmerich

Aliens in the Attic - Pre-visualization Supervisor

2008 May – 2008 July

Live-action feature film for 20th Century Fox

Night at the Museum 2 - Pre-visualization Supervisor

2008 May - 2008 July

Live-action feature film for 20th Century Fox starring Ben Stiller

Viva Piñata - Episodic Director

2006 May – 2008 May

CG animated 10-minute comedy series for 4Kids and Microsoft

Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy - Director

2005 March – 2005 October

CG animated one hour Halloween Special for Cartoon Network and DVD for Anchor Bay Home Video

Inspector Gadget’s Biggest Caper Ever - Director

2004 March – 2005 February

CG animated direct to DVD feature for DIC Entertainment. Distributed by Lion’s Gate Home Video

Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy - Director

2003 July – 2004 February

CG animated one hour special for King Features/Hearst Ent. Broadcast on Fox Television. Also direct to DVD for Lion’s Gate Home Video

Spiderman: The Animated Series - Director Episode 9: When Sparks Fly

2003 January – 2003 April

CG animated episodic television series for Sony Pictures and MTV

Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktakular - Director/Story Editor

2002 January – December

CG animated one hour Halloween Special for Cartoon Network and DVD for Anchor Bay Home Video

2003 Leo Award recipient for Best Director and Best Animated Program

Concrete: The Series - Director Pilot Episode: Always Fences

Producer / Story Editor / Animator

2001 August – December

Mixed CG and live-action episodic television series

Max Steel - Supervising Director

2001 May – July

CG animated children’s episodic television series for Sony

Reboot: My Two Bobs - Animator

2000 July – 2001 May

CG animated film

Action Man - Director Episode 11: Cold War - Director Episode 19: Rumble in the Jungle

1999 November – 2000 June

CG animated children’s episodic television series for Hasbro

Casper’s Haunted Christmas - Supervising Animator/Video Workbook Supervisor

1999 January – October

CG animated film

Weird Ohs- Co-Producer/Story Editor - Director Episode 10: The EverSpending Story/I Do?

1998 September –December

CG animated children’s episodic television series

Beast Wars Season 3 - Director Episode 13: Nemesis pt. 2

1998 January – August

CG animated children’s episodic television series for Hasbro

War Planets - Sequence Director Episode 1: Behold the Beast - Animator Episode 13: Ragnarok pt. 2

1997 April – December

CG animated children’s episodic television series

2097 - Director

1997 September – December

Independent 60 minute live-action film

Reboot Season 3 - Animator Episodes 13 –16

1997 April – September

CG animated children’s episodic television series

Reboot Season 3 - Director Episode 5:Icons - Director Episode 10: The Edge of Beyond

1996 February – 1997 April

CG animated children’s episodic television series

Beast Wars Season 1 - Director Episode 9: The Probe - Director Episode 26: Other Voices pt.2

Animator Episodes 1 – 8

1995 August – 1996 January

CG animated children’s episodic television series

Reboot Seasons 1 and 2 - Animator Episodes 1 – 24

1993 August – 1995 August

CG animated children’s episodic television series