Professional Experience

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Associate Course Director

Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL. 

January 2018 - Present 

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• ACD for the Computer Animation degree program 

• Programs of responsibilities include Compositing Fundamentals, Compositing and Scene Finishing, and Portfolio Creation. Assisted in Character Rigging 

• Assist and educate students on daily tasks and industry practices 

• Evaluate, critique and grade students’ development  

• Ensure and maintain a safe and clean working environment 

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Freelance / Generalist

Digital Griffix 

December 2023 - February 2025  

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• Trapped Within (Short 2025)

• Created Confluence Page for Artists and Production

• Edited animatic video as a guide for timing and reference

• Implemented Github workflow for project

• Organized and implemented pipeline workflow for Artists

• Unreal Layout Artist

• Nuke Compositor

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Layout Artist

MPC Film, Montreal, QC. 

August 2021 - February 2022  

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• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

• Utilize 3DEqualizer to create cameras for quick layout and look development discussions 

• Responsible for ingesting matchmove cameras into pipeline to be used by other departments 

• Create quality control renders to assure rigs and data are properly captured and useable 

• Provide staging, timing, blocking, apply and modify mocap data for animation department

• Create appealing presentation dailies within given time frame for client reviews

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Layout Artist / Compositor / Freelance

March 2015 - July 2018 

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• Supervise Green screen setups - Light and Camera setup, place Tracking Markers 

• Collect Camera and Set Data for tracking and matchmoving purposes

• Advanced Tracking and Matchmoving with Syntheyes and Maya for Set Fitting

• Matte creations using Rotoscoping, Keyers 

• Utilize Render Layers and Passes for Computer Generated Imagery integration

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Compositor 

Film name: Mind The Gap (2017)

April 2016 - December 2016 

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• In charge of Pre-processing my own shots which consist of - Denoise, White Balancing, evening out Green Screen footage

• Tracked and stabilized shots

• Created Hold out mattes, Garbage Mattes. Utilized Core, Edge and Gray-Matting techniques to pull a matte from Green Screen footage

• Post-processed footage with Color Grading, Edge Blending to background, matching grain for further integration

• Rendered out finalized composite to the required settings for delivery to be included in the final edit of the film

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Matchmove Artist

TV series name: Mirrors (2015)

May 2015 - September 2015

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• Collected camera and on-set data for VFX

• Responsible for tracking scenes in SynthEyes and exporting camera move into Maya for 3D modeling and set fitting

• Matte creation using a combination of Roto and Keying techniques

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Gryphon's Roar Publishing

August 2011 - January 2014 

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• Published title: LEGACY BLADE: The Search

• Author

• Book Publisher

• Web design

• Book marketing

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Full Sail University

March 2015 - August 2015

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• Intern

• Assist Instructor with Compositing projects

• Collect Camera and Set Data for tracking and matchmoving purposes  

• Assist students with class projects

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H-D Productions

May 2002 - December 2005

  

•  Assistant Director

•  Assisted in setting up shots              

•  Recruited cast members                         

•  Editing                                                             

•  DVD Authoring and menu design         

•  DVD labeling and casing design