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Technical Skills
Experienced Knowledgeable Operating Systems
Renderman (RSL & SLIM) TCL Windows
Houdini Maya Linux (5 years, intermediate)
Gimp/Cinepaint Lightwave Mac OS
  Pro Tools  
  Adobe CS (Photoshop, Premier, Encore, After Effects)  
  Shake  
Boujou
Proprietary Software Known
Ahab (R+H fluid simulator)    
Flud (R+H particle simulator)    
Cloudtank (R+H volume renderer)    

 

Work Experience

Method Studios | Nov. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Visual Effects TD/Artist - A Nightmare on Elm Street, American Express commercial, Bridgestone Superbowl commercial, Coke Zero Commercial
Tracker, Render Wrangler - I'm Here

Snow/Atmosphere, Fluid volumes for clouds and breath, teleportation, various other

Sony Pictures Imageworks | March-June 2009
Associate Visual Effects TD on G-Force

Rhythm & Hues Studios | March-October 2007
Junior Visual Effects TD on The Golden Compass

Assigned to North Pole Snow Team
Worked on 9 blowing snow shots set in the north pole with human and animal interaction using Houdini and Flud (proprietary)
Worked on 1 roiling cloud shot also set in the north pole.  Used houdini, vector fields, fog boxes, cloudtank (proprietary), and levelsets.
Worked on 5 blowing mist shots set in the north pole with human and animal interaction.  Used houdini particles and cloudtank.
Worked on 31 reflection shots of various visual effects in the north pole.  Used houdini, proprietary shaders, and custom VOP shaders.

Rhythm & Hues Studios | February 2007
Apprentice Junior Visual Effects TD

Fluid Simulation using ahab (proprietary)
Particle Simulation using Houdini particles
Volume Rendering using cloudtank (proprietary)

Digital Infrared Access | 2000
Web and Video Artist

City of Cabot City Attorney's Office | June 2002 – December 2004
Database Network Technician

Education
B.F.A., Visual Effects, June 2006
Savannah College of Art & Design Savannah, GA

Movies/Effects
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Particle effects: snow & clouds | Reflection of fx elements in north pole end sequence

Organizational/Educational Affiliations
Siggraph Member 2001-2007
NEXTECH Conference on Technology 2001
Environmental and Spatial Technology Co-Operative Cabot Arkansas