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Bachelor
of Arts, May 1998
Lake Forest College,
Lake Forest, Illinois
· Majored in English with a minor in philosophy
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Animator,
Killspace Entertainment
Calabasas, California, April 2010 - present
· Animated a variety of characters for several unannounced projects
· Built new character rigs and refined existing ones in Maya
· Supported fellow animators with workflow advice and technical assistance
Character Animator,
Pandemic Studios
Los Angeles, California, October 2006 - November 2009
· Animated melee fighters, horses and riders, wolves, elephants, and giants for The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
· Provided keyframe animation and motion capture clean-up on cinematics for The Saboteur
Character Animator,
Rhythm
& Hues
Los Angeles, California, April 2005 - September 2006
· Animated humans, cats, penguins, killer whales, horses, seagulls, and monsters for
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Happy Feet, and the Cox Communications "Digital Max" TV campaign.
Animation
Apprentice, Rhythm
& Hues
Los Angeles, California, February 2005 - March 2005
· Learned proprietary software and successfully animated a test shot to graduate from R&H's entry-level placement program
Animator
(freelance), Logan
Media
Los Angeles, California, November 2004
· Created background character animation for three TV commercials
for BBC Digital Radio
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
· Proficient
in Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI
· Windows, LINUX, UNIX, Apple Macintosh OS
· Basic Adobe PhotoShop, HTML, and XML skills
REFERENCES
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