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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
Character Animator (contract),
Spark Unlimited
Los Angeles, California, January 2011 - March 2011
· Animated humans, creatures, and vehicles for an unannounced project
· Collaborated across disciplines on multiple Agile Scrum teams
Senior Animator,
Killspace Entertainment
Los Angeles, California, April 2010 - November 2010
· Animated a variety of characters for Yar's Revenge and several unannounced projects
· Built new character rigs and refined existing ones in Maya
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, February 2005 - September 2006
· Animated humans, cats, birds, whales, horses, 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.
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
· Proficient
in Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI for animation and
core rigging skills (skeletons, IK, skinning, expressions, blend shapes, etc.)
· Unreal, Perforce, Hansoft, PhotoShop, Windows, LINUX, UNIX, and Apple Macintosh OS
REFERENCES
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