RESUME

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SONY PICTURES ANIMATION – Culver City, CA. August 2012 – Present.

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 – Feature Film.
Visual Development.

THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW – CG/2D Short.
Production Design and Art Direction.

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION – Glendale, CA. 2008 – 2012:

VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Concept, Design and Visual Development.

KUNG FU PANDA 2 – Feature Film.
Visual Development, Design.
KUNG FU PANDA “SECRETS OF THE MASTERS 3″ – Shorts.
Visual Development, Backgrounds.
KUNG FU PANDA “SECRETS OF THE MASTERS” – Shorts.
Visual Development, Backgrounds.
KUNG FU PANDA HOLIDAY SPECIAL – Short.
Visual Development, Backgrounds.
MERRY MADAGASCAR – Short.
Visual Development, Design.
KUNG FU PANDA “SECRETS OF THE FURIOUS FIVE” – Shorts.
Visual Development, Backgrounds.

SECRET PLAN STUDIOS – Glendale, CA 2011.
Concept, Design, Art Direction for animated television commercial.

Client Rotoloni Regina.

DIGITAL BREATHING – Pasadena, CA 2011.
Visual development. Live Action Short.

DUNCAN STUDIO – Pasadena, CA. 2007 – 2008. Various projects.
Visual Development, Look Development, Lighting and Compositing.

9 LLC – Pasadena, CA. 2007. ‘9‘ – Feature Film.
Visual Development, Design.

GNOMON SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS – Hollywood, CA. 2007.
Instructor, Lighting and Rendering in Maya.

THE HENSON COMPANY – Hollywood, CA. 2007. TJ Bearytales. Pilot.
Lighting and Compositing, Generalist.

WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION – Burbank, CA. 1997 – 2007:

JOE JUMP – Feature Film (Wreck it Ralph).
Visual Development.
AMERICAN DOG – Feature Film (Bolt).
Visual Development.
MEET THE ROBINSONS – Feature Film.
Lighting and Compositing.
CHICKEN LITTLE – Feature Film.
Visual Development, Look Development, Lighting and Compositing.
TREASURE PLANET – Feature Film.
Visual Development, Look Development, Lighting and Compositing.
TARZAN – Feature Film.
Look Development, Lighting TD, 2D and 3D Backgrounds.

3DJOE – San Francisco, CA. 1997.
Design and creation: 3D environments, textures, lighting and animation for educational cdrom
title.

BLAM Gaming Development – San Francisco, CA. 1996-1997.
3D environments, characters and textures for 3D games.

ILLUSIONS GAMING – Sausalito CA. 1995-1996.
2D and 3D animation, modeling and texture map painting.

EDUCATION:
Bachelors in Fine Arts – Academy of Art College, San Francisco. Sculpture and Illustration,
December 1994. Deans Honor List.
Studio assistant /apprentice to Milton Hebald Sculptor. Rome, Italy. 1992-1993.
Associates in Arts – College Of San Mateo. Commercial Art and Illustration, June 1989.
Deans Honor List.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Painting: Photoshop, Painter. 3D: Maya, Shake, BodyPaint3D, MentalRay, Renderman …

LANGUAGES:
Fluency in Spanish and Italian.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
SCULPTURE,DRAWING AND PAINTING – Los Angeles Area, 1997 – current.
Studio Work. Currently showing at “Tirage Art Gallery” in Pasadena.