Continue to develop and challenge myself in the art of animation and storytelling.
Continue to develop and challenge myself in the art of animation and storytelling.
Animation Producer/ Director at Snowflake Films NYC LLC. I head a team of in-house character riggers and animators. Our team produces, After Effects character rigs, reusable animations and effects for the series that then is shipped out to the animation studio in Ireland. We create the design and look of the show. I also worked on the first season of the original series created at Little Airplane Productions. The new series premieres on Apple TV+ on December 13th 2024.
2D Animator/Compositor using Adobe After Effects and Character Animator.
14th Street Union Station is the second video from Micheal Zodorozny’s first solo album, Other Side. I collaborated and composite on this video. Much of the artwork and 16mm film clips where Micheals original art from the 80s while working in the animation industry at the time. Check out the first video from the album (Constant)
Composited live action green screen, 2D backgrounds and animated page inserts.
Composited lighting effects to a 3D render of the water fountain that parodied the fountain from the show Friends.
Produced and composited 6, 5 minute episodes for Sesame Studios that consisted of 2D animation, green/blue screen keying and compositing with 2D and live action assets.
Other Side, is the first solo album from Micheal Zodorozny one of the founding member of Crash Course in Science. I composited and edited on the video. I worked closely with Micheal on the project. He provided all of the original artwork. Some of the artwork were pieces he did back in the 80s. This is our second music video collaboration (Drive).
I was part of the digital animation team. This included rigging After Effects and CC Animate characters along with final composition work. This project had a one week turn around time.
I was part of a team that is creating animated tutorials to help with introducing new players to the physics of space travel. The tutorials are a mix of After Effects character animation, Illustrator and compositing 3D Maya animation assets.
I was part of the digital animation team. I hopped on board as a swing animator filling in where help was needed. This included rigging After Effects characters, drawn animation and final composition work.
I was part of a team for 2 seasons that created daily animated interstitials that play on Paramount+(cbs.com) as well as A Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Youtube channel. Videos we create get hundreds of thousands of hits each day.
I composited puppet green screen footage with animated background elements for a Sesame Street short called Explaining Race.
Clients include The Walt Disney Company, PBS, Moby, Germano Strategic, NYRR, Nickelodeon, MTV, Marriott Hotel Properties and CBS.
As Animation Producer I headed multiple teams of artists on multiple projects like Peg + Cat (PBS), Melia and Jo (HMH), Click Clack Moo: Christmas at the Farm (Amazon Prime), and Clifford the Big Red Dog (Amazon Prime/PBS).
An After Effect character animated pilot about a young girl and her blue cat solving math adventures.
The Big Adventures of the MiniMities is an After Effects animated series used to help bi-lingual families introduce new healthier foods into their diet.
Independent film project to experiment with 2D, 3D, and live action. The film has been in ACEFEST, Chicago Hip Hop Festival and The Coney Island Film Festival. The short won a Silver Ace Award at ACEFEST and won “Best Music Video” at the Cannes Independent Film Festival.
A sister Milli, and brother Geo, team up with their friend Bot to help children with math and patter recognition. My role was as an After Effects character animator and special effects artist.
Television commercials working with such products as Aquafresh, MTV’s TR3 Network, and Hotwheels.
An Adobe Flash animated show based off the children’s book series. Setup and traditionally animated shots to be distributed to the puppeting Flash animators.
An Adobe Flash animated show based off of Ice Cube’s series of Friday live action movies. Setup and traditionally animated shots to be distributed to the puppeting Flash animators.
Managed a team of Storyboard Artists, Digital Designers and After Effect Animators to create the first season at Little Airplane Productions. Also streamlined the Wonder Pets’ After Effects character rigs throughout the production.
An independent studio that has dealt with many Nickelodeon licenses such as Sponge Bob, Evergirls, Rugrats, Dora the Explorer, Blue Clues, and many others for use in Commercial spots.
These two PBS interstitials were about a young girl and her teddy bear Jerome, and their imaginary adventures written and developed by Eric Weil.
I started my role as a rigging artist for an Adobe After Effects digital puppet show. Over my tenure there I worked my way to animator, lead animator and finally assistant director.
Animation Producer Peg + Cat (PBS)
Director Test Music Video
Director Test Music Video
Best TV/Media – Preschool for Wonder Pets: In the City “Save Tate”
The episode Dogbot from Clifford the Big Red Dog was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. The episode features Samantha’s family. She has two moms.
Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program for Peg+Cat (2013)Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series for Peg+Cat (2013)Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animated Program for Peg+Cat (2013)Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program for Peg+Cat (2013)Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animated Program for Peg+Cat (2013)Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
B.A. Film/ Animation (May 1999)