As a Visual Effects Supervisor,
I have designed and directed
some magically fun experiences
for movies, tv, and musical performances.
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As a filmmaker first,
my career paths in
visual effects, virtual production,
digital characters and humans
have been driven by the joy of
leveraging inventive technologies
to support design concepts
that excite moments
of visual glee.
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I'm particularly skilled at making
sense of the complicated
and navigating ambiguity with
instinct for the craft,
creative experience,
and resolve.
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I have been nominated for an Oscar three times,
most recently for my work on
Kong: Skull Island,
and have won twice
both Oscar and BAFTA awards 
for my contributions to Avatar and Forrest Gump.

Over the last 18 years, I have been one of the
industry leaders in Virtual Production and the
persistent drive toward realtime visual effects
and more believable digital characters.
My focus has been on capturing and
authentically producing character personas
in original performances (not deepfake reproductions!),
including musicians
Michael Jackson and the band ABBA.
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During this time, I have established and managed
two VFX production companies, and
a new production office of 60+ within a large VFX vendor.
I have also hired and managed software development teams
to modernize production workflows
by building decentralized cloud-first production pipelines,
and by leveraging machine learning tools for
efficient construction of facial rigs.
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I often work on the studio-side
as much as I do embedded on 
the vendor-side of a production.
I am just as comfortable supporting directors,  
guiding storyboards, pre-viz, and leading teams on-set,
as I am constructing breakdowns, budgets,
and directing large in-house crews of artists
through complex asset builds,
animations, lighting, and
final composites.
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I am an active member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
the Television Academy,
and the Directors Guild of America.

When not making pretty pictures,
I can be found bombing down hills on my mountain bike,
and tinkering in my garden.

Here is a PDF of my resume.
For a quick view of my work experience, scroll down.
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