Resume_cm_2010

ANIMATION, AFTER EFFECTS AND ILLUSTRATION WO R K E X PE R I E N C E
 CURIOUS PICTURES - AFTER EFFECTS ANIMATOR
 Team Umi Zoomi – Animator on 2nd season of Umi Zoomi. (August, 2009 - October, 2010)
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LITTLE AIRPLANE PRODUCTIONS - AFTER EFFECTS ANIMATOR
 Wonder Pets – Animator on 2nd season of Wonder Pets. (January, 2007- December, 2008)
 3rd and Bird - Animator. Aired on BBC’s childrens’ network. (January, 2008 - August, 2009)
 LUCY BLACKWELL/UPSIDEDOWNIT - AFTER EFFECTS ANIMATOR
 Sesame Street - Sesame Street - Storyboarded and animated 11 short pieces using Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects.
Designed characters and backgrounds for “Squeak learns to Swim.”
 Nickelodeon - Animated motion graphics for interstitials and lower thirds.
 EYE DESIGN - FLASH AND AFTER EFFECTS ANIMATOR
 Actonel - Television commercial for Actonel, a prescription drug. Animated illustrated backgrounds using Flash for line work,
and Photoshop and After Effects for ‘watercolor wash’ animation.
 EMBER MEDIA - GRAPHIC DESIGN PRODUCTION ARTIST, MOTION GRAPHICS, AND VIDEO EDITING
 Scholastic - Edited and animated existing illustrations to create a video of the children’s book “The Nighteater,” by Ana Juan. Plays
on Scholastic’s Lee y Seras website to promote child literacy.  Other projects include motion graphics, video editing, and page layout.
 EDIT ONE - PHOTOSHOP RETOUCHER
 Masked and retouched photos of models and objects to be used in animated photomatics for television commercials. Company clients include Pepperidge Farms, Actonel, and more.  FUNNY GARBAGE - ANIMATOR, AFTER EFFECTS COMPOSITOR
 Cablevision - Using After Effects, animated interstitials for an HD childrens' cable station called The Family Room.
The project involved a mixture of drawn artwork and green screen photographs of children.
 WORK IN PROGRESS - COMPOSITOR, STORYBOARD ARTIST, AND BACKGROUND ARTIST
 "Generation Jets"- CBS’ New York Jets based cartoon. Composited Flash animation and backgrounds in After Effects.
 JEFF SCHER- ASSISTANT PAINTER AND ANIMATOR
 Mattel - "Mary Cassatt Barbie" biography. Rotoscoped, animated and painted cels.
 HBO Family - Opening for HBO Family's Christmas Special "Twas the Night"
PE R S O N A L F I L M O G R A P H Y & A RT E X H I B I TS
 Too Art for TV 2009
 Exhibited 5 pen and ink illustrations as part of an animation industry group show.
 Little Moon Monster - Thesis film for School of Visual Arts. Director, Writer, Artist
Traditional Cel Animation on 16mm Film
 2003 East Lansing Children's Film Festival
 2003 ASIFA East Animation Festival - 2nd Place in Student Category
 A Little Ink Spot - Animators Ink's 2nd Animation Collaboration - Co-Director with Steve McGinnis
 2003 Arlene's Grocery Picture Show - "Best Animated Short"
CO M P U T E R & A RT S K I L L S
 Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop - Advanced
 Art skills - Life Drawing, Pastels, Watercolor, digital painting,
animation, rotoscoping, exposure sheets, and storyboarding  Flash, Premier, Final Cut Pro, InDesign - Intermediate
E D U C AT I O N
 1998-2002 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
 1999 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
(BFA) Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation Intensive Japanese Language Studies summer course.  1997 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

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