bio

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Experience :

Cinesite, London, U.K.
senior shader writer – John Carter of Mars
• May - November 2010

Attitude Studios, Paris, France look dev & shot finaling supervisor - The Prodigies March - October 2009

DisneyToon Studios, Burbank, CA lighting supervisor - Tinkerbell: Fairies Series January 2009 - March 2009

Toonz Animation, Trivandrua, Kerala, India look developement and rendering pipeline September 2008 - October 2008

VCL Tata-Elxsi, Bombay, Maharashtra, India shader programmer / fur look dev - Roadside Romeo
February 2008 - June 2008

Side Effects Software, Toronto, Canada shader programmer - materials gallery May 2007 - January 2008

Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, CA look dev TD - Meet The Robinsons
look dev TD - Bolt
June 2004 - March 2007

Meteor, Montreal, Canada shader pipeline - Exorcist: The Beginning April - May 2004

Framestore-CFC, London, UK shader programming / lighting - Harry Potter 3 October 2003 - March 2004

Digital Domain, Venice, CA effects TD - Peter Pan
sequence supervisor - True Lies
May - September 2003
January - July 1994

Cinesite, Hollywood, CA shader programming / effects TD - XMen 2 February 2002 - April 2003

Rhythm & Hues, Playa Vista, CA effects TD - Sum of All Fears
lighting & compositing - Dr. Dolittle 2
September - December 2001
February - May 2001

Alias/Wavefront, Santa Barbara, CA software developer - procedural textures June - September 2001

Sony Imageworks, Culver City, CA shader programming - Harry Potter 1
color & lighting - Anaconda
color & lighting - Virtuosity
November 2000- February 2001
November 1996 - January 1997
May - August 1996

Cinema Graphics, Chatsworth, CA co-author - ShadeTree November 1996 - October 2000

Oddworld, San Luis Obispo, CA CG supervisor - game cinematics March 1999 - April 2000

Simex, Santa Monica, CA technical director - IMPACT motion ride June - November 1998

Click3x, Santa Monica, CA shader programming - It's True April - May 1998

Hollywood Digital, Hollywood 3D supervisor - Earth to the Moon October 1997 - March 1998

Lost in Space, London, UK lead TD - NRG & Vauxhall commericials February - October 1996

Warner Bros., Sherman Oaks compositor - Batman Forever February 1996

Digital Magic, Santa Monica, CA sequence supervisor - Highlander 3 November 1994 - January 1996

VIFX, Marina Del Rey effects TD - Demolition Man
compositor - The Good Son
June - September 1993

Rez•N•8, Hollywood technical director - Interscope
production manager / TD - broadcast opens
November - December 1993
June 1991 - May 1992

Boss Films, Marina Del Rey, CA technical director - Journey to Technopia ride September 1992 - March 1993

ILM, San Rafael, CA technical director - Terminator 2 November 1990 - May 1991

deGraf/Wahrman, Hollywood technical director - The Jetsons Movie
sequence lead - Hanna/Barbera ride
shaders writer - Journey to the 4th Dimension ride
March 1989 - April 1990

Capital Cities /ABC, Hollywood technical director - broadcast logos May 1988 - February 1989

CG Europa, Roma, Italy technical director - broadcast logos April - July 1987

Abel Image Research, Hollywood customer support - AIR software August 1986 - February 1987

Lockheed, Burbank, CA software engineer - CADAM August 1985 - July 1986

Skills : shader writing in RenderMan, RSL2, VEX and Mental Ray
  effects and lighting using Houdini and MAYA
  look development and shot finaling support     rendering pipeline design
 
  UCLA     Bachelor of Science in Mathematics / Computer Science