PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Over my 24 year career as a Art Director and Lighting Expert, I have had the opportunity to work with many incredible teams of professional developers large and small on every platform imaginable. Whether I’m delivering a single scene or providing leadership to an entire art team, I always strive to deliver quality results no matter what obstacles we face. At the end of the day I feel it is important to remember that we make games for a living and there is no good reason not to have a great time doing so.
//Company History Summary//
Skydance Interactive 2022-Present
Art Director
Walking Dead Saints and sinners: CH 1/ Meta Quest 3 Remaster
Walking Dead Saints and sinners: CH 2/ Retribution PSVR2, PCVR, Meta Quest 2 and 3
Lost Boys Interactive 2022
Art Director
Unannounced AAA game/ PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Cold Iron Studios 2018-2022
Principal Artist
Aliens: Fireteam Elite/ PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Tell Tale Games 2011- 2018
Art Director
The Walking Dead/400 days/ PS3, Xbox360, PC,iOS
Tales From the Borderlands/PS4, XboxOne, PC,iOS
Studio Lighting Director
Batman S1/S2 PS4, XboxOne, PC,iOS
The Wolf Among Us/ PS3, Xbox360, PC,iOS
Game of Thrones/PS4, XboxOne, PC,iOS
Jurassic Park/ PS3, Xbox360, PC,iOS
THQ Studio Australia 2008-2011
Visual Effects Supervisor
Avengers: The Game/PS3, Xbox 360
Warhammer: Space Marine/PS3, Xbox 360
Lead Artist
Mega Mind: Mega Team Unite/Nintendo Wii
Eidos: Crystal Dynamics 2006-2008
Senior Lighting Artist
Tomb Raider: Underworld/ PS3, Xbox
Electronic Arts 2001-2006
Lighting and Materials Artist Level III
The Godfather/ PS3, PS2, Xbox
James Bond: FRWL/ PS2, Xbox
Associate Lighting Artist Level II
Lord of the Rings: ROTK/ PS2, Xbox
Lord of the Rings: TT/ PS2, Xbox
//Art Direction Skill Set//
Environment art team management
Character design and development
UI design and creation
VFX creation and implementation
Concept art team vision and focus
Outsourced production
Remote / Hybrid production
Project schedule and scope
Licensor / IP/ Executive relationships
Team building
Career development
//Education Summery//
SAE Expression College: Emeryville, CA 1999 – 2002
Associate of Science / Digital Visual Media
While attending SAE Expression College I was educated in a wide variety of digital visual media formats including film, television, web, and interactive mediums. It was an excellent experience to become familiar with the tools and workflows of creative individuals across many industries before finally focusing on 3D art development and eventually lighting and rendering for games and film.
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