Summary

Close to 20 years of professional film and photography industry experience, having worked in some of the most cherished studios of all time: Pixar, DreamWorks, Framestore, and others.

Credits

5/19 – 8/19

Lighting Artist Frozen 2

Film (Feature-length) — Walt Disney Animation Studios
5/19 – 8/19
2/18 – 9/18

Producer

Staff Position — MasterClass Details
2/18 – 9/18

Creative supervision and direction for high-end cinematic class content: development of curriculums and pitches, look development, editorial supervision, and motion graphics and color grading creative direction.

1/13 – 1/14

Owner. Filmmaker/Cinematographer and Photographer

Staff Position — Sutro Studios Details
1/13 – 1/14

Complete film and photography services for film/video production and post-production needs (video production, cinematography, video editing, compositing and color grading). Please don't hesitate to contact us for more questions. http://sutrostudios.com http://facebook.com/sutrostudiosllc

12/11 – 8/12

Senior/Lead Lighting Artist

Staff Position — Dreamworks Animation Details
12/11 – 8/12

- Rise of the Guardians - Madagascar 3

1/05 – 12/11

Lighting Artist

Staff Position — Pixar Animation Studios Details
1/05 – 12/11

Lighting Artist - Cars 2 Lighting Artist - La Luna Lighting Artist - Toy Story 3 Lighting Artist - Up Lighting Artist - Wall-E Lighting Artist - Ratatouille Rendering - Cars Several other projects including: - Mentoring of interns - Teaching Nuke and compositing - Theme Parks - TV ads, live-action and CG

1/08 – 1/10

Visual Effects Advisor

Staff Position — Academy of Art University Details
1/08 – 1/10

Working with graduate students on their MFA thesis on Visual Effects, serving as their advisor over a course of a semester in both classroom and online settings, focusing on lighting and compositing.

8/03 – 6/04

Render TD

Staff Position — Framestore Details
8/03 – 6/04

Harry Potter 3 Troy Thunderbirds

Media

  • Sutro Studios - Your Video Creative Partners

  • Sutro Studios –FAA-Licensed Drone Operators

Recos

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Education

Class of '01

Imperial College London

MSc/Computer Science
Class of '01

University of Southampton

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)/Computer Science

My Gear

  • Sony a7R II
  • Sony FS7
  • DJI Mavic Pro
  • Atomos Shogun
  • DJI Inspire 2
  • Litepanels Astra
  • DJI Ronin
  • Profoto B1

Skills

  • Post Production
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • Editing
  • Commercials
  • Creative Direction
  • Documentaries
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Photography
  • Storytelling
  • Video
  • Video Editing
  • Feature Films
  • Independent Film
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Web Video
  • Cinematography
  • Aerial Cinematography
  • Videography
  • Lighting
  • Motion Graphics
  • Apple Motion
  • Crowdfunding
  • 3D
  • Animation
  • Computer Animation
  • Visual Effects
  • Film Direction
  • Special Effects
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • compositing
  • Color Grading
  • Art
  • Online Marketing
  • Rendering
  • Online Video Marketing
  • Maya
  • Digital Compositing
  • Drones
  • Event Videography
  • UAV
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mental Ray
  • Nuke
  • Shake
  • Houdini
  • Video pro
  • Look Development
  • MEL
  • Renderman
  • Photograp