Summary

Creative, detail-oriented, and personable senior producer with extensive experience managing all aspects of film, television, new media and animation production. Effective leader with an approachable communication style.

Credits

2/14 – 10/14

Producer (Media producer for a new attraction at Universal Studios/Hollywood) Fast & Furious "Supercharged" Attraction for Universal Studios

Live/Special Event — New Deal Studios
2/14 – 10/14
3/09 – 4/13

Producer (Producer, Documentaries)

Staff Position — lynda.com Details
3/09 – 4/13

I produced lynda.com's documentary series "Creative Inspirations". These were feature length documentaries that profiled exemplars in the creative fields. Subjects ranged from photographers and designers to musicians and animators. Over four years, I produced 23 films.

1/05 – 1/07

Producer

Staff Position — Scope Seven Details
1/05 – 1/07

I produced a series of direct to DVD animated games for a proprietary games systems called ZOOOOS. I also produced 13 modules of an educational series (animated & live action) that teaches middle-school algebra.

1/98 – 1/03

Executive Producer (EP) (Co-Founder/CEO) Various

TV — Digital Character Group Details
1/98 – 1/03

An animation studio formed in 1998 specializing in digital character animation for television, internet, feature films, and themed entertainment.

1/97 – 1/99

VP of Production (Digital Animation)

Staff Position — Film Roman Details
1/97 – 1/99

I joined the company to establish a digital animation division at a time where FR was only producing animation on film. Responsibilities included developing new animated content, producing pilots, pitch meetings and administrative responsibility over the digital production and IT departments.

1/95 – 6/97

Supervising Producer ("South Park")

Staff Position — Comedy Central Productions Details
1/95 – 6/97

Working with creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone, we created the pilot for the series, developed the animation work flow, and hired production staff. My credit goes through ep. 6 of season one.

Unions

  • Producers Guild of America (PGA)

Orgs

  • International Documentary Association (IDA)
  • LA County Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Media

Recos

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Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

/College of Graphic Arts & Photography

Skills

  • Avid
  • Post Production
  • Producing
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • Directing
  • voice over
  • Broadcast
  • Commercials
  • Content Strategy
  • Creative Direction
  • Digital Media
  • Documentaries
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Media Production
  • Music Videos
  • New Media
  • Storytelling
  • Television Production
  • Video
  • Video Editing
  • Production
  • Screenwriting
  • Documentary
  • Feature Films
  • HD Video
  • Camera
  • Sound
  • Web Video
  • Cinematography
  • Final Cut Studio
  • Motion Graphics
  • Commercial Production
  • Multimedia
  • Animation
  • Computer Animation
  • Visual Effects
  • Press Releases
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Live Action
  • Mass Production
  • Traditional Animation
  • 2D
  • 3D animation
  • Character Animation
  • Video Games
  • Computer Graphics