I have been working with animation for all of my professional life. From projection mapping to VFX, then onto product advertising and into narrative work and short films, I have a long history of using a wide range of tools and working with a variety of teams and mediums. The principles of motion hold true no matter what the method of execution is. At the core, I will always be a designer, but animation is my favorite way to express that love of design.

I was 19 the first time I worked as an art director for a major projection mapping project. To this day, it is still my principal role despite working in various roles across the production spectrum. At my core, I want to take ideas and communicate them in a clear and beautiful way. I used to struggle with the difference between an Art Director and a Creative Director - especially in the world of advertising. However, over the years I have realized that my role as an art director is to help take ideas, whatever the medium or end usage, and make the visuals cohesive, compelling, and unique.

Although the most public parts of my career have been focused on the visual side of animation, since my first job with projection mapping, I have been working on the technical side with pipeline development, render optimization, rigging, dynamics, and simulations. Primarily working with Houdini, technical development is a key part of the art I create and the approach I take to problem solving.

Photography is my passion, it is my way of seeing and learning to better experience the world around me. My camera has always been a tool to help me focus on details and look for beauty in unique places. A companion for travel and a tool for discovery, photography has always existed in parallel to my life as a designer and art director.