I direct images, worlds and teams. My work sits where art direction meets hands-on 3D production.
Director reel / 01:44The first read creates confidence. The second reveals a deeper rule. That tension between perception and hidden logic shapes how I approach direction, design and visual storytelling.
01Perception before explanation
02Technology in service of feeling
03Craft that survives production
02 / Selected reel
A 1:44 hybrid cut connecting current directing work with the hands-on look development, lighting and image-making behind it.
03 / Selected work
This is not a second studio portfolio. These are the career chapters that explain how I think, what I contributed and what I can lead next.
Directing / Visual Development
Director / Creative Director
A one-minute experiment in painterly motion, developed with artist Jesper Ejsing and Pixar RenderMan's Dylan Sisson. I directed the film and its visual-development system from the first visual question through the final frame.
The goal was not to paint the effects of a camera, but to ask what cinematic language might look like if cameras had never existed.View the full case study at DAMN! ↗
Visual Development / 2021-2023
Full-time 3D Visual Development Artist
I joined a feature-animation team in Los Angeles to explore ideas in 3D before production locked them down. The work demanded taste, speed, technical range and the ability to turn open questions into images that a larger team could build from.
Confidential work available for private review.Studio Leadership / 2024-present
Founder / Creative Director
I founded DAMN! to direct ambitious CG work with senior artists and production partners. The studio's commercial portfolio, team and full production capabilities belong on its own website.
Feature Film Craft / Mikros Animation
Look Development Artist
Feature look development and final-image craft inside a large animation pipeline. This chapter is the bridge between my hands-on image-making foundation and the direction I do today.
Film imagery shown for portfolio attribution. Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies production. Work completed at Mikros Animation.
Additional public feature credit: PAW Patrol: The Movie / Look Development Artist / Mikros Animation
04 / Experience
Direction built on the ability to understand every layer between an idea and its final image.
2024-present
Directing visual development and CG work while assembling senior teams for global entertainment, games and brands.
2021-2023
Full-time visual development for feature-animation teams, from early exploration to production-ready solutions.
2019-2020
Feature look development for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and PAW Patrol: The Movie.
2018-2019
Design and 3D image-making for large-scale, technology-led entertainment experiences.
2018
Technical competitive-landscape research for RenderMan.
2015-2018
Led lighting, shading, look development and rendering for features and advertising.
2011-2014
Owned final-image quality, team leadership and production-pipeline development.
2004-2010
Built the hands-on production foundation behind the work I direct today.
05 / Contact
I am open to senior art direction, creative direction and visual-development leadership roles in entertainment, creative technology, animation and games.