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Job/Freelance Experience

  • Instructor, Institute of Digital Design
  • Beijing, China, Summer 2007
  • Wrote curriculum and taught lessons in Maya, photography and video editing to Chinese animation students in Beijing over the summer of 2007. Also took on the role of graphic designer in the company, creating content for web and print.
  • Intern, Federal Judicial Television Network
  • Washington, D.C. June 2005.
  • Interned with the FJTN, assisting with daily production and creating broadcast graphics.
  • Freelance, Connecticut Hospice, Inc.
  • Branford, CT - November 2004
  • Created title and motion graphics for the documentary “Hospice Diaries” which aired on ABC television across the state of Connecticut.
  • Volunteer, Branford High School Technology Department Branford, CT - 2001-2005
  • Constructed and repaired school computers, also assisted with software training for faculty.


Skills/Software

Advanced Experience
  • Lightwave 3D, Houdini, Maya – (modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and rendering)
  • Shake, After Effects – (titles, motion tracking, color keying, rotoscoping)
  • Photoshop – (graphic design, texture creation, web design)
  • Premiere, Final Cut
Intermediate Experience
  • Maxon Cinema 4D R9 – (titles and motion graphics)
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • VirtualDub
  • Microsoft Office
General
  • Adept at computer construction and repair. Familiar with Windows, Linux (including BASH scripting) and Mac OSX platforms
  • Experienced with digital video cameras and production equipment.


Accomplishments

  • Directed, photographed, and produced visual effects - including creating digital sets - for the 30 minute film “The Eclipse of Fear” using blue screening techniques to insert subjects into digital and practical environments achieving professional results on a tight budget.
  • Directed, filmed, and edited a 45 minute film documenting a Habitat for Humanity house build in Almost Heaven, West Virginia.


Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Currently completing BFA in visual effects.
  • Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
  • Attended the Extreme Media Digital Film Camp over the summers of 2002-2005. The camp brings in industry professionals to instruct students in a week-long experience of digital filmmaking.
  • Branford High School, Branford, CT
  • Graduated June 2005.


Awards and Scholarships

  • Received the Francis Larkin McCommon Scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design for portfolio presentation.
  • Received two Technology Leadership Awards from the Branford High School for volunteer service in the Tech. Dept.


References

  • Available upon Request
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