education

MA Computer Animation
NCCA Bournemouth University, England

BA(Hons) Illustration (First Class Honours)
University of Westminster, England

BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
Kent Institute of Art & Design, England

current job

Visual Effects Technical Director on George Miller's 'Happy Feet' CG Feature
Animal Logic - Sydney, Australia

previous roles

Visual Effects Technical Director on Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm"
The Peerless Camera Company - London(2004).

Main Assignment wolf creature, plus additional department wide scripts.
Mental Ray SSS Shaders, Texturing, Lighting and Rendering.

Programme Leader of the MSc Computer Animation & Senior Lecturer in Computer Animation
NCCA Bournemouth University ( 2001 - 2004)

Oversaw the MSc Computer Animation Programme, tutored programme students, and general NCCA development.
Lectures topics included: Programming/Scripting for Softimage XSI, Softimage XSI , Computer Graphics Mathematics and Algorithm Fundamentals, Compositing , Photoshop.

Freelance Animator - "The Cupboard" (2000 - 2004)

Created childrens TV series pitches, TV Channel Introductions and Animations for Corporate Companies.

Demonstrator in Digital Media - Bournemouth University (2000 - 2001)

First point of call for student enquiries.Support for Softimage 3D/XSI, Chalice, Photoshop

awards and achievements

Short-listed Finalist in the European Junior Animator Award 1999

"Face Value" and "Skin Deep" Animations featured on the BBCs "The Kit" program (1999)

Video still enhancement for the BBC's "CrimeWatch" television program (2002)

conferences & activities

Digital Arts World 2002, London - (Speaker)

Animation Generation 2002, Surrey - (Speaker)

BBC Radio Solent - Represented the NCCA on a live radio feature about Animation.

software skills

Softimage XSI ( + SDK dev)
Maya ( + SDK dev)
Renderman ( ShadeOp, Procedural and Shader writing)
Mental Ray Shader Writing
Softimage 3D
Shake , Digital Fusion
C++
VB Script, Perl, Python
Photoshop , Gimp

hobbies & activities:

my jeep, climbing, squash, running, bass guitar, films, reading and drawing.