...I believe we all want to collaborate with kind and knowledgeable people.  I'm grateful to Film and Animation for the energy exchange that happens there. When a team gets into a flow, with heart behind them, they will make things that would blow away any one of us individually. 

    Trapped in the body of a C student and always trying to compensate, my early years were spent seeking out the company of the nerdiest of the older nerd kids. Not necessarily book smart, I’m talking about the kids that got so frenzied when they talked about outer-space and Dungeons & Dragons, that masses of spittle would collect at the corners of their mouths. I didn't mind their lack of hygiene. I dug these kids. To me, they repp-ed, " I DON"T GIVE A F___", like i don't know what.

I wanted that.

While earning my BFA at School of Visual Arts (New York City) I underwent a mentor-ship with Darren Aronofsky and his Academy Award nominated visual effects partners Dan Schrecker and Jeremy Dawson. Their ability to demystify the seemingly impossible at every turn became my bread. These were the full-bore film and image-making story artists I’d been looking for....and graciously, they came minus the spittle ;)

The study of good fundamentals have helped me serve as illustrator, 3D animator or VFX artist on well over 200 projects, Including, as storyboard artist on Academy Award winner Black Swan and as co-director of animated short Tumbleweed Tango, now a featured short on Disney.com. I think a fascination for translating these principles of composition, dynamic gesture, rhythm, to animation and storytelling has enabled me to offer a fluid/adaptable approach to a wide variety of projects.  

I  share my passion for film teaching undergraduate students of SVA’s animation program. And when I’m not in an animation studio or class room, you can find me practicing yoga and teaching meditation. at The Three Jewels NYC.

I recently discovered "No-Leash Mornings" at Ft. Greene Park, in Brooklyn and can be found there Sundays before 9, hamming it up with the locals and their owners.