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P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
EPISODE DIRECTOR Nickelodeon | Burbank, CA | 2023 – Present
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Directed a team of storyboard artists and revisionists in producing storyboards from script for four episodes
Worked closely as director with animatic editor and showrunners to take storyboards for my episodes to lock
Interfaced with the showrunners, supervising director, fellow episode directors, design, and production to ensure that the episodes I directed met narrative, quality, and production demands of the show and studio
EPISODE DIRECTOR WB Animation | Burbank, CA | 2021 –2022
My Adventures with Superman
Directed a team of storyboard artists and revisionists in producing storyboards from script for seven episodes
Worked closely as director with animatic editor and showrunners to take storyboards for my episodes to lock
Interfaced with the showrunners, writers, fellow episode directors, design, and production to ensure that the episodes I directed met narrative, quality, and production demands of the show and studio
DIRECTOR Mercury Filmworks | Remote | 2021
Development Project
Acted as director for a development pilot animatic for Mercury Filmworks
Interfaced with the creative leads at Mercury Filmworks, project writer, source material author, and a team of artists to develop the look, feel, and execution of an 11-minute pilot animatic for Apple TV
SUPERVISING DIRECTOR Frederator Studios | Remote/Los Angeles, CA | 2021
Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space
Acted as supervising director for the three "remake" episodes of Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space animates series for Netflix Animation
Worked closely with the showrunners to revise and prepare the storyboards and storyboard animatics for lock and shipping to OLM, Inc. (Japan)
Interfaced with the staff at OLM, Inc. to ensure they had all information needed in the storyboards to produce animation
STORY ARTIST Netflix Animation | Los Angeles, CA | 2020 –2021
Witch Boy
Story artist on the feature animated film Witch Boy
Early development work with the director and story team, including beat boards, story discussions, sequence storyboards, and pitches
Worked closely with director, head of story, and production to produce storyboards in preparation for a first full screening
EPISODE DIRECTOR Netflix Animation | Location | 2019 –2020
Centaurworld
Directed a team of two storyboard artists while acting as third storyboard artist
Guided storyboard artists in executing storyboards based off the script, as well as roughly timed storyboard animatics for multiple musical numbers per episode
Interfaced with the showrunners, supervising director, fellow episode directors, design, animatic editors, and production to ensure the episodes I directed met narrative, quality, and production needs
EPISODE DIRECTOR DreamWorks Animation | Glendale, CA | 2017 –2019
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Directed a team of storyboard artists and revisionists in producing storyboards from script
Worked closely as director with animatic editor and showrunners to take storyboards for my episodes to lock
Interfaced with the showrunners, writers, fellow episode directors, design, and production to ensure that the episodes I directed met narrative, quality, and production demands of the show and studio
Additional credits can be found at my LinkedIn and/or IMDB profiles.
A W A R D S
Hugo Awards 2021 Nominee
Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
"Heart Part 1" (2020) and "Heart Part 2" (2020)
E D U C A T I O N
Concept Design Academy
2010-2012
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance
2003-2006
C O N T A C T