Personal Profile
A technical artist looking to collaborate in writing practical, well designed software in visual effects. My days are spent digging around APIs and technical documentation trying to find novel ways to benefit production.
Work Experience
SVA, Adjunct Professor
Sep 18 - Present
Teach Programming for Animators: a crash course in Python along with how it can be used to enhance Maya and other visual effects software.
CHRLX, Software Developer
Aug 13 - Present
Manage code repository, renderfarm, database and intranet applications. Write custom scripts for 3D and 2D applications. Research and develop new tools to enhance production.
Psyop, Software Developer
Apr 10 - Feb 13
Developed pipeline scripts, plug-ins, and UIs for client jobs and internal codebase. Updated and maintained companywide code used on nearly all projects. Managed application's initialization and integration with the renderfarm.
Gravity, Technical Director Intern
May 09 - Jul 09
Developed Houdini dynamics and L-systems for film pitches. Created and upgraded MEL, pyMEL, and Python production scripts. Revised scenes with lighting and rendering glitches.
NYU CADA, Technical Assistant
Jan 07 - May 09
Checked out and supported pro audio/video equipment and reference material. Troubleshot student's and teacher's hardware and software problems on Mac, IBM, HP, and BOXX systems.
Click 3X, Junior Systems Admin
Oct 08 - Dec 08
Modeled, textured, and rendered 3D assets. Supported IT management by archiving and restoring data tapes of HD footage on Unix machines, as well as contributed to full network expansion.
HBO, Technical Operations Intern
Jun 08 - Aug 08
Assisted senior graphics artists with Final Cut, After Effects and Flame projects. Created animations for HBO's producers. Revised and tested files for consistent quality and render times.
NYU Teacher's Assistant
Sep 06 - Apr 08
Presented and graded course material on Java, HTML and PHP. Scheduled and rented film/photographic equipment to students. Prepared lab rooms and materials for professors and guest presenters.
Programming Experience
- Python
- C/C++
- Java
- PHP
- SQL
- Javascript/jQuery
- wxWidgets
- Qt/pySide
- MEL/pyMEL
- Git/SVN
- Unix/Linux
Software Experience
- Maya
- Softimage/Arnold
- Modo
- Nuke
- After Effects
- Photoshop
- Flash
Education
New York University: Courant Institute
Dec 15
Masters in Computer Science
New York University: Tisch School of the Arts
Dec 09
Bachelors of Fine Arts with Honors in Film & Television Production
Minors: Computer Applications, Studio Art.