WORK EXPERIENCE
Little Elephant Pictures – Assistant Animator
Spring 2013
Puppet animation for Timm’s Industrial Piping pilot on IFC
Shelley Dodson Animation - Intern
Spring 2013
Animation and puppet fabrication
Hartmann’s Art and Concessions – Caricature Artist
Summer 2012
Caricature drawing and entertainment
Haggerty Museum of Art - Assistant Summer Program Educator
Summer 2008
Youth art instruction and group project direction
FILM PROJECTS
Pluto and the Vessel (Stop Motion Animation; 7 minutes 34 seconds; Director)
Fall 2011-Spring 2013
• Official Selection (Milwaukee Film Festival - Milwaukee, WI; 2013)
• Official Selection (Animation Eden - Cumbira, UK; 2013)
• Official Selection (Animasyros 6.0 - Syros, Greece; 2013
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fall 2009-Spring 2013
Undergraduate BFA - emphasis in Animation and Sculpture
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Youth Options Program - Emphasis in Visual Dynamics and Drawing
New Berlin West High School
Class of 2009
SKILLS
General-
Ability to learn new skills quickly and efficiently, work creatively in groups, and work decisively on individually assigned tasks
Technical-
Puppet Animation, Claymation, Hand-Drawn Animation, Storyboarding, Dragonframe Stop Motion Software, ToonBoom Studio, Photoshop, After Effects, Processing, Final Cut Pro, Garageband, Audacity, Sound Track Pro, Digital SLR Photography, Puppet Fabrication, Model Making, and Mold Making and Casting
REFERENCES AND PORTFOLIO
Available upon request