Clients
RECENT PROJECTS
THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMPANIES I'VE WORKED WITH:
SELECTED CLIENT LIST
Walt Disney Pictures
FMX
ACM / SIGGRAPH
Douglas Trumbull
Northeastern University
South Park
Crest Animation Studios
Dreamworks
Kleiser - Walczak
Industrial Light + Magic
Digital Domain
Warner Brothers
Universal Studios
Microsoft
True Office
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Technicolor
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Selected SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
-Pixel Show. São Paulo, Brazil. The largest design conference in Latin America
October 2018
Keynote speaker "From Star Wars to South Park", 30 years of production stories.
-Annecy Festival of Animation. Annecy, France.
June, 2017
Panel organizer and speaker "Getting Hired and Staying Hired in Animation"
-IVA 2014, 14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Boston, MA.
August 28th, 2014
Animation and Collaboration
-CGAMESUSA - 19th Annual Conference on Computer Games: Louisville, Kentucky
July 28th - 30th, 2014
Keynote Speaker - “The History and Future of Animation”
-Journees AFIG / Paris ACM SIGGRAPH chapter: Limoges and Paris
November 28/29 2013
ACM Distinguished Speaker - A History of Computer Animation; screening and lecture
-MIAF 2013: 13th Annual Melbourne International Animation Festival. Melbourne, Australia June 2013
ACM Distinguished Speaker - A History of Computer Animation; screening and lecture
-RMIT University & Newcastle Universities. Australia
June 2013
ACM Distinguished Speaker - Creative Industries / Collaboration and Technology
-fmx2013: International Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia. Stuttgart, Germany, April 2013
Master of Ceremonies, Panel Speaker & Associate Board Member
-SWISSEX- Consulate of Switzerland: Cambridge, MA.
Oct.10th, 2012
Invited Lecture on “Game Art, Creative Industries and CG101” with Chris Solarski
-y4IT: 10th annual international workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment Manila, Philippines. Sept., 2012
ACM Distinguished Lecture invitation: Collaboration and the Creative Industries
-MIT Lincoln Lab: Lexington, MA. Aug.2nd, 2012
Distinguished Lecture Series on “Entertainment and Innovation : Special Effects and Movie Magic”
-Beijing Detao Masters Academy: Shanghai, China. July 10-15th, 2011 Toronto, ON.
Oct.27th, 2011
Invited “Master of animation, visual effects and Creative Industries”.
-DigiFEST: International Digital Media Festival. Toronto, ON.
Oct.27th, 2011
Invited Lecture on “Creative Industries: Collaborations in Films, Games and Academia”.
-ISEA 2011: 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art. Istanbul, Turkey.
Sept., 2011
Keynote - Revolution. Excellence. Agility.
-7th IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment.
Maui, HI. July, 2011
Keynote
-Mundos Digitales: 10th Conference on Animation, VFX, Videogames & Digital Architecture.
A Coruña, Spain. July, 2011
Keynote
-Game Education Summit - North American. Redmond, WA.
June, 2011
Invited Speaker - “Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
-British Consulate Trade Delegation. Liverpool, UK. April, 2011
Invited Guest presenter - Creative Industries
-PAX East. Boston, MA. March, 2011
Invited Panelist : “Getting the Most out of Game Education”; “Portfolios & Demos that Rock”
-Montreal International Game Summit. Montreal, Canada. Nov. 8th, 2010
Invited Speaker
-VIEW : 11th International Computer Graphics Conference. Torino, Italy. Oct.28th, 2010
Invited Speaker
-SIGGRAPH 2010 : 37th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. LA, CA. July 2010
Opening Address - Conference Chair
-Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica. Firenze, Italy, May 15th, 2010
Invited Guest Speaker
-New Academy Of Fine Art (NABA) - Department Media Design & New Media Art.
Milano, Italy. May 11th 2010
Invited Guest Speaker
-Boston Museum of Science : “Living in a CG World” Jan.27th, 2010
Invited Lecture - “A brief history of computer graphics.”
-Global Entrepreneurship Week Boston, MA. Nov.17, 2009
Moderator “Making Your Name in a Changing Gaming Industry”
-Microsoft New England Research & Development Center Cambridge, MA. Oct.20, 2009
Guest Speaker along with Jason Schupbach
“The State of the State: Video Games in Massachusetts”
-ABC News. On camera interview “Ahead of the Curve” segment. July 2009
Discussing and promoting the 2009 SIGGRAPH Conference along with Mk Haley
-Game Education Summit. Carnegie Mellon Univ.’s ETC. June 16th-17th 2009
Lecture on building a Game Design curriculum at Northeastern Univ.
-History Channel : UFO Hunters / Season 3. Los Angeles, CA. Spring 2009
On camera image analysis expert ... multiple episodes begin airing 2009.
-Global Entrepreneurship Week Boston, MA. Nov.17-21st 2008
Moderator “Digital Media’s Leaders and Their Ideas”
Panelist “Creative Industries and the Global Economy”
-SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference Los Angeles, CA. August 2008
Presenting “35 Years of Computer Graphics: The Game Show!”
-History Channel : UFO Hunters / Season 2. Los Angeles, CA. Summer 2008
On camera image analysis expert ... multiple episodes begin airing September 2008.
-CgAM2008 : Global Conference for Advertising and Marketing Professionals. Los Angeles, CA. March 2008
Invited moderator and co-host (with Barbara Robertson).
-fmx/08 : 13th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Digital Media. Stuttgart, Germany, May 2008
Advisory Board member
-ANIMA Brussels Animation Festival : Invited lecturer, Brussels, Belgium, February 2008
The SIGGRAPH Animation Festival selection process, and A Brief History of Computer Graphics: From the 1940’s to tomorrow.
-FM Global Research Group: Guest Speaker, mid-year research meeting. July 20th, 2007
Blow It Up and Burn It! (But not for real) : How Hollywood has developed both practical special effects and digital visual effects to simulate very realistic pyrotechnics.
-IIFF (Institute for Independent Film Financing) : Invited Speaker, March 15th, 2007
The Animation Business in Flux: Evolving Trends & Emerging Opportunities for Filmmakers & Financiers
-Graphite 2006 : Keynote speaker, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Nov.29th - Dec.2th, 2006
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
The Top 5 Things That Will Doom Your Animation Production
-Pixar Animation Studios : Presenting the 2006 Electronic Theater. October 30th, 2006
-fmx/06 : Stuttgart, Germany. Summer 2006.
Invited lecturer - 'How To Get Your Animated Short Rejected: Don't focus on excellence in story, editing, art direction, acting and cinematography'
-Purdue University : PICET Speaker “Digital Cinema and Cinematography"
Oct. 13th-16th 2002
-The Art Institutes International : National Curriculum Panel member. April 30th, 2002
Advised on national level curriculum restructuring; Focus on instituting a new interactive video game program; Specific areas included animation tools, techniques and relevance to other existing courses.
-University California / Berkeley : “Advanced Computer-Aided Rendering and Animation” Nov.9th, 2001
-3D Festival “International Forum for 3D Graphics” : Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oct., 2000
-World Animation Celebration : Panel Speaker “How to prepare to get a job in animation”. May, 2000
-Imagine Con 2000 : FX Guest of Honor. Virginia Beach, Virginia. April 20th-23rd, 2000
-Director’s Guild of America (DGA) : Oct.1999
Improving Communication between VFX and Production.
Fellow panelists included Visual Effects Supervisors John Dykstra and John Bruno
-Lawrence Livermore Labs : “Science On Saturday” lecture series.
ILM’s “The Digital Creature Feature”. Feb.1998
-World Summit for Feature Films and Visual Effects : Invited Panelist. March 1998
Presented past work, including “Bunkie & Booboo” in Los Angeles, CA.
Fellow panelists included Directors Eric Armstrong and Henry Selick
-SIGGRAPH / Los Angeles Chapter : Guest Panel Speaker on Independent Animation. Feb.1996