Professional Honors
Reviewer
September 2004 One of 20 judges for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Advanced Media Award. www.nyemmys.org/newmedia/
February 2003 One of 50 reviewers for submissions to the 2003 DUX (Designing User experiences) conference www.dux2003.org
Awards
2005 Solar Decathlon 4th place in Communications: part of an international competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy.
• http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/
2003 SIGGRAPH SIGKIDS “Special Award of Merit” for an application created for LEGO entitled “Wrapping the World.”
• Juried Competition by San Diego Chapter of SIGGRAPH
2000 BDA Bronze for “Print-bound piece” ESPN Magazine: 40 second play
• Broadcast Design Awards www.bda.tv
• Because of this award I was featured in Newsday 's Winners section December 17 th 2000
2000 Telly Award Winner for HBO Sports Main Title Sequence “Inside The NFL”
• www.telly.com
1999 Telly Award Winner HBO Sports Boxing Promo
1994 Silver Rx Medical Animation Award for Molecular Cardiology American College of Cardiology
• http://www.therxclub.com/
1993 Telly award for National Museum of the American Indian
• www.telly.com/
Offices Held in Professional Societies
• Former Chairperson and founder of the Long Island Professional Chapter of SIGGRAPH
• Former Chairperson of the Washington DC Professional Chapter of SIGGRAPH
Member of the following Professional Societies
• SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics)
• BDA (Broadcast Design Association)
• BEA (Broadcast Educators Association)
• The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• CAA (College Art Association)
Professional Television Experience
Independent Animator New York , NY 1999-present
Clients include: BDA/Promax, Disney Channel, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals,
CBS Sports, Discovery Channel, ESPN Classic. ESPN Magazine.
Manhattan Transfer/Edit New York , NY 1996-1999
Video Post Production
• Senior computer animator
• Software: Softimage, Eddie, Alias/Wavefront Maya
• Clients included HBO, CBS , USA networks, MSG networks
• Award 1999 National Telly Bronze: HBO Inside the NFL.
Lancit Media Entertainment Ltd New York , NY 1995-1996
Children's Television Programming
• Senior computer animator/Art Director
• Produced opens for children's programs
• Software: Softimage and Eddie.
Editel NY New York , NY 1993-1995
Video Post Production
• Senior computer animator
• Software: Wavefront, Softimage, Eddie, Parallax Paint, Advance composite. Discrete Logic Flame.
• Clients included: O&M advertising. Grey advertising. Bud Wiser, Kool Aid
Fast Cuts Washington DC 1991-1993
Video Post Production
• Senior computer animator
• Software: Softimage
• Award:1992 Medical Illustrators award: Molecular Cardiology
Capitol Video Washington DC 1989-1991
Video Post Production
• Senior computer animator Software: Wavefront
• Clients included: NBC McLaughlin Group, National Institute of Health, National Aquarium, ABC WJLA, FOX Americas Most Wanted. CBS Channel 9.
• Award 1990 National Telly silver: ABC Seven on Your Side.
Computer Video Magic Hempstead , New York 1987-1988
Video Post Production
• Creative director/Computer animator
• Software: Wavefront
• Clients included: Hazelten, New 12 Long Island, Lineotronic.
Recently Completed Television Animation Projects
April 2006 History Channel International ID animation.
• History Channel
• Production Company: Flying Machine
• Length 5 seconds
• ID animation
• Currently airing.
March 2006 A&E Arts and Entertainment animation.
• Client A&E Channel
• Production Company: Flying Machine
• Length 3 seconds
• Non-Broadcast Animation for internal presentation to all employees.
June 2005 BDA/Promax awards ceremony animation.
• Client BDA/Promax
• Production Company: Nailgun Design NY
• Length 30 seconds
• Open animation 2005 awards ceremony for BDA/Promax.
• Animation played in front of the International conference.
December 2004 End Tag commercial for Lowes Hardware
• Client: Lowes Hardware Inc.
• Production Company: Nailgun Design NY
• Length: 5 seconds
• A 3D ribbon warps around the Lowes Hardware logo. 3D ribbon then unwraps itself and flies towards the camera creating a video wipe.
• Aired nationally during the 2004 Holiday session.
June 2003 Bextra Commercial
• Client: Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
• Design Company: The Diecks Group
• Length: 30 seconds
• In this commercial I had to match a live action shot of Dan Marino's (football star) knee using a 3D model and then show the effects of the anti-inflammatory drug Bextra and its action on the human body.
• This commercial aired nationally in fall 2003 and spring 2004.
October 2002 Right on Track Television Open• Client: The Disney Channel
• Design Company: The Diecks Group
• Length: 30 seconds
• The animation is used as an open and a promotion for a new made for Disney Channel movie that aired December 2002.
• Currently airing on the Disney Channel.
June 2002 Lizzie McGuire Promo
• Client: The Disney Channel
• Design Company: The Diecks Group
• Length: 5 seconds
• In this promotion for “The Summer of Lizzie McGuire” I was asked to create a 3D water drop that needed to fall from the camera and spill out to form the background logo.
• Aired hourly throughout the summer of 2002 on the Disney Channel.
February 2002 NCAA Promo
• Client: CBS
• Design Company: Meccanica
• Length: 30 seconds
• The animation was used for both promotion and the open to the NCAA Sporting events on CBS.
• Aired throughout this event in 2002 and a few weeks prior.
March 2001 Discovery Kids Identification Package Promo
• Client: Discovery Channel
• Design Company: The Diecks Group
• Length: Over 7 minutes of total animation.
• One of the largest 3D animation projects I have done to date. I was asked to create over 7 minutes of animation that was used for the redesign of the Discovery Kids Identification package. I also turned this experience into a presentation that I have given in Taiwan , China , Jamaica and Florida .
• This aired internationally on the Discovery Channel from 2001 to 2002.
November 1999 ESPN Magazine: 40 Second Play pages 52 to 60
• Client: ESPN
• Design Company: The Diecks Group
• I was asked to create 3D background elements for an article on football entitled “: 40 Second Play”.
• This won a bronze Broadcast Design Award (BDA)
November 1999 ESPN Classic Identification Promo
• Client: ESPN
• Design Company: Sleeveless Productions
• Length: 5 seconds
• Aired on both ESPN and ESPN Classic channel from 1999 through 2001.
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