17 years of international experience as a VFX Supervisor & Producer.
Features, television and commercials.
Canada, US, Europe and New Zealand.
Clients include Disney, Touchstone, Fox, MGM, Paramount and Universal Studios.
A proven ability to deliver award-winning results within budget and on schedule.
Three Gemini awards and three Emmy nominations.
Very strong artistic vision coupled with excellent technical skills.
Great understanding of all film and digital production formats, film IO methodologies.
Excellent grasp of 3D, 2D, and miniatures production pipelines.
Designed & built a VFX Database and web interface to bid and manage large VFX projects using worldwide artists.
Experience negotiating multi-million dollar contracts.
Both on my individual projects and as owner of GVFX.
Accomplished second unit and VFX unit Director / Cinematographer.
Shot one feature and several shorts while getting started, still own and use a 35mm Mitchell camera package.
Set up many In-House departments.
Not only gives production more VFX shots, but more time on each shot, making them significantly better for the same budget.
Experience working on both the client and facility side of large projects.
I owned three VFX facilities, but always used other vendors to keep in touch with the latest developments. I worked as a VFX Supervisor for Rainmaker for 2004.
A love of what I do.