Exxact & NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise: A New Era in Entertainment Production | Animation World Network
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FEATURED PROJECTS
These featured projects highlight a diverse range of work stretching across my career, spanning white papers, video interviews, and dozens of articles written for leading trade publications including American Cinematographer, DV Magazine, IndieWire, Variety, and more. Each project showcases my expertise in visual storytelling, creative post production, and digital content strategy, demonstrating my ability to adapt to the needs of different audiences and evolving industry trends.
Q&A: Réka Bucsi’s ‘Solar Walk’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Following 70 festivals and 13 awards for her short film ‘Solar Walk,’ the award-winning independent animator talks about distribution and monetization.
GLAS 2019: A Conversation with Einar Baldvin, Jeanette Bonds & Sean Buckelew | ANIMATIONWorld
With the lofty goal of transforming the cultural understanding and language of animation as an artistic medium, in its fourth year the GLAS Animation Festival continues to grow, packed with…
Where Have All the Dragons Gone? Dean DeBlois Concludes His Spectacular Trilogy with ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld
How To Train Your Dragon’ series writer and director Dean DeBlois reflects on his ten years with the beloved franchise, detailing how new technologies helped bring ‘The Hidden World’ to…
How To Design an Infinite Number of Dragons in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Head of character animation Simon Otto helps bring more than 65,000 fantastical dragons to life for one of the biggest sequences in the culmination of the studio’s ‘How To Train…
Q&A: Ten Questions with ‘BoJack Horseman’ Director Amy Winfrey | ANIMATIONWorld
‘Dog Days Are Over’ for ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Tuca and Bertie’ director: Amy Winfrey dishes on her ‘Free Churro.’
Designing the Spectacular Realm of the Dragons for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld
From concept art to finished frames, production designer Pierre-Olivier Vincent brings a singular touch to the final film in the blockbuster ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ trilogy.
A Mesmerizing Homage to Visual Music: SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Winner ‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Independent VFX artist and director Jean-Marie Marbach pushes motion graphics to new heights with his award-winning music video made entirely with Adobe After Effects and Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite.
DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bilby’ A Testing Ground for New Production Tools | ANIMATIONWorld
Directors Pierre Perifel, JP Sans and Liron Topaz delve into the making of their CG-animated short ‘Bilby’ -- including the use of the studio’s new Moonray light rendering engine --…
Google Spotlight Stories and Chromosphere Raise the Bar for ‘Age of Sail’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Technical art leads Cassidy Curtis and Theresa Latzko keep things shipshape in their quest to take the cinematic VR Short by Oscar-winning director John Kahrs onto the high seas.
How Baobab Studios Created a Storybook World for the Immersive ‘Crow: The Legend’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Created using the Unity game engine, VR experience and accompanying theatrical short film written and directed by Eric Darnell and produced by Maureen Fan pushes real-time graphics to new heights.
Bringing a 2D Touch to DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bird Karma’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Dive into enlightenment with the first project to emerge from the studio’s newly-launched shorts program in AWN’s exclusive video and accompanying interview with director William Salazar.
John Kahrs Enters the ‘Age of Sail’ with Cinematic New VR Short | ANIMATIONWorld
Taking virtual reality onto the high seas, Oscar-winning director of Disney’s ‘Paperman’ delves into the making of Google Spotlight Stories’ longest, most visually complex virtual reality experience to date.
Powered by Unity: How a Global Team of Artists Brought ‘Sonder’ To Life | ANIMATIONWorld
Making its online debut as a Vimeo Staff Pick, Oscar-qualified short film ‘Sonder’ uses the power of real-time graphics inside the Unity game engine to achieve a distinctive 2D ‘toon-shaded…
State of Mind: Exploring Memory in Louise Bagnall’s ‘Late Afternoon’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Oscar-qualified short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly depict the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.
Within a Dream: Bringing Emotion To Trevor Jimenez’s ‘Weekends’ | ANIMATIONWorld
Oscar hopeful Trevor Jimenez breaks down a surreal dream sequence designed to evoke heightened emotions in his painterly short film ‘Weekends.’
‘Incredibles 2’: How Pixar Story Artist Ted Mathot Brought the ‘Auntie Edna’ Mini-Movie To Life | ANIMATIONWorld
Story artist-turned director Ted Mathot brings the iconic Edna E. Mode out of her comfort zone and into the spotlight in a new short film created for the home entertainment…
‘Breaking the Glass Frame’ Celebrates Diversity, Seeks Strategies | ANIMATIONWorld
Three-day symposium spotlighting female contributions to the field of animation and exploring solutions to sexual harassment, bias, and lack of diversity within the industry calls for heightened awareness of and…