I am an AI Film Director and VFX Lead, RISD film and animation Alumni, with 30 years of professional experience creating cinematic visuals for film, television, and commercial campaigns. I work hands-on across the full post pipeline — Previz/Postviz, 3D + 2D CGI, Compositing, Editing, and AI-Generated Imagery — from concept through final delivery.
WHAT I DO
I.
AI Video Direction
End-to-end creative direction of AI-generated video — from prompt and reference through final edit, color, and composite. I speak both the creative and the technical.
II.
3D & VFX Integration
Seamlessly combining AI video with traditional 3D CGI and live action. Lighting, animation, CFX, modeling, and compositing — all under one roof.
III.
Workflow Consulting
I design and implement AI video production pipelines for studios and brands. If your team is figuring out how to work with AI video seriously, I can get you there faster.
IV.
Concept to Delivery
Starting from a brief, a reference board, or existing design frames — I take projects all the way through to final deliverable, managing every technical decision along the way.
V.
Color & Finishing
Professional color grading and finishing for AI and hybrid productions. Decades of experience knowing what a finished frame should look like.
VI.
Technical Direction
Acting as technical consultant on productions that need someone who can bridge the gap between creative vision and AI toolchain — without losing either.
ABOUT
30
Years in Production
100+
Projects Delivered
2023
AI Professional Since
Professional Summary
AI Filmmaking — 2023 to Present
Embraced generative AI since 2023 for video and stills production, including hybrid VFX integration. I use AI in preproduction for concept design, style exploration, and pitch decks. Professional commercial AI video directing experience for leading brands.
Current AI Toolset
Nano Banana · Flux · Veo · Kling · Luma · Sora · Pixverse · Midjourney · Stable Diffusion
Traditional 3D / VFX — 1994 to Present
30-year career as a comprehensive 3D/VFX Generalist. Works across multiple roles to minimize artist handoffs — modeling, rigging, animation, CFX, dynamics, look dev, lighting, compositing, camera tracking, rotoscoping, color grading, and on-set VFX supervision.
Core Software
Cinema 4D · Maya · ZBrush · Nuke · After Effects · PFtrack · Redshift · Vray · Arnold · Unreal
Television
Futurama (Hulu, 2022)
Disenchantment (Netflix, 2022)
Beauty and the Beast 30th Anniversary (ABC/Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku, 2024)
Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Axe Men (Discovery)
Feature Film
Waiting for Superman (2010) — Sundance Audience Award, Critics' Choice, AFI
Two Gates of Sleep (2014) — Cannes, Berlin Film Festival
From The Sky Down — U2 / Guggenheim (2011)
Last Play at Shea — Billy Joel / Alec Baldwin (2009)
Strays — Will Farrell / Jamie Foxx (2023)
Music Video
Bag Raiders "Shooting Star" — 130M+ YouTube views (viral meme)
MGMT "Kids" — 145M+ views
Beyoncé "Girls (Run the World)" — Billboard Music Awards
Devendra Banhart feat. RZA / Wu-Tang
LCD Soundsystem · Flogging Molly · Babyshambles · Tally Hall
Gaming
Turbine / WB Games Boston
Valve Corporation
MicroProse
Microsoft
Promotional: Sony · Capcom · CCP Games
Technology
Apple · Microsoft · Intel · IBM · Dell · HP · Amazon · Motorola · Sony · Hexagon
Automotive
Honda · Chrysler · Aston Martin F1 · Paretta Racing IndyCar
Consumer & Healthcare
P&G (Crest/Scope) · Nestea · Pfizer · Sprite · Nike · Ryobi · UHC · Nationwide
Entertainment
Disney · ABC · Hulu · Netflix · MTV · History Channel · Mattel · Nickelodeon
Notable Experiential & Installation
Harry Potter: Forbidden Forest Experience — worldwide tour, millions of guests
Sony Times Square video billboard — 8K resolution
Children's Hospital Atlanta — 30-ft interactive video wall (Unreal Engine)
Burns & McDonnell — 360° video cave (12K resolution)
IAC Center — 120-ft video wall (20K resolution, world's largest at the time)
Beyoncé "Girls (Run The World)" — Billboard Music Awards performance, millions of live viewers
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
BA, Film / Animation / Video — 1994–1998
First-ever 3D CGI animated degree project at RISD
Maryland Institute College of Art
Film photography, cel animation, life drawing, oil painting — 1992–1994
