vfx + post

Projects focused on visual effects and live action integration

These projects focus on integrating CGI with live action, and creating elements like fur, cloth, wireframe graphics, fire, fluid, etc. More recently I have been using AI to do similar things.

I have been doing visual effects work professionally since 1998, when I started adding 3D smoke and bubble effects to traditionally animated projects at Olive Jar Studios, which made many of the famous claymation MTV station IDs back in the day.

3D/vfx generalist REEL

Comprehensive 3D Generalist • VFX • Animation • look dev • post • LIGHTING

MAYA • C4D • AFTER EFFECTS • NUKE • PFTRACK • REDSHIFT • VRAY • ARNOLD

30 Years Pro Experience

CLICK HERE FOR SHOT BREAKDOWN IN NEW TAB Legacy CGI projects reel - I still use these VFX techniques to enhance and edit AI footage and integrate AI with live action and animation.

spyo doc face swap

AI Director • Edit • color • post

NANO BANANA • VEO • KLING • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

documentary • northern souls films 2026

These clips were made as demonstrations and tests of face swapping for a documentary feature about Spyo, a famous but anonymous Danish grafitti artist • the idea is to use AI instead of a mosaic effect in order to preserve the emotions of the facial expression while anonymizing the subject • Remote work

SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES

rigging • CFX • animation • scene layout • 3d previz

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS

ROKU TV SERIES TITLES • PICTUREMILL 2024

Animated sequences of flying pages with continuity • Camera Animation • Character Animation • Scene Layout • Remote work

StRAYS

3D postviz • modeling • rigging • animation • look dev • lighting • vfx • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • after effects

Universal pictures VFX FEATURE • TECHNICOLOR 2023

Many shots I postvisualized are in the trailer 1:35 to 2:10 including the poster frame • Using assets provided by the client I performed all tasks of 3-D character animation and quickly integrating CGI dogs into live action at 80% quality for postvisualizing shots prior to creating the final frame VFX • work involved camera tracking, roto, removal, and compositing shots out of multiple takes of motion control camera live action • Remote work

KIDS

Lead 3d • modeling • 3d VFX • look dev • lighting • post

MAYA • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP

MGMT MUSIC VIDEO • PARTIZAN 2008

This song became a certified Platinum hit, the video went viral and has over 200 million views on Youtube • I did invisible VFX to fix issues on 20 live action shots • EG In the poster frame there is a BG replacement because the band was just in the backyard of a house • Onsite work in NYC

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 30th celebration

Lead 3D • 3D previz • 3d modeling • rigging • animation • look dev • lighting • cfx

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • REDSHIFT

DISNEY + ABC tv special titles • BAKED STUDIOS 2022

Broadcast on ABC and streamed on Disney+ This was the #1 TV show in the television ratings on it’s debut • I performed all 3D production tasks on the spot other than modeling the book cover details • Remote work

NORTH AMERICAN SCUM

Lead 3d • on-set VFX supervisor • post

AFTER EFFECTS • MAYA

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Music Video • EMI RECORDS 2007

I was the post production supervisor on the live action shoot, and I overrode the DP to shoot on black scrim instead of green screen because of the reflecting spill, saving the project • I rotoscoped most of the outer space shots, as well as doing all the 3DVFX • Onsite work in NYC

mona lisa

AI DIRECTOR • color • edit • post

chat gpt2 • pixverse • TOPAZ • ELEVENLABS

micro short • personal 2026

A quick test of multi shot prompting and consistent audio • I performed all production tasks • Remote work

second thoughts 3

VFX micro shorts • personal 2026

AI Director • Editor • Creator • 3d • post

PIXVERSE • KLING • LUMA • MINMAX • VEO • SORA • GOOGLE IMAGEN • FLUX KONTEXT • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • MAYA • SUNO • ELEVENLABS

Any resemblance to real people is strictly coincidental

Best Animation Nominees

AI DIRECTOR • color • edit • post

Seedance • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

parody • personal 2025

A quick test of multi shot prompting • I performed all production tasks • Remote work

KULIPARI

lead 3d • Previs • Rigging • Modeling • animation • cfx • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • nuke

NETFLIX ANIMATED FEATURE FILM TEASER • ovfx 2019-2026

The project is a teaser for a 3d feature adaptation of the 2d animated Netflix series • Onsite work in Baltimore

BEYONCE billboard awards performance

3D modelling • previs • keyframe animation • look dev • CFX / VFX • 3D motion graphics • post

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS

ABC LIVE VISUALS • DIRT EMPIRE 2011

This Broadcast had millions of live viewers on ABC • The song acheived 5x Platinum sales! • I was responsible for the 3-D modeling and some of the 3-D VFX • Onsite work in NYC

odor busters

Lead 3D • 3D modelling • keyframe animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • post

MAYA • nuke • AFTER EFFECTS • vray

crest + scope times square Video • 1stAVE MACHINE 2017

They actually shot onions and garlic with a gun and filmed it in slow motion • This project was made to be displayed on a video billboard in Times Square NYC • Onsite work in NYC

sundae driver

AI DIRECTOR • color • edit • post

meta ai • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

ai tools demo content • meta 2025

The project was created as a demo of Meta’s AI tools, they were used for all the AI images, sound, and video • I was responsible for the creative • I performed all production tasks • Remote work

917 heritage

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

GOOGLE FLOW • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

Porsche spec brand film • PERSONAL 2026

This project was an experiment in vibe filmmaking within Google’s Flow AI ecosystem, with no references used • I was mainly interested in simulating an LED wall with a car • As a former Porsche owner / car nerd, believe me I notice every inaccuracy here • For a real commercial project final frame render I would definitely use reference for each angle to ensure accuracy and consistency, but this is just about vibes and testing the workflow • I performed all production tasks

LUMINOUS CITY

Lead 3d • Previs • camera • layout • animation • modeling • rigging • look dev/lighting • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • NUKE

VFX SHORt • OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN 2012

In-house film made to promote the studio • using stock meshes for the buildings and interior objects I performed all scene layout, surfacing + lighting, and 3-D VFX animation • Onsite work in NYC

drive by wire

Lead 3D • modeling • look dev • 3d animation • 3d tracking • lighting • post

MAYA • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS

INDYCAR SERIES BROADCAST graphics • TRANSISTOR 2011

These clips and other similar ones not used here were repurposed in many different configurations for broadcast and promotions • I performed all 3-D VFX and camera tracking • There were custom graphics made for each race on the calendar • Onsite work in NYC

WIND IN THE WILLOWS

Lead 3D • modelling • animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • AI • post

MAYA • ZBRUSH • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP • vray • kling

FEATURE PITCH • Jonathan watts (spiderman director) 2014

This clip was made to support a pitch for a feature film, updating “The Wind in the Willows” classic animation using CGI but retaining a stop motion feel • Some of the shots use 3-D composited into live action and other shots use AI • Remote work

THE ISLAND IS ENCHANTED WITH YOU

3D Lead • modelling • animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • post

MAYA • ZBRUSH • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP

vfx short • unity productions foundation 2014

NSFW. This film has screened in numerous festivals and museums worldwide, including the Louvre in Paris, the Berlin IFF, the Brooklyn Art Museum, and the NEXT festival in Romania, in various formats including a 2 screen installation. Remote Work.

AI angels 3.0

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

PIXVERSE • STABLE DIFFUSION • FLUX • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ • SUNO • ELEVENLABS

vfx loop • PERSONAL 2022-2025

This is the third version of this project, using the same basic imagery, but regenerating it with the latest technology to improve the visual quality • The idea is that AI is coming to save us instead of kill us • The original images were generated in 2022 with locally run Stable Diffusion • I have continued to use the original primitive generations as the style reference for the subsequent versions • Creating twin characters whenever the frame has a horizontal aspect ratio was a very common error with the early AI, but I decided to run with it and make it be a motif in the piece • I performed all production tasks

Bon Bon in the trees

3D LEAD • AI Director • Edit • Color • post

MAYA • zbrush • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • NANO BANANA • KLING 01 • VEO • ELEVENLABS • SUNO

Studio promo film • pixelsgarden 2026

The project was a studio promo animated short intended to achieve Western CGI production values for the Vietnamese local market • It was fully pre-visualized and animated in 3-D then AI was used as style transfer to create the final render based on a single fully realized frame with 3d fur groomed and full geometry foliage with volumetric light in the background • This was a vast time savings because the single frame took an hour to render • I performed all production tasks • Remote work

SHOOTING STAR

Lead 3d • 3d modeling • character rigging • animation • Look dev • lighting • layout • camera • dynamics

MAYA • pftrack • PHOTOSHOP • after effects

BAG RAIDERS MUSIC VIDEO • MODULAR RECORDS 2009

This video became the basis of a hugely popular meme • The official Youtube upload has hit over 150 million views • Work was performed remote/onsite hybrid in NYC

made every Day

Lead 3D • 3d modeling • lighting • animation • VFX • look dev • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • NUKE • vray

history channel web spot • GHOST ROBOT 2009

I also performed all VFX tasks for the successful pitch for this spot • Onsite work in NYC.

reddit

AI DIRECTOR • EDITOR • CREATOR • POST

NANO BANANA • VEO • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ • suno

sHORT dramedy • PERSONAL 2026

Inspired by a real Reddit discussion • I performed all production tasks

happy HONDA DAYS

Lead 3D • previs • camera • 3d modeling • rigging • look dev • lighting • animation

MAYA • photoshop • AFTER EFFECTS

honda TV spot • BRAND NEW SCHOOl 2011

Onsite work in NYC

batman alley

AI Director • Creator • post

WHISK • NANO BANANA • FLUX • PHOTOSHOP • SORA • VEO • PIXVERSE • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ • SUNO • ELEVENLABS

VFX short • personal 2025

The AI used in this project was shown photographs I took personally of graffiti in the famous Batman Alley in Sao Paulo Brazil, in order to inform the aesthetic • The voice over text is by Alan Watts • Any resemblance to real people is strictly coincidental • I performed all production tasks

Gold Ambush

Lead 3d • 3D previz • modeling • rigging • animation • look dev • lighting • vfx • POST

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • after effects

kevin hart video game trailer • NBTV 2017

Adapted video game assets for use in a commercial • Remote work

wild one

3D Generalist • postvis • layout • look dev • 3d animation • tracking • VFX • post

MAYA • PFTRACK • NUKE • ARNOLD • AFTER EFFECTS

United healthcare TV spot • IMAGINARY FORCES 2015

Onsite work in NYC

pure fishing

AI Director • Edit • color • post

NANO BANANA • VEO • KLING • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

pure fishing tvc • direct to client 2026

I created the final videos based on rough verbal concept provided by client, performing all design, editing, sound, and post • Remote work

AI angels 3.0

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

PIXVERSE • STABLE DIFFUSION • FLUX • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ • SUNO • ELEVENLABS

vfx loop • PERSONAL 2022-2026

This is the third version of this project, using the same basic imagery, but regenerating it with the latest technology to improve the visual quality • The idea is that AI is coming to save us instead of kill us • The original images were generated in 2022 with locally run Stable Diffusion • I have continued to use the original primitive generations as the style reference for the subsequent versions • Creating twin characters whenever the frame has a horizontal aspect ratio was a very common error with the early AI, but I decided to run with it and make it be a motif in the piece • I performed all production tasks

falconar

AI Director • Editor • post

chat gpt image • AFTER EFFECTS • gemini omni video

music video / VFX test • indie band 2026

Preproduction test for a live action music video • the video had not been shot yet, so first I generated a fake video clip to demonstrate how the fire VFX can be added using AI with similar quality to traditional VFX in a fraction of the time • I performed all production tasks

infernal safari

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

chat gpt image • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • seedance • KLING

AI short • personal 2026

The story is about psychology • using Jungian theory to embody memetic warfare as a magic battle • I performed all production tasks

THE pied PIPER

Lead 3D • 3D previz • modeling • rigging • animation • look dev • lighting • vfx • POST

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • after effects • VRAY

animated short • greencard pictures 2008

Directed by JON WATTS (SPIDERMAN) Illustrations by Katy Horan were adapted for use as textures • The actor in the video is by Cat Stevens’ son Yoriyos, who also wrote and performed the soundtrack • Onsite work in NYC

THE DROP

3D Lead • 3d modeling • animation • look dev • lighting • POST

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP

the IAC center experiential • DIRT EMPIRE 2009

This stop-animation piece was shot frame by frame with DSLR's and composed at 8000 pixels wide for the video wall at the IAC Center in Chelsea • Designed by Frank Gehry, at the time of completion the building had the largest video wall in the world at over 120' long • This clip is only a small horizontal and temporal section of the 15 minute long piece • Onsite work in NYC

KULIPARI

lead 3d • Previs • Rigging • Modeling • animation • cfx • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • nuke

NETFLIX ANIMATED FEATURE FILM TEASER • ovfx 2019-2026

The project is a teaser for a 3d feature adaptation of the 2d animated Netflix series • Onsite work in Baltimore

nike FUEL BAND

Lead 3D • 3d Modeling • Animation • Post

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS

Nike web spot • INTERBRAND 2014

I created the motion graphics/LED screen animation as well as the 3D and compositing • Onsite work in NYC

gulp, splash, whirlpool

Lead 3D • 3D Modeling • Look Development • Lighting • VFX • Rigging • animation • cfx • post

MAYA • photoshop • NUKE

nestea tv spots • 1st AVE MACHINE 2011

This contains clips from three different spots • Onsite work in NYC

DATING NAKED

Lead 3d • Previs • camera • layout • animation • modeling • rigging • look dev • post

PHOTOSHOP • MAYA • ARNOLD • NUKE

VH1 TV SPOT • THE ARTERY 2017

Onsite work in NYC

vesperal

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

chat gpt image • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • seedance • KLING

AI short • personal 2026

The story is about psychology • using Jungian theory to embody the inevitable transition from evening into night as a dragon battle between heroic underdogs and a corrupt monarch • I performed all production tasks

assembly required

AI Director • Edit • color • post

NANO BANANA • VEO • Suno • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

ikea ad parody • personal 2025

What if they had Ikea during the Baroque age? • It's so fun to work with AI, unlocking numerous project ideas that would have remained dormant with prior workflow limitations • The AI handled the part of this that would have been a difficult visual effect before • However, I still had to create the text overlays and position + animate them by hand • I performed all production tasks

base 360 BG video

AI Director • Edit • color • post

seedance • VEO • KLING • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

website video • direct to client 2026

This videos was authored for display as a background video on a webpage • I created the final videos based on rough storyboards provided by client • It is supposed to be a evocative of an AI driven sales funnel • Remote work

intel Life platform

Lead 3D • 3d Modeling • Rigging • Toon Shading • CFX • scene Layout • Animation • Post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS

intel BRAND FILM • ORGANIC 2013

This project was released in 2013, and it proved to be eerily prescient in its predictions • Onsite work in NYC

french dog blues

3d modeling • rigging • animation • layout • post • look dev

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS • photoshop

babyshambles music video • EMI RECORDS 2007

Remote work

JONATHAN WATTS HAS A HANGOVER

Lead 3D • modelling • animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • post

MAYA • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP • VRAY

VFX short • park pictures 2005

This was directed by Marvel director Jake Schreir (Thunderbolts) and stars Marvel director Jonathan Watts (Spiderman) • Remote work

base 360 web spot

AI Director • Edit • color • post

VEO • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

website video • direct to client 2026

I created the final video based on rough storyboards provided by client • Remote work

white light

Lead 3D • Previs • Modeling • Look Dev • Animation • VFX • post

MAYA • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS

supersystem music video • TOUCH AND GO RECORDS 2006

Onsite work in NYC

vinasoy

Lead 3D • modeling • look dev • rigged • animation • cfx • lighting • posed

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS

VINASOY TVC opener • YETI FILM 2005

Remote work

ENDOSCOPISES

Lead 3D • modelling • animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • post

MAYA • ZBRUSH • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP • vray

VFX SHORT • greencard pictures 2007

Vimeo staff pick • This project was shot on 8mm B&W film • The actor is Cat Stevens’ son Yoriyos, who also write and performed the soundtrack • Remote work

PROJECT LONDON

design • modeling • look dev

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • BLENDER

VFX FEATURE (Excerpt) • DIR. IAN HUBERT (YOUTUBE FAMOUS) + Spiral productions 2013

Youtube viral phenom Ian Hubert's feature debut • This is a supercut of the most interesting shots featuring my work, which had 12 minutes of screen time in total- mostly as a virtual set • Remote work

LX FORTY

Scene layout • CFX • VFX

MAYA

SWISS AIR VFX short • MK12 2009

Dir. Marc Forster (James Bond) • I worked on the sequences with pyramids • Remote work

challenges

AI Director • Edit • color • post

NANO BANANA • seedance • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • TOPAZ

babolat spec spot • projective film 2025

This project combines live action, CGI VFX, and AI video generation and post • I created the final video based on storyboards + footage provided by client • Babolat is the oldest racquet sports company in the world, founded 1875 • Remote work

battle of the sexes ii

3D LEAD • AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS • seedream • seedance • veo

anime VFX short • personal 2002-2026

This project was based on a traditional 3d render that I made, edited and animated with AI • I performed all production tasks

kafka vs. Shakespeare

AI Director • Editor • Creator • post

WHISK • NANO BANANA • VEO • SUNO • HUME • TOPAZ

animated micro short • personal 2025

What if Kafka directed a film adaptation of Shakespeare's sonnet 18? I performed all production tasks

make.believe

3d modelling • rigging • keyframe animation • look dev • lighting • CFX/VFX • post

MAYA • photoshop • AFTER EFFECTS

SONY times square VIDEO • TRANSISTOR 2008

This project was authored in 8k resolution for display on a video billboard in Times Square NYC • Onsite work in NYC

website video

AI Director • Editor • post

IMAGEN • VEO • AFTER EFFECTS

website content • Lightning Workgroup 2024

This content was used as the intro and as the background of bumpers for promotional web videos for a mobile/web development company • I performed all production tasks • Creative directed by client • Remote work

two gates of sleep

Lead 3D • 3D postviz • modeling • rigging • animation • look dev • lighting • vfx • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • after effects

VFX for FEATURE drama • dirt empire 2010

This film was selected for the Cannes Directors Fortnight • Starring future award-winning director Brady Corbett (The Brutalist) • I was responsible for a small number of subtle but narratively consequential photoreal visual effects shots • Onsite work in NYC

capcom bionic fireman

Lead 3d • 3d modeling • 3d animation • look dev • on-set VFX supervisor • post

AFTER EFFECTS • MAYA • PHOTOSHOP

Video game spot • Looseworld 2007

Onsite work in NYC

hp emfp

Lead 3D • Postvis • camera • scene layout • VFX animation • modeling • rigging • look dev • Lighting • Tracking • CAD data cleanup • Post

MAYA • PFTRACK • Photoshop • AFTER EFFECTS

hp website content • TRANSISTOR 2008

Onsite work in NYC

grandfather

3d modeling • rigging • animation • layout • post • look dev

MAYA • AFTER EFFECTS • photoshop

the #12 looks like you music video • eyeball records 2007

Remote work • A bootleg of this video taped off of MTV Headbangers Ball went viral and was viewed millions of times on YouTube, but was taken down

BUBBLE Trubble

Lead 3D • cFX • Modeling • rigging • look dev • lighting • animation • post

MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • AFTER EFFECTS

VFX FEATURE trailer • GMD three 2010

NOTE: I worked on the shots used in the trailer as proof of concept, and edited the trailer, but the film was never finished because of budget problems • Virtual prosthetics I made were going to be used in over 100 VFX shots • Onsite work in NYC