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+ EXPERIENCE
FX Artist
Method Studios
Hercules
FX Artist
Digital Domain 3.0, Playa
January 2014 - March 2014
Maleficent
FX Artist
The Mill, Culver City
July 2013 - September 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Effects Artist
Digital Domain, Venice, California
May 2012 - July 2013
Iron Man 3, Ender's Game, G.I. Joe 2, Jack the Giant Slayer
Effects Artist
Polygon Pictures in Tokyo, Japan
March 2010 - March 2012
Effects for video game cinematics, TV shows, and pachinko
Effects Artist / Match Mover
BaseFX, Beijing, China
July 2009 - February 2010
Effects for King of Fighters film
Match-Moving for The Pacific HBO Series, Smokin' Aces 2, Flying Over America, Thirteen
Teacher
Institute of Digital Design, Beijing, China
October 2008 - June 2009
Taught visual effects in Houdini
Intern
SideFX Software, Toronto, ON
May 2008 - August 2008
Produced content to promote Houdini 9 and for SIGGRAPH 2008
Intern
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Summer 2006
Produced visualizations for scientific data using 3D software
+ SKILLS
Software Applications:
Houdini, Maya, Syntheyes, PFTrack, Nuke, RealFlow,
RenderMan, Photoshop, After Effects
Programming Languages:
Python, MEL, HTML, CSS, C/C++, Perl
Foreign Languages:
Advanced in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese
+ SCHOOL
Savannah College of Art & Design
M.A. in Visual Effects
May 2007
University of Notre Dame
B.S. in Computer Science
Supplementary Major in Japanese
May 2005