Alumni Information
School: LaSalle College Vancouver/CDIS
Grad Year: 2002
Program of Study: Visual Effects Digital Animation
Degree: Diploma

Employment/Professional Information
Company Name: Stargate Studios
Location: Vancouver
Job Title: Digital Supervisor
Primary Responsibilities: Creative/Quality control of Visual FX and management of artists.

Describe a Typical Work Day:

The first thing I would do is to assess the visual effects shots for the day, and to determine what needs to be done on them, how best to do them, and which artist should do them. After we start seeing some renders, I make sure to give technical and creative notes in order to get the shots to where the client wants them to be. If the artists are having problems on the shots, it is my job to give advice as to how to do the shots as quickly and effectively as possible.

What accomplishment(s) are you most proud of?

I’m most proud of winning a 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special for Ridley Scott’s Gettysburg and my 2006 nomination for a VES Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video for Steven Spielberg’s Into the West. My biggest accomplishment, however, is probably my longevity and varied career. In the decade that I’ve been doing this I’ve worked on over eighty different TV series and feature films, including The Walking Dead, The Killing and Supernatural. I’m also proud to have worked on teams of talented artists that have won or been nominated for two Emmy Awards, four VES Awards and one Leo Award.