Cinema and TV - VFX Reel

Collaborated with directors Ava DuVernay, Michael Dinner, Julie Ann-Robinson, Tony Goldwyn, Regina King, Hiro Murai, and Allison Liddi-Brown.  Helped achieve the visions of showrunners Shonda Rhimes (Scandal), Marta Kaufman (Grace and Frankie), Graham Yost (Justified), and Eric Kripke (Revolution).  As the VFX Supervisor on their shows, I am one of a handful of individuals who was involved in all three stages of production, gaining a rare, birds-eye view of how the sausage is made.

On Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, serving as a stereo-3D compositor, I successfully developed a technique to realistically depict reflections on Harry Potter’s glasses. The actor actually wore open-rimmed glasses, and the challenge was to have simultaneous depth perception of the reflection on the “lens” -for which we did not have plates- and Harry’s eyes behind the “lens.”

For Scandal, Season 5, my VFX team at Masterkey VFX was tasked by showrunner Shonda Rhimes to depict the Truman Balcony of the White House. No camera crew was ever allowed on the actual Truman Balcony, but then-president Barack Obama made an exception to our crew after Ms. Rhimes asked him directly after inviting him to a private dinner!

On the feature 6 Below, I lead the visual effects as part of the post team that developed new workflows and pipelines for the first film shot, edited, finished and exhibited in 6k resolution.

Confidentiality policies meant that I was not able to include in this reel my extensive VFX work on the shows The Bold Type, Hello Jack! the Kindness Show, Documentary Now!, I Think You Should Leave, The Magic Prank Show, and Atlanta.

Also missing from this reel are my AR and VR 360 compositing work: a La La Land VR Promo and the Beauty and the Beast VR short film for Funny or Die starring Dan Stevens and Emma Watson.

Music Video and Branding - VFX Reel

I designed the visual effects for or color graded over 40 music videos featuring artists such as Britney Spears, Eminem, Usher, Marshmello, Carrie Underwood, Pentatonix, Avicii, Sean Paul, Panic at the Disco, and 21 Pilots. 

In 2012, I lead the visual effects for the first music video entirely filmed in 3D, Sean Paul’s “Touch the Sky.”  I also converted all the VFX to stereo 3D. The innovative production used 3ality Technica’s 3D rig for stereo 3D capture, which was also utilized in Hollywood movies such as The Amazing Spider-Man and Prometheus.

My low-poly designs using 3D point-cloud data in Fitz and the Tantrum’s music video “Out of My League” was praised by Fast Company Magazine as the “The Sexiest Glitch Art Video You’ll See All Week.” Bruno Mars and The Weeknd selected me to design their concert video projections after seeing this work.

I directed the first commercial for Tesla, The Ingenious Caveman, on spec in 2013.  The Model 3 featured in the spot was replaced with the Cybertruck using CGI and VFX in 2022.  This update is the only instance of a full CGI Cybertruck composited in a natural environment.  Even the interiors were replaced in CG. The spec spot was released almost two years before the Cybertruck’s release.

I spent four years developing innovative VFX on the short film The Blue Yonder.  A custom toolset was developed in Houdini for the complex tentacle animations, created specifically for this project. The film won me a spot as one of 29 promising directors selected for SHOOT magazine’s New Director Search for excellence in filmmaking, class of 2024. 

Split-screen image of two futuristic cars on a wet mountain road, one on the left with yellow headlights and one on the right with white headlights, in foggy or misty conditions.
City skyline at night with tall buildings and a large cloud or fog covering parts of the city, illuminated by streetlights and building lights, with an overcast sky.
A man standing on top of a car causing a debris explosion in an abandoned building.
An immersive exhibit titled 'The Power of One' features large, illuminated, colorful letters in the center, with portraits of influential Black leaders on both sides, set against a dark background with patterned walls.
A digital collage features two large mirrored black-and-white portraits of a woman with short platinum blonde hair, with expressions of surprise or singing. In front of her are two men in black leather jackets playing electric guitars, and a man at t
A woman with long, brunette hair underwater, holding a red piece of clothing in her right hand, surrounded by octopus tentacles.
A person standing near a building that is on fire, with flames and smoke coming out of the windows at night.
City skyline at night with multiple buildings, some on fire with large explosions and billowing smoke, and missiles falling from the sky.
A red sports car in a dark garage with blue and white electrical sparks around it, and two people standing nearby.
A digital artwork of a woman floating in a futuristic cityscape with tall skyscrapers, illuminated by colorful neon lights, with a ghostly or holographic appearance.
Woman with long hair in a swimming pool facing a modern stylish wall with curved lines, her back to the camera, holding her hair with both hands.
Close-up of a man's face with a serious expression, surrounded by futuristic digital HUD graphics in blue and red, including a targeting reticle, percentage indicator, and the words 'Fight Target'.