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Two decades of film craft — hair, character FX, and look development.

Inside Walt Disney Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and DreamWorks — most recently as CFX Hair Lead on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Demo reel · 2024

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The craft behind the frame.

For over twenty years I worked deep in the pipeline on feature animation and VFX — hair grooming, cloth simulation, and look development for hero characters and environments. The exacting, often invisible craft that makes a character feel real: how light catches a strand of hair, how fabric moves, how a surface reads on screen. I contributed to multiple Academy Award–winning Disney films and most recently led hair character FX on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

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Selected film credits

Lead

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

CFX Hair LeadSony Pictures Imageworks
Academy Award

Frozen

Look Development ArtistDisney Feature Animation
Academy Award

Feast

Look Development ArtistDisney Feature Animation

Also: Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Beowulf, The Polar Express, Kung Fu Panda 4, Trolls Band Together

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Honors

Frozen

Academy Award · Best Animated Feature

Feast

Academy Award · Best Animated Short

Studios

  • Walt Disney Animation
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • DreamWorks Animation

That same eye — now for your brand & product.

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Remote worldwide · Available for select local work